Esquire article on Irish Whiskey

[Luke Gough]

http://www.esquire.com/features/drinking/best-irish-whiskey-1211

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

I read that one.they didn't even mention American distilling methods.
Hopefully when Penthouse and Playboy do their articles that they'll call here for references,I'll gladly fly over and give Hugh my thoughts.

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

I see both The Journal and the Independent have articles about the expansion in Midleton and the global demands on Irish whiskey. Time to buy Pernod Recard shares?
Here the links for those articles
http://www.thejournal.ie/distillery-for ... 9-Dec2011/

http://www.independent.ie/business/iris ... 52667.html

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Well if that Artists impression is anything to go by I'm impressed, love the design.

Looks the bizz to me and excellent for tours with out having to let all on sundry in as they do have strict health and safety criteria which can prohibit direct access to the still house.

[TheWhiskeyBro]

Looks like you will be let in alright, is that a viewing platform inside the building on the right

[DublinGus]

Not a fan of that kind of cladding on the purposed building. Cut stone would be much more suitabe for the ethos of whiskey making in Ireland.

[JohnM]

Well if that Artists impression is anything to go by I'm impressed, love the design.

Looks the bizz to me and excellent for tours with out having to let all on sundry in as they do have strict health and safety criteria which can prohibit direct access to the still house.

Is this a whole new stillhouse or a refurbishment of the old one?:

[DavidH]

Is this a whole new stillhouse or a refurbishment of the old one?:

I count 6 stills in there, which doesn't make sense to me. They have 4 stills currently and want to replicate the line precisely to avoid variation in the product. So they should either end up with 4 stills (just the new ones) or 8 stills (4 new + 4 old) in the new building.

I suppose there is a chance they would add another couple of stills for small batch work, but they haven't mentioned that.

[JohnM]

Is this a whole new stillhouse or a refurbishment of the old one?:

I count 6 stills in there, which doesn't make sense to me. They have 4 stills currently and want to replicate the line precisely to avoid variation in the product. So they should either end up with 4 stills (just the new ones) or 8 stills (4 new + 4 old) in the new building.

I suppose there is a chance they would add another couple of stills for small batch work, but they haven't mentioned that.

Maybe it's just a loose artist's impression?

Will they have to stop production for a period when they're doing this? I was probably told this when we were there, but I can remember nothing these days.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Not a fan of that kind of cladding on the purposed building. Cut stone would be much more suitabe for the ethos of whiskey making in Ireland.

There is absolutely no stone on the current Distillery and it is a very industrial looking operation, so this will be a step up.

Is this a whole new stillhouse or a refurbishment of the old one?:

The general idea I got originally was that they were going to add an extension to the current still house and double the capacity. But this looks like a refurbishment.

I count 6 stills in there, which doesn't make sense to me. They have 4 stills currently and want to replicate the line precisely to avoid variation in the product. So they should either end up with 4 stills (just the new ones) or 8 stills (4 new + 4 old) in the new building.

I suppose there is a chance they would add another couple of stills for small batch work, but they haven't mentioned that.

No it still makes perfect sense. They have 2 wash stills currently but production is limited by the 2 spirit stills (or 1 low wine and 1 spirit still which is really one of the muchness though). They can continue with the 2 wash stills and ramp up production with a double set of spirit stills. One wash still per set of spirit stills which is the traditional set up.

[DavidH]

They have 2 wash stills currently but production is limited by the 2 spirit stills (or 1 low wine and 1 spirit still which is really one of the muchness though). They can continue with the 2 wash stills and ramp up production with a double set of spirit stills. One wash still per set of spirit stills which is the traditional set up.

All the stills are the same size but there is far less volume of liquid after the first distillation, so I assumed one still is enough for the second stage.

Anyway, this is what IDL said during our visit. They would copy the current pot still line exactly. (The grain stills would be different though.)

[DublinGus]

Not a fan of that kind of cladding on the purposed building. Cut stone would be much more suitabe for the ethos of whiskey making in Ireland.

There is absolutely no stone on the current Distillery and it is a very industrial looking operation, so this will be a step up.


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Not talking about the current distillery the less said the better, the old distillery is beautiful, simples.