Cork City Whiskey History

[Fionnán]

Hey all,

does anyone know any pubs in Cork city that bonded whiskey from the old Cork city distilleries (any of them)-- similarly, if there's any paraphernalia connected to North Mall, Watercourse, etc I'd be very interested as I'll be heading down that way with Ove to take a few photographs of what's left from the city's distilling years. Similarly, anyone know if any of the distillery buildings are extant besides the North Mall distillery-turned-bottling-plant? Brian Townsend seems to have tracked down a scrap of the Green/Blackpool distillery lingering around a housing estate, but that was in 1997 so I'm not sure that it's still there. Thanks!

[JohnM]

Is the gin still or the experimental still at the Midleton Distillery from the North Mall Distillery? Or maybe it's Watercourse.

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Would you Adam and Eve it, decided to have a gin and tonic tonight.

Finished off a bottle of Crimson Gin which was a small batch gin from IDL distilled in old billy (or something like that )

Any way the blurb on the bottle says "using the original recipe book and still" ..... From the Watercourse Distillery.


Ummmm very refreshing.

[IainB]

Would you Adam and Eve it, decided to have a gin and tonic tonight.

Finished off a bottle of Crimson Gin which was a small batch gin from IDL distilled in old billy (or something like that )

Any way the blurb on the bottle says "using the original recipe book and still" ..... From the Watercourse Distillery.


Ummmm very refreshing.

Get thee to the Irish Gin Society Website!

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

Would you Adam and Eve it, decided to have a gin and tonic tonight.

Finished off a bottle of Crimson Gin which was a small batch gin from IDL distilled in old billy (or something like that )

Any way the blurb on the bottle says "using the original recipe book and still" ..... From the Watercourse Distillery.


Ummmm very refreshing.

I think that they call the still used for Crimson "Micks belly" or something like that. Unfortunately they don't make it any more.
I found 3 bottles after Christmas. Good stuff. Hopefully they'll start making it again. Small batch Gins are catching on.