Irish Whiskey
Big news came down the pipe on Friday. Beam Inc. (formally Beam Global) purchased Cooley for $95 million. Cooley was the last Irish owned whiskey distillery in Ireland. Diageo (British) owns Bushmills and Pernod Ricard (French) owns everything else through Irish Distillers. Here’s the press release that went out on Friday. Beam Announces Agreement to [...]
I’m a little late again this month but I have good reason. I reinjured my right ankle and as a result I’ve been medicated and hobbling around. It’s an old injury that actually goes all the way back to fourth grade. My MRI results are pending and it hurts. It is what it is. This [...]
I’ve got to give props to Casey and folks at Mac McGee Irish Pub. They are driving a whiskey tasting boom in Atlanta nearly single handed. I really think folks at a number of other popular drinking establishments with solid whiskey lists should start following their lead. I won’t name names but you know who [...]
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