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Hosted by Laurie O'Dwyer · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 215 episodes
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Join me, Laurie O'Dwyer, on my whiskey apprenticeship, as I have a bit of craic chatting to guests about all things whiskey and spirits.
Laurie O'Dwyer hosts Whiskey Chats, a arts show with 215 episodes published.
Join me for My illicit Poitín Chat with Al Poitíno. I visited Al (pseudonym) deep in the high bogs of the mountains of the North West of Ireland..... to discover his amazing hidden still. We chatted about his homebrew su
Join me for My Irish Whiskey Technical File Chat with Dr Fionnán O'Connor. The legislation governing how Irish whiskey can be made is going through a review process at the moment. The consensus amongst every producer on
Join me for My Ballina Distillery Chat with Blending Manager Stacey Longworth. I visited Stacey in what used to be called Connacht Distillery in Co Mayo. Terroir Distillers, a French drinks company, bought Connacht Disti
Join me for My Irish Distillers History Chat with Archivist Carol Quinn. This is my third Chat with Carol and they always seem to be better than the last. Carol is so knowledgeable on the history of Cork Distilleries Com
Join me for My State of the Industry Chat with John Teeling.. John Teeling is the current owner of Great Northern Distillery, founder of Cooley Distillery in 1988 and has also been involved in precious minerals and metal
Join me for My Belfast Whiskey Week Chat 2026 with Paul Kane. Paul Kane founded Belfast Whiskey Week in 2019. This will be it's 9th year running over 9 days from 24th July - 01st August 2026. This year's festival have an
Join me for My Dingle Distillery Chat with Elliot Hughes. Elliot is carrying on the family legacy at the head of Dingle Distillery and The Porterhouse Group. I sat with Elliot ...... and his 2 doggies..... in his kitchen
Join me for My Irish Whiskey Association Chat with Director Eoin O'Catháin. Eoin has been Director of the IWA for over 2.5 years. We sat for a chat in a busy Doheny & Nesbitt pub on Dublin's Baggot St, a real charming bo
Join me for My Harbourview Whiskey Hotel Chat with Adrian McLaughlin. Adrian, along with a few other lads, has created Ireland's first whiskey hotel, above in Co Antrim. The hotel has an amazing Wee Bar, to chill out in.
Join me for My Bushmills Chat with Master Distiller Colum Egan. Colum has worked at Bushmills Distillery since the 90's, before becoming Master Distiller in 2002. He grew up in Portarlington, Co Laois, but a local Antrim
Join me for My Bushmills Cooper Chat with Alastair Kane. Alastair has worked in Bushmills Distillery for nearly 50yrs..!! He grew up in Bushmills village, a mere stone's throw from Bushmills Distillery, where he played a
Join me for My Bushmills Chat with Les Duthie. Les Duthie was the Bushmills Distillery manager from the early 70's until the mid-90's. He is 92 yrs young and has a memory like an elephant. I went and sat with Les at his
Join me for My Pub Chat with Stephen Magennis from Echlinville Distillery. I met up with Steve in The Duke of York pub in Belfast city centre, truly one of the best decorated pubs on the island. Just amazing place to sit
Join me for My Killowen Distillery Chat with Patrick Grey Sloan, Killowen's newest distiller. I called up to Killowen Distillery, a you do, on a typically cold, wintry day, but still got a warm welcome as always. Patrick
Join me for My Garden Chat with JP O'Riordan, Dan Pennington & Paulie Costello. We met up in my back garden at Xmas time 2025 and cracked open a lash of amazing liquids to chat and banter about. We got a few things right
Join me for My Church of Oak Distillery Chat with Greg McEntee, Head Distiller. The Church of Oak distillery in Monasterevin, Co Kildare started operations in 2022 and they have been quietly producing multigrain whiskey
Join me for My Cooperage Chat with Mark Quick. Mark is the Managing Sales Director for Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Cooperage in Newbridge, Co Kildare. KBB is one of two commercial cooperages in the Republic that services the
Join me for My Rum Chat with Mike Gilmore & Jason Kidd. Mike Gilmore is an ex-cop from California, who moved to rural Wyoming and opened a liquor store. But he developed a fascination for flavour and founded an Independe
Join me for My Live Chat with Ger Buckley, Midleton's Master Cooper. I was asked to host a whiskey event at the Cork on a Fork food festival in Cork city in Aug 2025. I decided to do a Live Podcast episode in the iconic
Join me for My Snug Chat with Jim Arnoldt. I met up with Jim at Belfast Whiskey Week 2025 in the popular food market, the Common Market, at the Cocktail Takeover event. We sat outside the packed event, on the roadside ta
Jason Kidd
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Robert Mitchell
Chief AI Officer · WSI
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James Doherty
Head of Business Development, Financial Services EMEA · Sliabh Liag Distillery
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John O'Connell
District 1 Director · UK TaxPayers' Alliance
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Alex Thomas
certified confidence coach · Plant a Seed for Safety
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Robert Johnson
Executive Director of the Agape Center for Human Dignity · Institute for New Economic Thinking
1 appearance on this show
Michael Carr
Past President and Life Member · Portland Tigers FC
3 appearances on this show
Eric Ryan
founder · Cork Whiskey Society
2 appearances on this show
John Quinn
Poet, Writer, Playwright · Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
1 appearance on this show
Dave McCabe
Narrative Director · Blake Manors
1 appearance on this show
Paul Kane
senior congressional correspondent · Washington Post
2 appearances on this show
John Fleming
former Republican Congressman · Carry-Out Killarney
1 appearance on this show
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