Aqua Vitae 1324

Aqua Vitae 1324 Aqua Vitae 1324 is a 700 year old recipe that has been recreated by Chris Hennessy and Off the Cuffe

We are running a special for this weekend, get our whole range for a very special price!!
18/11/2023

We are running a special for this weekend, get our whole range for a very special price!!

Our line-up for the Treaty Whiskey Society tasting on March 30th in the lovely 1314 venue in the heart of Limerick City....
12/04/2022

Our line-up for the Treaty Whiskey Society tasting on March 30th in the lovely 1314 venue in the heart of Limerick City.

° Aqua Vitae -
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° 19yo Px series
° 13yo all sherry
° w/ casks
° 10y &

Aqua Vitae was showcased alongside five styles of from the W.D. O'Connell Whiskey Merchants range, including the yet to be released 'From Clare to Here' bottling.

Thank you to everyone who made the journey & to those who watched along with the live broadcast.

Our line-up for the Treaty Whiskey Society tasting on March 30th in the lovely 1314 venue in the heart of Limerick City....
12/04/2022

Our line-up for the Treaty Whiskey Society tasting on March 30th in the lovely 1314 venue in the heart of Limerick City.

Aqua Vitae was showcased alongside five styles of from the W.D. O'Connell Whiskey Merchants range, including the yet to be released 'From Clare to Here' bottling.

Thank you to everyone who made the journey & to those who watched along with the live broadcast.

Sláinte 🥃

"The Irish aqua vita, vulgarly called usquebaugh, is held the best in the world of that kind; which is made also in Engl...
19/01/2022

"The Irish aqua vita, vulgarly called usquebaugh, is held the best in the world of that kind; which is made also in England, but nothing so good as that which is brought out of Ireland. And the usquebaugh is preferred before our aqua vita because the mingling of raisins, fennel-seed, & other things, mitigating the heat & making the taste pleasant, makes it less inflame, & yet refresh the weak stomach with moderate heat & a good relish. These drinks the English-Irish drink largely, & in many families -especially at feasts-both men & women use excess therein. And since I have in part seen, & often heard from others' experience, that some gentlewomen were so free in this excess as they would, kneeling upon the knee & otherwise, carouse health after health with men; not to speak of the wives of Irish lords or to refer it to the due place, who often drink till they be drunken, or at least till they void urine in full assemblies of men."

An excerpt from the man behind fantastic piece of 'the Whiskeys of Ireland'Richard Stanihurst (or Stanyhurst) was bor...
18/01/2022

An excerpt from the man behind fantastic piece of 'the Whiskeys of Ireland'
Richard Stanihurst (or Stanyhurst) was born in Dublin in 1547, the son of James Stanihurst (d.1573), speaker of the Irish House of Commons.

Stanihurst in his De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis mentions that he attended school at Peter White's academy in Kilkenny after which he studied at University College, Oxford, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1568. He published his first work, a Latin commentary on Porphyry in 1570 which was remarked upon for its scholarship by scholars of the time.

At Oxford he had met Edmund Campion, and he accompanied the latter on his visit to Ireland, helping him to collect material for his history of Ireland. He himself contributed the "Description of Ireland" and the "History of Ireland under Henry VIII", to Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles (London, 1577). In Ireland he tutored the children of Gerald, the 11th earl of Kildare, especially Garret whom he accompanied to London in 1575; the tutorship ended with Garret's death in 1580.

Amongst his written tales of Ireland, flowed 🥃

Royal Usquebaugh c. 1757 UK. "Take of Cinnamon, Ginger & Coriander-seed, of each three Ounces; Nutmegs four Ounces & a H...
12/01/2022

Royal Usquebaugh c. 1757 UK.

"Take of Cinnamon, Ginger & Coriander-seed, of each three Ounces; Nutmegs four Ounces & a Half; Mace, Cloves & Cubebs each once Ounce & a Half.
Bruise these Ingredients & put them into an Alembic with eleven Gallons of Proof spirit, & two Gallons of Water; & distil till the Faints begin to rise; fastening four ounces & a half of English Saffron tied in a cloth to the end of the worm.
Take Raisins stoned four Pounds, & a Half; Dates three Pounds, Liquorice root sliced two Pounds; digest these twelve hours in two gallons of water; strain out the clear Liquor, add it to that obtained by Distillation, & dulcify the whole with fine Sugar.
Approximately yields 10 gallons. "
Usquebaugh anglicised, simply means yellow water. Derived from the colouration the located in the worm of the still.
Similar to a modern gin production technique, botanicals steeped in spirit for compound distillation, whilst more delicate botanicals are located in perforated baskets high in the still for vapour infusion.
In Usquebaugh case, the positioning of the delicate saffron helps draw out pigments & flavour compounds late in the process.

This Christmas gift ideas for you & yours.We have a bundle special on Aqua Vitae 1324 & Off The Cuffe Connoisseurs box s...
13/12/2021

This Christmas gift ideas for you & yours.

We have a bundle special on Aqua Vitae 1324 & Off The Cuffe Connoisseurs box set for €68.99.

*** Down from €114.99 while stocks last.

Sláinte 🥃💚

closed distillery tasting 24.9.21 Discovering lost through stories from of , Peter Mulryan of & of Featuring an ...
19/10/2021

closed distillery tasting 24.9.21
Discovering lost through stories from of , Peter Mulryan of & of
Featuring an Irish drink, once consumed 600 years ago with & later with
A that contained browned washed .vitae.1324 , milk & with hedgerow aromatic
Old Lockes 7yo from Brusna distillery & crocked c.1957
Old Comber 30yo pure , distilled 1953
Corbett's 15yo old Special Liqueur - a very special & sought after 1920s bottling, containing a driven cork, preserving it beyond expectations
gold label 1970s
Old Irish Gold 24yo - DWD early 1980s bottling
Examples of some of the last remaining drops of Blackwater Distillery first distillate run alongside from their original carlow site.

Raisins, dates & dried figs, often combined with a spicy note & chocolate best describe the common variables of a The...
27/04/2021

Raisins, dates & dried figs, often combined with a spicy note & chocolate best describe the common variables of a
The best examples not only display intense, ultra-sweet aromas but also balancing drier flavours of coffee, liquorice & spices.
Combined with sweet soaked from release, the industry legend that is developed this libation for the bar,
Ledrede’s Manhattan
30ml/1oz
20ml/.66oz Mosaic
2-3dsh orange
10ml/.33oz Px sherry
Stirred down slow & served straight up in a glass

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