Irish Wake-Up
November, 1976
a rugged reminder that the celts make more than one kind of whiskeyThe Irish are Coming. Again! There aren't too many who would remember, but less than a century ago, Irish whiskey was the world's reigning spirit. Phylloxera had ravaged French vineyards, drying up the supply of brandy--literally--and Scotch was not widely known beyond Great Britain. No fewer than 400 brands of Irish whiskey were registered in the United States. Even in England, Irish was esteemed. When you asked for whiskey at a...
