How American Brewer Alex Chasko Became One of Ireland’s Top Distillers

How American Brewer Alex Chasko Became One of Ireland’s Top Distillers

You can’t make good whiskey without first making good beer. Few people know this better than Alex Chasko. The master distiller and blender at Teeling Whiskey Company in Dublin oversees a portfolio that includes many styles of Irish whiskey, but his roots lie in the microbrewing scene of the 1990s Pacific Northwest. While studying for a bachelor’s degree in chemistry at the University of Oregon, Chasko started work on “the lowest of the low rungs…