A Story of Irish Whiskey from Irish Distillers Season 1: A Story Of Irish Whiskey How three families saved it from extinction. A five-part series brought to you by Irish Distillers on the rise, fall and rise again of Irish whiskey on the world stage. Tracing the story of Irish whiskey's meteoric rise in the 1800s to its fall in the aftermath of revolution and wars in the 20th century to finally its renaissance in the 21st. With a cast of colourful, innovative and fearless characters from the ...
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S5 Ep1: Community Spirit - Episode 1 - Clean Coasts
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In our first episode, we meet Proinsias Ó’Tuama, founder of Clean Coasts Ballynamona, a group from East Cork made up of local community volunteers who give up their time to protect and care for Ireland's waterways, coastline, ocean and marine life.IrishDistillers.ie által
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S5 Ep2: Community Spirit - Episode 2 - Inner City Enterprise
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In episode two, Evanne Kilmurray discusses her work as CEO of Inner City Enterprise (ICE), a not-for-profit organisation in Dublin City that offers supports to unemployed people, young people and budding social enterprises to start and develop their own successful businesses.IrishDistillers.ie által
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S5 Ep3: Community Spirit - Episode 3 - fEast
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In episode three, Kevin Aherne, chef and founder of Sage restaurant in Midleton, Co Cork shares how his passion for East Cork and its talented local producers led him to establish fEast, a week-long food and drinks festival showcasing and celebrating the best the East Cork region has to offer.IrishDistillers.ie által
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S4 Ep1: A Story of Irish Whiskey - Bonus Episode - The Making of a Master Distiller
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Kevin O’Gorman took up the baton as Master Distiller at Midleton Distillery in July 2020. This special episode of A Story of Irish Whiskey retraces Kevin’s journey to Master Distiller. Beginning with his experiences of growing up on a farm in Co. Cork to his first impressions when he walked through the doors in Midleton in 1998, Kevin reflects on t…
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S3 Ep4: A Perfect Blend - Episode 4 - The Art of Storytelling
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A Perfect Blend, the newest season of the Irish Distillers’ A Story of Irish Whiskey podcast that shines a light on the remarkable partnerships at the heart of our craft. Our guests will reveal the secrets to their art and delve into what motivates and inspires them. In each episode, people with a shared skill from the world of whiskey come togethe…
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S3 Ep1: A Perfect Blend - Episode 1 - The Cooper's Eye
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A Perfect Blend, the newest season of the Irish Distillers’ A Story of Irish Whiskey podcast that shines a light on the remarkable partnerships at the heart of our craft. Our guests will reveal the secrets to their art and delve into what motivates and inspires them. In each episode, people with a shared skill from the world of whiskey come togethe…
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S3 Ep2: A Perfect Blend - Episode 2 - Distilled Wisdom
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A Perfect Blend, the newest season of the Irish Distillers’ A Story of Irish Whiskey podcast that shines a light on the remarkable partnerships at the heart of our craft. Our guests will reveal the secrets to their art and delve into what motivates and inspires them. In each episode, people with a shared skill from the world of whiskey come togethe…
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S3 Ep3: A Perfect Blend - Episode 3 - Sustained Excellence
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A Perfect Blend, the newest season of the Irish Distillers’ A Story of Irish Whiskey podcast that shines a light on the remarkable partnerships at the heart of our craft. Our guests will reveal the secrets to their art and delve into what motivates and inspires them. In each episode, people with a shared skill from the world of whiskey come togethe…
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S2 Ep6: The Tasting Club – Powers Irish Whiskey
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Welcome to the Irish Distillers Tasting Club a six-part series for whiskey lovers. Over the series we’ll meet true masters of their crafts from Midleton Distillery. From flavours and aromas, to cask selection and the wonderful stories behind each product, we will share insights into how Irish Distillers create some of the world’s most enjoyed Irish…
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S2 Ep5: The Tasting Club – Method and Madness Irish Whiskey
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Welcome to the Irish Distillers Tasting Club a six-part series for whiskey lovers. Over the series we’ll meet true masters of their crafts from Midleton Distillery. From flavours and aromas, to cask selection and the wonderful stories behind each product, we will share insights into how Irish Distillers create some of the world’s most enjoyed Irish…
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S2 Ep4: The Tasting Club – The Spot Range
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Welcome to the Irish Distillers Tasting Club a six-part series for whiskey lovers. Over the series we’ll meet true masters of their crafts from Midleton Distillery. From flavours and aromas, to cask selection and the wonderful stories behind each product, we will share insights into how Irish Distillers create some of the world’s most enjoyed Irish…
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S2 Ep3: The Tasting Club – Midleton Very Rare
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Welcome to the Irish Distillers Tasting Club a six-part series for whiskey lovers. Over the series we’ll meet true masters of their crafts from Midleton Distillery. From flavours and aromas, to cask selection and the wonderful stories behind each product, we will share insights into how Irish Distillers create some of the world’s most enjoyed Irish…
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S2 Ep2: The Tasting Club – Redbreast Single Pot Still
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Welcome to the Irish Distillers Tasting Club a six-part series for whiskey lovers. Over the series we’ll meet true masters of their crafts from Midleton Distillery. From flavours and aromas, to cask selection and the wonderful stories behind each product, we will share insights into how Irish Distillers create some of the world’s most enjoyed Irish…
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S2 Ep1: The Tasting Club – The Jameson Caskmates Series
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Welcome to the Irish Distillers Tasting Club a six-part series for whiskey lovers. Over the series we’ll meet true masters of their crafts from Midleton Distillery. From flavours and aromas, to cask selection and the wonderful stories behind each product, we will share insights into how Irish Distillers create some of the world’s most enjoyed Irish…
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S1 Ep7: A Story of Irish Whiskey: Launch Night Exclusive
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This additional episode gives insider access to the launch of A Story of Irish Whiskey. Recorded live in Dublin city centre, you will hear first-hand accounts from our craftspeople and guests in conversation with the producer, as they reflect on the history of Irish Distillers over the decades and how it now lives on as a podcast. A Story of Irish …
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S1 Ep6: Bonus Ep: The Punishment Book
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In this special bonus episode, buried in the Irish Distillers’ archives, the secrets of the ‘Punishment Book’ are revealed. Find out how the workers’ perk of daily grog could be stopped – a punishment that no worker would want to suffer – and why the colossal mistake made by one worker, Bill Scully, had serious consequences for the distillery. A St…
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Coming together might have saved Irish whiskey, for now, but despite huge re-investment, it was still struggling to make an impact once again around the world. Fending off hostile take-overs, it needed to grow quickly or Irish whiskey as a product would soon disappear. Pernod-Ricard’s welcome take-over in 1988 offered a game-changing platform to th…
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S1 Ep4: Dublin and Cork Rivalries
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As the Irish whiskey families met in 1966 in Tourin House, Co. Waterford, to discuss a merger, suspicions between the Dublin and Cork rivals proved difficult to reconcile. Norbert Murphy was the patriarch of the Cork Distilleries Company who was wary of the motives of the Jamesons and Powers up in Dublin. The rivalry was century’s old, heightened w…
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S1 Ep3: Revolution & War
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First came war, then revolution, quickly followed by Prohibition and economic trade wars, all outside of their control. Having once conquered the world, the fall, when it came, was swift, and by the middle of the 20th century, Irish whiskey was on its knees. To save themselves and Irish whiskey, the Jameson, Powers and Murphy whiskey families had t…
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S1 Ep2: Kings of the World
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In the 1800s, Irish Whiskey was the whiskey of choice around the globe with Irish distillers controlling about 70% of the world market. The Chicago World Trade Fair in 1893 was the high point with a 30-foot round tower made entirely of Powers whiskey bottles epitomising the ambition, scope and standing of Irish whiskey on the world stage. Innovatio…
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S1 Ep1: The Meeting of the Families
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The year was 1966 and Irish whiskey was on its knees, about to go out of business after nearly two hundred years of economic and cultural success. In one last roll of the dice the three main whiskey families – Jameson, Powers and Murphys – came together to see if their family legacies could be saved, by joining forces after centuries of rivalry. A …
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Every family has ‘secrets’. And family dynasties surely have more secrets than most. How exactly does generation after generation seemingly have the Midas touch, conquering markets around the globe from the US to China? But then you find yourself in a crisis.….. This is the story of three families who found themselves in this position… A Story of I…
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