“Give an Irishman lager for a month, and he’s a dead man. An Irishman is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him.” - Mark Twain
Irish Whiskey (spelled with an 'e', unlike its Scottish equivalent) is having a renaissance as more distillers are opening across the country, making a wide range of whiskeys in exciting new styles.
What distinguishes "Irish" whiskey?
First and foremost: it must be made within Ireland. Irish whiskey is triple distilled (where Scotch is only twice), which helps eliminate excess esters, tannins, acetone, aldehydes, yielding a cleaner taste and for many, less of a headache the next day! Irish whiskey rarely uses peat, preferring a mash of mostly barley and cereals yielding texture but little to no smoke.
