Scotch v Reast of the World Whiskies

It seems to me that Scotch is encountering more robust competition than it has done for most of my career, which spans 55 years. Why should this be so ? Because nothing stays the same forever, and tastes change as do people. Life moves on and the old addage that “Wha’s Like Us, Damned Few…

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Dingle Founding Fathers Event 2016

This week will be the occasion of the 4th Founding Fathers Event of the Marvellous Dingle Whiskey Distillery in the Milltown area of the town in question. Like so many things, this was another brainchild of the recently sadly departed Oliver Hughes, Entrepreneur, visionary, business man and Friend. It will be a different kind of…

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Inspirationists

Oliver Hughes Was/is one of the most inspirational characters I have ever met. He is /was “Simply The Best” I have been around this industry for 55 years and have never met anyone who could match Oliver’s vision of where he wanted to be God knows, I have tried and failed so often but somehow…

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