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Redbreast Dream Cask 32yo

May 26, 2018 by Chris +

Last weekend amongst all the hubbub of a Royal Wedding, the FA Cup final, and World Whisky Day, a very exciting whisky was launched. I avoided all the aforementioned chaos with The Drinks Lady by escaping to the Scottish [...]

Redbreast Lustau Edition

October 9, 2016 by Chris +

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Anyone ever been to Spain for a day? Seems like a bit of a waste of time. All that travelling (taxi to town – bus to airport – one hour flight – three hour flight – two hour drive) for a measly 18 hours on the ground. Well, I [...]

The Jameson Family – an evening with Billy, Brian and Ger

June 14, 2016 by Chris +

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A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to be invited over to the Midleton Distillery in Ireland to attend the launch of the Jameson Family, an umbrella term covering rebranding of current expressions and the release of [...]

#HelloDublin – St Patrick’s Day with Jameson

April 29, 2015 by Chris +

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It’s difficult to write an article about Jameson’s #HelloDublin press trip. Not because it wasn’t totally and utterly awesome, not because I don’t remember it (despite being plied with endless amounts of Jameson and Midleton [...]

Midleton Dair Ghaelach – do it right or not at all

March 2, 2015 by Lucas +

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Now you see me, now you don’t. Elegant and slender two-hundred-year-old oak tree, which seconds ago seemed an unmovable, permanent feature of these woods, suddenly decided to lean slightly, then a little more, crack and [...]