February 2025 will see Walsh whiskey from Carlow revisit the town for a tasting for the first time since 2019, believe it or not. It is indeed hard to believe that it has been almost six years since Walsh last visited us here in Dingle and very remiss of me to have let it go for this long. Walsh have always been the very best of friends to our society, both in Dublin and especially here in Dingle and how many of us recall when Bernard Walsh himself laid on a bus to take us from Dingle to their new distillery at Royal Oak in Carlow and back again? The Irishman brand was launched back in 2007 and it and its sibling, Writers Tears have grown exponentially since those heady days.
Those were the days and a lot of water has passed under the bridge since then with lots of news for us to catch up with in the meantime. A new distillery in the wings, new management but the same friendly faces and new presentation & packaging for both the Writers Tears & Irishman ranges so it is with this in mind that we look forward to James Kilgannon bringing us up to date with all of their news and samples from their current range including their new limited edition Writers Tears/Dick Mack's Gruit stout collaboration. This tasting will in fact, be the official launch of this whiskey although we here in Dingle have stolen a march on the rest of the world with this one.
We look forward to seeing you all in Dick Mack's once again to taste the latest of the Walsh range and Dick Mack's newest whiskey, the fifth in a series of beer/whiskey collaborations between Walsh and Dick Mack's brewhouse.
NB. No cash accepted on the night.
Book on line at www.irishwhiskeysociety.com under 'Events'
