With St. Patrick's Day coming up and our tasting this weekend (Saturday 3-6pm 132 Front St. in Greenport) our thoughts turned of course to a wee dram of Irish Whiskey and perhaps what we found fitting was something of an American inspired spirit. (excuse the play on words). We,are intrigued by the portrayal of the Irish in our society and applaud the yearly celebration. It is fun and most of us just put on a smile and some green and wish that proud nationality well. John L. Sullivan, the bare-knuckle brawler, came to mind as there is a very good Irish Whiskey that bears his name. We innocently mentioned this to one of our friends who was all full of JL Sullivan lore and we found it very interesting and researching some, the Wiki article had a lot more to add so were are "thus armed with a pittance of knowledge" making us completely dangerous. We found that John L. enjoys a Facebook page and that the whiskey that bears his name is aged in Kentucky white oak barrels - ‘Product of Ireland’, but ‘Aged in America’ as the company proudly proclaims. Come share some Irish Lore. We will put out some soda bread, pour a wee bit and hope to see you. No fightin' though.
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