Irish whiskey can and has been made across Ireland— but if the spirit and its history has holy ground, it may just be the Liberties. Many of the traits that came to mark Irish whiskey’s traditional tastes and reputation find their first evidence in Dublin. By the drink’s 1880s Victorian golden years, Dublin accounted for 5.7 million out of Ireland’s total 11.5 million gallons and commanded the world whiskey market for quality and prestige. By the 1980s there was not a single operating distillery in the city.
On May 7th, join historian and drinks writer Fionnán O’Connor, and master distillery Alex Chasko at Teeling Whiskey Distillery as they discuss what it means to Dublin to be drinking D8 single pot still whiskey once again.
Event: Begins at 6pm
Venue: Teeling Whiskey Distillery
This event includes a tour of the distillery, tasting and talk with Fionnán O'Connor and Alex Chasko, Master Distiller at Teeling Whiskey Distillery.
Located in the heart of the historic Liberties, against the backdrop of a city steeped in whiskey history, the Teeling Whiskey Distillery opened its doors in 2015 as the first new distillery in Dublin for over 125 years.
Whiskey making and entrepreneurship have been in the Teeling genes since as far back as 1782 when Walter Teeling set up a small craft distillery on Marrowbone Lane in Dublin city. Since 2012, Jack and Stephen Teeling, the latest generation of Teeling Whiskey makers, have been putting their own mark on Irish whiskey and came full circle in 2015 when they proudly opened the new Teeling Whiskey Distillery just down the road from where the original family distillery once stood.
