Boann Distillery

Whiskey Lore: Stories

English - August 29, 2022 00:05 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 32 ratings
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Previous Episode: Irish Whiskey Pt. 5: The Lore of the River Boyne; Marrowbone Lane; Finding Old Irish Pure Pot Still

Next Episode: Irish Whiskey Pt. 7: Was the "e" Added to Whiskey Because of Dublin's Big Four - Jameson, Powers, and Roe?

While traveling to over 40 distilleries in Ireland, there was one story I heard more than any other - about how a malt tax in 1785 created a tax avoidance scheme that resulted in the creation of Old Irish Pure Pot Still whiskey as a style. Is it true?

Well, what I find is quite unexpected. Apparently there was a malt tax that led to two great whisky empires. I'll tell the full story as well as share Alfred Barnard's 1886 trip to John's Road Distillery in Dublin and my trip to Boann Distillery and encounter with a 140 year old bottle of whisky.