Still With Us: A Walk Through the Liberties' Whiskey-Making Past

Irish whiskey can and has been made across Ireland— but if the spirit and its history has holy ground, it may just be the Liberties. Many of the traits that came to mark Irish whiskey’s traditional tastes and reputation find their first evidence in Dublin. By the drink’s 1880s Victorian golden years, Dublin accounted for 5.7 million out of Ireland’s total 11.5 million gallons and commanded the world whiskey market for quality and prestige. By the 1980s there was not a single operating distillery in the city.

On May 7th, join us for a walk around the past and a taste of its revival with Irish whiskey historian and drinks writer Fionnán O’Connor. Meeting outside Teeling at 5pm we’ll be looping around some of the major sites in that once forgotten, still unfolding liquid history. The walk will conclude back at Teeling Whiskey Distillery and will be followed at 6pm with a distillery tour and tasting and a talk between Fionnán and Alex Chasko, a master distillery in the distillery team about what it means to Dublin to be drinking D8 single pot still whiskey once again. Those who wish to attend the tasting and talk alone are advised to arrive at Teeling Distillery at 6pm.

Wednesday 7th May
17:00 Meet outside Teeling for walking tour of area
18:00 Return to Teeling for short tour of distillery
18:30 Distillery Tour & Talk with Fionnán O'Connor and Alex Chasko (Master Distiller at Teeling Whiskey Distillery)

Located in the heart of the historic Liberties, against the backdrop of a city steeped in whiskey history, the Teeling Whiskey Distillery opened its doors in 2015 as the first new distillery in Dublin for over 125 years.

Whiskey making and entrepreneurship have been in the Teeling genes since as far back as 1782 when Walter Teeling set up a small craft distillery on Marrowbone Lane in Dublin city. Since 2012, Jack and Stephen Teeling, the latest generation of Teeling Whiskey makers, have been putting their own mark on Irish whiskey and came full circle in 2015 when they proudly opened the new Teeling Whiskey Distillery just down the road from where the original family distillery once stood.

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