Irish whiskey: What’s next for the new wave?

Irish whiskey: What’s next for the new wave?

Blackwater Distillery in County WaterfordThe Irish whiskey revival continues apace. For most of the last century, distillation on the island fell to just two distilleries – set at opposite ends of the map. First Bushmills, on the north Antrim coast, the world’s oldest licensed distillery, dating to 1608, and second Midleton, in the far south’s County Cork, both producing the island’s most established whiskey brands. The two have weathered their …