Fionnán O’Connor - Ireland’s Pot Still Whiskey Historian - Part 1

Irish single pot still whiskey is in the midst of a welcome
resurgence. Once one of the best selling styles of whiskey in the
world, its rollercoaster journey has been well documented on this
podcast and elsewhere. Though the Midleton distillery was the
only distillery in Ireland producing this style from the early
1970s until 2012 when Dingle Distillery began production, today
there are more than a dozen producers of Ireland’s unique style
of whiskey with more in the pipeline.


Before the available choices of single post still whiskey
stretched beyond two - Green Spot and Redbreast 12, one man had
fallen in love with both the spirit and its history. Today,
Fionnán O’Connor, my guest on the podcast, is recognized as one
of the foremost experts on the history of single pot still
whiskey.