Midleton Launch 04/09/2013

[Luke Gough]

Is the Society represented?

[TheWhiskeyBro]

Yes the President is attending, I will also be there in a personal capacity.

Will inform anyone of noteworthy developments.

[Luke Gough]

Yes the President is attending, I will also be there in a personal capacity.

Will inform anyone of noteworthy developments.

Have a good one!

[John]

This is a fairly major event and it almost escaped the radar completely. It should have been noted on the events or at least the news sections of the Society website. Very poor communication for members.

[IainB]

Is it a major event? What are they launching?

[Luke Gough]

Is it a major event? What are they launching?

If they don't, at least, have a sample of the following I'd be very disappointed: http://whiskycast.com/irish-distillers-to-amp-up-powers-with-new-releases/

[IainB]

Sorry my last post was a bit short - this didn't really come onto my radar. What is the vent supposed to be - is it the Midleton VR 2013, the new plant, or a new line up the the event is ostensibly about?

I see there's a retirement party for Barry Crockett the day before - is this connected.

Anyway I guess whatever's about we'll probably get some clarity of some of the releases we've been expecting....

Paddy 7yo SPS?
Powers JL signature?
Redbreast 21?

Did I miss anything?

[Raven]

Major event. Opening of the new Garden Distillery etc. Known as 'The Housewarming' very
appropriately. I would presume if a product launch will be held it will be ancillary to the main
business of the day --- presumptions are only presumptions !!

[TheWhiskeyBro]

This is a fairly major event and it almost escaped the radar completely. It should have been noted on the events or at least the news sections of the Society website. Very poor communication for members.

Hi John,

There has been no public notice of this event, afaik the only official invite the society got was for the President, I imagine there will be plenty of publicity once the event happens. For example the announcement on the Paddy 7yo SPS, complete surprise and unexpected.

The events page is normally for society events only, even the liquid irish blog has no information as presumably the event is not open to the general public.

Regards TWB

[DavidH]

The events page is normally for society events only, even the liquid irish blog has no information as presumably the event is not open to the general public.

Right, I only list events that are open to the public. The Midleton launch is invite-only (I didn't get one either, though I'd like to write about it, obviously).

Actually, I do list IWS member-only events. That's because I list all the other IWS events so it might be misleading to omit one or two during the year. I don't want to steer anyone wrong.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

This should not have been posted in Society news, now moved to the general whiskey talk section.

[Luke Gough]

This should not have been posted in Society news, now moved to the general whiskey talk section.

Appy-polly-logies!

[John]

Hi IWC, we'll have to agree to disagree. I believe Luke was right to post it in the Society section - afterall, we now know that the Irish Whiskey Society President will be officially representing the Society at the event (whatever exactly the event is going to consist of nobody seems to know). If that isn't Society news I don't know what is, so it should be moved back to the Society section, imho.

[IainB]

This should not have been posted in Society news, now moved to the general whiskey talk section.

Appy-polly-logies!

Yeah Luke, shame on you! I'm disappointed.

[Luke Gough]

This should not have been posted in Society news, now moved to the general whiskey talk section.

Appy-polly-logies!

Yeah Luke, shame on you! I'm disappointed.

[danny56712]

Any updates here guys?

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

This should not have been posted in Society news, now moved to the general whiskey talk section.

Appy-polly-logies!

Yeah Luke, shame on you! I'm disappointed.

Any updates here guys?

It appears the post is staying in the general section.



Sorry Danny, I assume you mean about the launch.
It was the official opening of the new plant extension in Midleton and the store in Dungourney.

I know the new Paddy 7year old SPS was unveiled and lots of other little nuggets were tweeted throughout the day. If your familiar with the twitter thing I'd recommend you check there.
I've managed to set up something that sends me a text message when a new tweet is made. Allot easier to understand for a country chap like myself.
I recommend putting you phone on silent at night too 6:49 4/9/13 what a ungodly hour. I'm rural but I don't milk cows!

[Raven]

Lot going on there all day. The new Paddy packaging on show alright @
one display but saw no Paddy 7yr. old launch anywhere. Not saying that it didn't
occur in some other part of Heritage Centre only that it wasn't apparent. Really
a celebration of the huge developments that have taken place over the last year.
What was the old Military infirmary ( pre 1825 ) is now the ' Irish Whiskey Academy '.
The attention to detail and the workmanship on the project is quite spectacular.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Just to clarify guys,we use a fairly simple rule of thumb. Anything organized by the society or directly related to the Society goes in the society forum. However We don't regard a scenario of selected members being invited to various PR events as society forum criteria.

I.e. we had a member attend an Irishmam relaunch in the T2 in Dublin Airport lately too.

However I agree that members should be made aware of all events the the Society is represented at and I would expect that any such invites should be made public to all members as it keeps members activitities open and above board.

Further no All-pol-gies required, it's not a big deal. I just like to keep things neat

Keep up the in interaction guys its what keeps the forum going and god I don't look in here much lately.

[John]

In my opinion, where an elected Committee member attends any whiskey-related event in their capacity as a Committee member it should be noted somewhere on the website (I would imagine the Society section would be most appropriate). For transparency purposes if not simply as a courtesy to the members they represent. That should be true of any benefit conferred on an elected member by a drinks company. Again, just my opinion, maybe others disagree.

[DavidH]

It would also be useful to mention that committee members were here or there to help entice new members on to the committee. Everyone knows that being on a committee involves work but sometimes, in the line of duty, being on the IWS committee means a peek behind the scenes, or a meeting with someone in the biz. I'd recommend anyone into their whiskey to consider a spell on the committee, for the industry insight.