Dave Mulligan: Ireland’s Proud Poitín Purveyor

Before Irish whiskey as we know it today, there was a different
spirit, the precursor to whiskey, the spirit that every house in
Ireland had a drop of or participated in the making of. I’m
talking of course about Poitín (pronounced pot-cheen). If you
think the story of Irish whiskey is the greatest rollercoaster
ride in the history of Irish spirits, then you’ve not yet heard
the turbulent, thrilling, story of Poitín.