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 home in Bushmills village, a mere stone's throw from Bushmills Distillery.

He grew up in Glasgow and entered into the drinks industry in the 1950's, where he spent his entire career, ending up as Distillery Manager in Bushmills during a pivotal point in Irish history - The Troubles.

This was a privilege to sit and chat with Les and I expect you will learn as much from him as I did.

Thank you to his daughter Shirley and also to Adrian McLoughlin from The Harbourview Whiskey Hotel in Carnlough for facilitating this chat.

This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:

• www.boanndistillery.ie
• www.killowendistillery.com

Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.

https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast

I really hope you enjoy listening in to our chat.

Laurie

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.

We took up residence in the wee snug, down the back, an chatted about Stephen's time working in the whiskey industry for nearly 20yrs. Steve has a really good perspective of where we were before the resurgance of Irish Whiskey and where we are now. He is not afraid to speak the hard truths too and it made this chat all the more interesting.

This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:

• www.boanndistillery.ie
• www.killowendistillery.com

Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.

https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast

I really hope you enjoy listening in to our chat.

Laurie

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 showed me around the new still room and we chatted about how an Estimator ended up distilling potcheen and whiskey up the side of the Mourne Mountains.

I really enjoyed getting to know Patrick, who is already proving himself to be another passionate flavour maker at Killowen Distillery

This episode of the podcast is sponsored by:

• www.boanndistillery.ie
• www.killowendistillery.com

Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you.

https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast

I really hope you enjoy listening in to our chat.

Laurie