Sláinte! Aidy Smith is a huge Irish whiskey fan
(Picture: Aidy Smith)Something about late summer has always given me a hankering for Irish whiskey. Perhaps it’s the higher concentration of orchard fruits like apple, pear and nectarine that I always associate with this dram, or its ability to so easily just sit with some ginger ale and ice in the last of the sunshine.
It’s hard to think that only a few decades ago, this wonderful stuff almost became extinct, but over the past few years things have picked up and there are some truly fabulous expressions out there to explore. With that in mind, here are seven Irish whiskies that give its Scottish cousin a good run for its money. Sláinte!
