Artwork

Content provided by Travel Fuels Life, LLC (dba Whiskey Lore) and Drew Hannush. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Travel Fuels Life, LLC (dba Whiskey Lore) and Drew Hannush or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
Player FM - Podcast App
Go offline with the Player FM app!

Irish Whiskey Pt. 6: Did the 1785 Malt Tax Lead To Pure Pot Still Whiskey? // Boann Distillery

38:30
 
Share
 

Manage episode 339230241 series 2644405
Content provided by Travel Fuels Life, LLC (dba Whiskey Lore) and Drew Hannush. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Travel Fuels Life, LLC (dba Whiskey Lore) and Drew Hannush or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

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.

  continue reading

107 episodes

Artwork
iconShare
 
Manage episode 339230241 series 2644405
Content provided by Travel Fuels Life, LLC (dba Whiskey Lore) and Drew Hannush. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Travel Fuels Life, LLC (dba Whiskey Lore) and Drew Hannush or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.

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.

  continue reading

107 episodes

All episodes

×
 
Loading …

Welcome to Player FM!

Player FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.

 

Quick Reference Guide