Everything you need to know about —Irish whiskey

put these recently gained skills to the test when they got back to the Emerald Isle, but instead of distilling perfumes, they found a better use for their newly acquired skills and they distilled alcohol. It was the monks who gave us Irish whiskey but whiskey produced in ancient times would not have been matured and was typically flavoured with aromatic herbs like mint, thyme or anise.

Irish whiskey was once the most popular spirit in the world, though an extensive period of decline from the late 19th century onwards greatly damaged the industry. So much so that even though Ireland boasted over 30 distilleries in the 1890s, a century later, this number had tumbled to only three.

Irish whiskey has seen a renaissance in prominence since the late 20th century and has been the quickest developing spirit on the planet consistently since 1990. With exports developing by over 15% per annum, the existing distillery has been expanded and various new distilleries constructed. As of December 2019, Ireland has 32 distilleries operating, with all the more are in pipeline.

Irish whiskey has an exceptionally smoother finish as opposed to the smoky, earthy natural hints regular to Scotch whisky, to the limited extent due to peating. Peat is not often utilized in the malting process elsewhere. The world has started noticing the Irish whiskey and it is growing faster than ever and with this again, it will soon become one of the popular spirits in the world.