Whiskey in the news

[JohnM]

Maybe this would be a good place to post links to whiskey articles?

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opi ... 87751.html

http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/ ... n-whiskey/

[DavidH]

I'd suggest a little more indication of the article content, eg:

An Irishman's Diary: Kilbeggan Distillery

[JohnM]

I'd suggest a little more indication of the article content, eg:

An Irishman's Diary: Kilbeggan Distillery

I keep forgetting how to do that.

[DavidH]

I'd suggest a little more indication of the article content, eg:

An Irishman's Diary: Kilbeggan Distillery

I keep forgetting how to do that.

But now you have seen the trick when you quoted the link

But even this would be cool:

An Irishman's Diary: Kilbeggan Distillery
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opi ... 87751.html

Just so we don't all have to follow the link to figure out what it is.

[JohnM]

Yeah, but how am I going to remember?

[IainB]

Well now that the malt advocate has changed the name of the magazine and the blog you coule start your own blog called what does John know where we post reminders of things you know but keep forgetting. Like who's aidan?

[JohnM]

What the internet knows. Sure the internet knows everything.

Interview with Stella David:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/fin ... 55873.html

[JohnM]

Belfast Distillery on the BBC:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18117073

[JohnM]

Derry Distillery:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/ ... 69130.html

[JohnM]

L Mulligan's/Celtic Whiskey Shop:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/magaz ... f=magazine

[Pudge72]

Thank you for the links 'JohnM'!

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

Irish going strength to strength.

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Jameso ... 72195.html

This is the Independent article behind their story

http://www.independent.ie/national-news ... 61625.html

The most astounding part of the article is this I think

"Earlier this month, UK drinks giant Diageo confirmed it was to invest €1.2bn in Scotch whisky production to 2017. Diageo -- which controls brands such as Johnnie Walker, Bells and J&B that, in turn, deliver 27 per cent of the firm's sales -- has also had soaring sales in Eastern Europe and the Far East."

No mention of Diageo's plans for Bushmills.

[Stephen]

Article about Barry Walsh ....

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/fin ... 22714.html

Anybody recognise the book that he's holding ... still some available I believe

[mawhinney]

You have to agree. A fine example of product placement!

[rathbeggan]

Slightly tangential, but I note the island of Inish Turk Beg is for sale, the single malt whiskey of the same name is mentioned:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/pro ... tml?via=mr

The article states the Beatles bought one of the other islands in Clew Bay but it was John Lennon and Yoko Ono. They rented it to a group of hippies for a period. I'm not sure whether Yoko Ono still owns it. There was a programme about it on TG4 a couple of years ago.

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

I was reading this about Cooley's medal haul
http://www.herald.ie/news/whiskey-medal ... 86464.html

I tried to get the breakdown of all the results from the IWSC but could not find my way around the site.
Does anyone know what the results were

[ACarr]

Slightly tangential, but I note the island of Inish Turk Beg is for sale, the single malt whiskey of the same name is mentioned:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/pro ... tml?via=mr

The article states the Beatles bought one of the other islands in Clew Bay but it was John Lennon and Yoko Ono. They rented it to a group of hippies for a period. I'm not sure whether Yoko Ono still owns it. There was a programme about it on TG4 a couple of years ago.

Where can I buy a bottle of Inish Turk beg?

[JohnM]

Slightly tangential, but I note the island of Inish Turk Beg is for sale, the single malt whiskey of the same name is mentioned:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/pro ... tml?via=mr

The article states the Beatles bought one of the other islands in Clew Bay but it was John Lennon and Yoko Ono. They rented it to a group of hippies for a period. I'm not sure whether Yoko Ono still owns it. There was a programme about it on TG4 a couple of years ago.

Where can I buy a bottle of Inish Turk beg?

You can get it at the Celtic Whiskey Shop or in Harvey Nics.

[ACarr]

Slightly tangential, but I note the island of Inish Turk Beg is for sale, the single malt whiskey of the same name is mentioned:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/pro ... tml?via=mr

The article states the Beatles bought one of the other islands in Clew Bay but it was John Lennon and Yoko Ono. They rented it to a group of hippies for a period. I'm not sure whether Yoko Ono still owns it. There was a programme about it on TG4 a couple of years ago.

Where can I buy a bottle of Inish Turk beg?

You can get it at the Celtic Whiskey Shop or in Harvey Nics.

cheers!

[ACarr]

I was reading this about Cooley's medal haul
http://www.herald.ie/news/whiskey-medal ... 86464.html

I tried to get the breakdown of all the results from the IWSC but could not find my way around the site.
Does anyone know what the results were

Some really strange results, but agree with alot as well. Tullamore dew only got a bronze, green spot only a silver!

http://www.iwsc.net/search2012/wine

[Pudge72]

I was reading this about Cooley's medal haul
http://www.herald.ie/news/whiskey-medal ... 86464.html

I tried to get the breakdown of all the results from the IWSC but could not find my way around the site.
Does anyone know what the results were

Some really strange results, but agree with alot as well. Tullamore dew only got a bronze, green spot only a silver!

http://www.iwsc.net/search2012/wine

Other Tullamores got silver & gold...bronze, to my mind, would be acceptable for the standard shelf offerings of any given label.

[JohnM]

New Jameson bottle...

http://www.whiskyintelligence.com/2012/ ... skey-news/

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

How could I apply for this job, I sure I'm qualified by now!
http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Beam-s ... 34966.html

[JohnM]

I'm sure we've all heard the news about Altech...

http://businessandleadership.com/export ... skey-still

The article is a bit confusing, but here's a little bit extra from whiskytime on another forum...

Dr. Lyons (founder of Alltech) is Irish. He was educated in Dublin & England & worked as a biochemist for Irish Distillers before he founded Alltech in the 1980's. I think distilling is really his passion & now that he has plenty of money, he can afford to pursue it. I've tasted the first batch sold of the KY bourbon & it was young but good w/lots of potential.

[JohnM]

Teeling first release

http://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2012/ ... -category/