Tag Archives: Distillery

Oct9

An Irish Whiskey Society whiskey tasting

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Thursday, 11-June-2026

Andrea’s been a part of the Irish Whiskey Society for a while now – I can’t quite remember how and when she joined, but I’ve gotten to hear about the tastings that they put on every so often.

It’s neat – Not quite my cup of whiskey, for one reason of another, but it’s cool and fun and I was quite excited to be invited along to a special tasting… a tasting for “airport exclusives”, alongside a few other rare bottles from the society’s private stores.

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Yeah, I’m not saying no to tasting rare and unique whiskeys. Come on, now.

“So? How was it, Ben? Get to the point!”

Alright, alright – in short, it was lovely… but I’ll be honest with myself (and you, dear reader) that I’m not a particularly skilled or loquacious whiskey taster. I enjoyed many of them, was underwhelmed by some of them, and was thankful to be walked through the whole process.

I took photos of the ones that I could, and made a point to stay in the moment, appreciating the chance to try bottles that there’s pretty much no chance I’d pay for myself (not due to quality, but due to the sheer cost of the bottles).

Good times, had by all.

Apr8

A quick stop at The Shed distillery

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Saturday, 09-Aug-2025


We swung by a semi-legendary distillery as a quick stop-off on our drive back from glamping in Sligo – Drumshambo, also known as The Shed, and the maker of one of my favorited brands of Gin here in Ireland.

Unfortunately they didn’t have a tour available, but they did have a lovely garden cafe, with lovely tea cups for gin tastings. And some pretty neat scenery to enjoy!

Jan6

A distillery, and a pub crawl!

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Friday, 20-Sept-2024

It all started at the distillery. One of the best places for things to start.

I’d been building my social battery back up over the last few weeks, as orientation had given way to classes, and the MBA cohort had been there throughout. Friday evenings had become our de-facto pub evening, and interspersed with a few other social evenings in the week had seen my social stamina steadily increasing.

One of my classmates had been talking about doing a “full send” evening; we didn’t have any major assignments due on Monday, we’d been fairly tame during the week so far, and… it felt right. It felt like the kind of evening where one goes hard, hits a few adventures, and makes some solid memories. I was excited, ready to go, and still had no idea how fun it would end up being.

We started at Roe and Co distillery – a fairly new distillery with a fairly old name, with a fairly new take on the old tasting. They did a whiskey pairing – Some of their whiskeys, a chocolate, a jelly candy… it was a bit strange, a lot delicious, and absolutely worth it!

From Roe and Co, we headed off to meet the rest of the class – from pub to pub, from pint to pint, we adventured and explored Dublin!

I… I don’t really know what to write about, here. I mainly like the photos, and mainly then for the memories, but they’re not really my usual fare… so… I guess I’ll just post this one piece of cool art, keep the memories and tomfoolery to myself, and leave it similar to the hiking posts that I do?

Yeah. I like that plan.

In short – it was an excellent evening!