But again I seriously doubt this was the first instance of Irish whiskey and coffee meeting.
Inside the Galway Bay Brewery in Galway, Ireland, a tiny batch of imperial stout lies in Irish whiskey barrels.
Figures for Scotch lagged strong growth for Martell brandy and Jameson Irish whiskey.
Spouses may not be thrilled when 40 gallons or 3, 413 shots of Irish whiskey finally roll into the den in 2018.
And since the options are somewhat limited, it is very easy to get a good grasp on the world of Irish Whiskey.
The story is similar when it comes to Scotch and Irish whiskey.
Aged in 25-year Irish whiskey barrels from Teeling Whiskey Company, Kindred Spirit was a smokey black beer with a subtle hint of oak and whiskey.
Speaking of golf, this is when many American visitors really explore Irish whiskey, and here is my rule of thumb for golf and whiskey.
But to assume that someone in Ireland had not put irish whiskey coffee and a little sugar in a mug before 1952 is flat-out preposterous.
Concannon Irish Whiskey was just launched in U.S. last year, and was named the Best New Irish Whiskey of the Year in 2012 by the International Spirits Competition.
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After a late-night drinking session with friends and a bottle of Jameson, Marc Forgione, chef of the eponymous New York restaurant, said that the Irish whiskey reminded him of peaches.
Bushmills makes a wide variety of its own labels, while most of the other Irish whiskey you can think of, including Tyrconnell and Connemara, are owned and made by Cooley.
For example, my personal favorite Irish whiskey is Redbreast.
Sales of less-expensive blended Scotch were flat, while sales of single malts grew at a 7% rate and sales of superpremium Irish whiskey soared by 44%, albeit from a far smaller base.
Beam, Inc. muscled into the Irish whiskey market last year with a 73 million euro acquisition of the celebrated independent Cooley Distillery, a start up on a shoe string some 20 years ago.
Knappogue Castle 1951: Also known as the 36-year old, based on when it was bottled, this is simply the oldest, rarest and most collectible Irish whiskey available, and comes in an ornate wooden chest.
Regardless of vintage, Irish whiskey is definitely flying off the shelves these days, with sales of Jameson, owned by the French conglomerate Pernod-Ricard, ramping up by 25 percent in the six months to October 2012.
She was also the force behind the creation of the new Irish Whiskey Trail, which combines pubs, distilleries, museums, shops and hotels into a tourism pathway to the discovery and appreciation of Irish Whiskey.
He stocked the bus with a case each of Jagermeister, Jamison Irish Whiskey and Jack Daniels a mistake, he realized, after 18 members of the group were ejected from the game for bad behavior, he says.
Interestingly, it is also just about the only Irish whiskey on the market with an actual age statement on its label, guaranteeing this 12 year minimum, while many others vary the aging from batch to batch.
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What is the best Irish whiskey?
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It is the only pure Irish pot still whiskey available in the U.S. Unlike the vast majority of Irish whiskies, it is entirely made from malted and malted barley, while almost all other have the addition of grain-whiskey, one of the same key differentiators between single malt and blended whiskies.
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There are far less examples of this niche style than of bourbon, Scotch, Irish, Japanese or virtually any other type of whiskey.
The Samuels family began distilling whisky (proud of their Scottish-Irish ancestry, the Samuels eschew the Americanized spelling of whiskey) commercially in 1840.
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Speaking of which, the Celtic Whiskey Shop in Dublin has the best selection of Irish Whiskies on earth, and also ships overseas.
Few drinks seem more Irish than one that marries the two drinks the country proudly claims to have invented centuries ago, whiskey and stout.
Redbreast is nearly unique among Irish whiskeys as it is made entirely in the older style pot stills and without the addition of grain whiskey.
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