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Ireland's Whiskey Boom Has a Dark Side — and It's Creeping Up the Walls Walk through the Irish countryside near a whiskey maturation warehouse these days and you might notice something unsettling clinging to the walls of farmhouses, coating the bark of trees, and shadowing road signs in a thin, da

Irish Whiskey's European Surge: A 21.5% Export Jump and What It Means for the Category's Global Future The numbers coming out of the Irish Whiskey Association tell a story that goes well beyond a single headline statistic. New figures show that Irish whiskey export volumes to the European Union ro

Natterjack Irish Whiskey Lands Frederick Wildman & Sons as U.S. Import Partner — and the Deal Could Change How America Drinks Irish On August 4, 2026, a joint announcement out of Dublin and New York confirmed what many in the whiskey trade had been quietly anticipating: Natterjack Irish Whiske

Pearse Lyons Distillery Unveils The Camino Collection: Irish Whiskey's Most Spiritually Charged Single Cask Series There are whiskey releases, and then there are moments that crystallize everything a distillery stands for. The Camino Collection from Pearse Lyons Distillery is decidedly the latter.

Connemara Gold: Ireland's Most Storied Peated Distillery Makes Its Most Accessible Whiskey Yet For the better part of three decades, Connemara has occupied a singular position in the world of Irish whiskey — the one expression that dared to go smoky in a category defined almost entirely by clean,

Clonakilty Irish Whiskey Is Doubling Down on America — and the Numbers Back It Up When the broader Irish whiskey category hit a rough patch in the first half of 2026, one small, family-run distillery on the southwest coast of Ireland didn't just hold its ground — it broke into a sprint. While the

Midleton's Quiet Revolution: Inside the 2026 BevTest Irish Single Malt Results Irish whiskey has spent the better part of two decades clawing back respect it lost over a century of consolidation, global indifference, and the long shadow of Scotch. That comeback is no longer a story about survival

Ireland Opens the Books on Irish Whiskey: A Landmark Review of the Rules That Define a Nation's Spirit Something significant is happening on the island of Ireland this summer, and it has nothing to do with the weather. On June 26, 2026, the Irish government formally opened a public consultation th