IDL Single Pot Still website gone live!

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

I've been checking in on this site since i first heard of it
http://singlepotstill.com/
but it still has not gone live!
I there any plan to launch it and Irish Distillers to start promoting their new range.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Yes it has taken a while but yes they are still planning to go live with this.

I suppose as with any technical piece of work they can come across issues. Hopefully the delay means it is going to be a decent site.

[Fionnán]

brilliant! Glad to see that IDL's commitment to promoting the style has continued growing. Does anyone know if they ever plan to export any of the two new SPS brands? Powers blend is all over the place...

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

I've seen the Barry Crockett Legacy was available in la maison du whiskey in Paris not to long ago.i've been seeing the Green Spot on various sites too. The Redbreast 15 is widely available too.
I still find it hard to believe that such a large company are so slow to pull the finger out and get the site going.

[Luke Gough]

Excellent - More of this!!!

[Luke Gough]

Hopefully this will come to pass soon: http://www.scotchmaltwhisky.co.uk/irishsinglepotstillwhiskey.htm

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Big brother must be watching

It's gone live


http://www.singlepotstill.com/

Looks like a very good site ....

They also have satellite sites for all the SPS brands

Greenspot

Midleton Barry Crockett Legacy

Powers John's Lane

Rebreast

Any excellent addition and some great info there. Should be enough there to keep all you SPS junkies going for a while

P.S. keep an eye out for the accreditation in the Redbreast History part ... and also the end credits of the film.

[matt]

WOW

I would say it was worth waiting for that.

Great Set up, lots of information congrats to the maker of the site.

[matt]

Check the news part.

Another Single cask has been bottled and released for Dublin Airport.

Next sequential cask 48710

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

Excellent site,worth the wait.
Big Brother must have been watching ok.
i was talking to a Rep from ID last week and he didn't even know about the site.

[varizoltan]

good page, but they should use spell check

at history 1988;

... This bid " was was " resisted on the basis that a break-up of the...

[Fionnán]

Speaking of websites, has anyone read the wikipedia article on "Irish Whiskey" and "Pure Pot Still Whiskey"? I just brought this up in another post but this might also be a valuable place to mention it as i know education is one of the society's primary goals and wikipedia is a massive space for that. The article on PPS shouldnt even exist in theory as the name's been SPS for some time now but, anyway, the already slim article's been hijacked by editers mistaking it for the theoretical idea of distilling whiskey in a pot still and have deleted any national or mixed mash references. Similarly, the Irish Whiskey article is pretty miserable and uses terms like "pot still blend" for greenspot. If anyone has time to go over there and do some much needed clean-up or even create a new article for Single Pot Still, it'd probably be a nice addition to the overall internet push to educate the world about SPS whiskey

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

Speaking of websites, has anyone read the wikipedia article on "Irish Whiskey" and "Pure Pot Still Whiskey"? I just brought this up in another post but this might also be a valuable place to mention it as i know education is one of the society's primary goals and wikipedia is a massive space for that. The article on PPS shouldnt even exist in theory as the name's been SPS for some time now but, anyway, the already slim article's been hijacked by editers mistaking it for the theoretical idea of distilling whiskey in a pot still and have deleted any national or mixed mash references. Similarly, the Irish Whiskey article is pretty miserable and uses terms like "pot still blend" for greenspot. If anyone has time to go over there and do some much needed clean-up or even create a new article for Single Pot Still, it'd probably be a nice addition to the overall internet push to educate the world about SPS whiskey

Good thinking,i was talking to a friend recently and he suggested the same.even to create another site for pot still whiskey too and use links to various sites such as this and others

[John]

It certainly would be better if international reference resources reflected the truth about our national spirit, though from what I know about the manner in which they go about verifying the information they display, I'm surprised it's not worse!! Personally, and at face value it can seem a much smaller issue, but my 'pet peeve' is that very many people don't seem to realise that the plural of 'Irish whiskey' is 'Irish whiskeys', AND NEVER 'IRISH WHISKIES'!!!!!

[2012scotchwhisky]

Excellent site,worth the wait

[JohnM]

It certainly would be better if international reference resources reflected the truth about our national spirit, though from what I know about the manner in which they go about verifying the information they display, I'm surprised it's not worse!! Personally, and at face value it can seem a much smaller issue, but my 'pet peeve' is that very many people don't seem to realise that the plural of 'Irish whiskey' is 'Irish whiskeys', AND NEVER 'IRISH WHISKIES'!!!!!

I'd say there's no hard and fast rule about the plural of whiskey. It's down to house style, in the end of the day. I could be wrong about this.

[DavidH]

I'd say there's no hard and fast rule about the plural of whiskey. It's down to house style, in the end of the day. I could be wrong about this.

If you read the usage guides, there is a bias towards following the normal rules of English where possible. So, for example, 'referendums', not 'referenda'.

There is no way to get from 'whiskey' to 'whiskies' except by inventing a whole new rule of pluralisation. There is no argument that 'whiskeys' is a correct plural for 'whiskey', whereas 'whiskies' is contentious and likely to annoy. Therefore 'whiskeys'.

And while I'm here, can I point out that no English word is spelled with brackets? 'Whisk(e)y' is not a word, and 'whisk(e)ys' is just embarrassingly wrong in all sorts of ways.

[JohnM]

It's even part of my job to read the usage guides all the time. I even write them for different companies. Thinking about it, I know you're right, but there is a lot of irregular usage in English, and, personally, I'd say this one is of minor importance. That's just my feeling on it. I just wouldn't object if someone spelled it "whiskies", especially as it works as a general reference to whiskies of the world.

[DavidH]

I just wouldn't object if someone spelled it "whiskies", especially as it works as a general reference to whiskies of the world.

I don't understand your point here. Both "whiskeys" and "whiskies" encompass all varieties of whiskey.

I don't object either if someone uses "whiskies", just if they use both "whiskey" and "whiskies" because that's inconsistent. Both 'whisky' and 'whiskey' are acceptable spellings so it's up to individuals / publications / companies to decide which one they will use whan referring to whiskey in general. But having picked one, at least you should pick the matching plural.

The IWS, I believe, having chosen to emphasise the 'e' that is common to all Irish whiskey branding should always use 'whiskeys', unless referring specifically to, say Scottish whiskies, where it is appropriate to adopt the spelling associated with that product.

[JohnM]

Yes they do. And both are accepted as encompassing all varieties of whiskies. If the IWS has a style, it should stick to it, sure enough.

Ah, it doesn't matter. It's just not a big deal, is my main point.

[DavidH]

Ah, it doesn't matter. It's just not a big deal, is my main point.

I won't fully subscribe to your crazed anarchism but English is one of things, like art, where if you understand all the rules you can then go and break them for style or nuance.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Firstly I always use Whisk(e)y when generalising on whiskies of the world. It saves me from having to type both whiskey and whisky all the time and I for one am not going to change that practice ... especially when it annoys so many of you

Don't really have an issue with Whiskies either. At the end of the day the English is a living and changing language and the Oxford English Dictionary goes on the basis of usage rather than perceived correctness. So basically if it is in common usage it is a correct spelling. Hence slang has made it's way into the dictionary.

What bugs me is that we have fallen into the trap that Whiskey is the correct spelling for Irish Whisk(e)y. But it is a nice differentiation to have I suppose.

The formalisation of the spelling was created by IDG (Now IDL) whether consciously or unconsciously but historically there is irrefutable evidence that Irish distilleries spelt it both ways and it may be as close to 50/50. Cork and Belfast both seem to have big traditions of spelling it whisky.

[DavidH]

Firstly I always use Whisk(e)y when generalising on whiskies of the world. It saves me from having to type both whiskey and whisky all the time.

Both 'whiskey' and 'whisky' are general terms though. So you are really wasting time by typing the extra (), as well as stuffing up the search function on this site

[matt]

Back to the original topic.

There is new now also a button in the top bar to a shop.

The Single pot still whiskey shop

[varizoltan]

looks like they still do not use spell check...

at the shop, 6 tumblers for €18 which is a good price

typo; "neach" box

There are 6 tumblers in neach box.