Irish Whiskey Almost Died - Knappogue Castle 16yr

[@gitargr8]

As much as I miss Rex, it is nice to hear Daniel nerd out uninterrupted.

[@gyangearon8729]

That didn't hit me that's what is going on. But 100% agree.

[@DjMoDification]

I completely agree, rex is having all his fun over on the tribe channel, but this is really speaking to my inner nerd, whisky, history, science, at it's a refreshing change. Long live the Vault!

[@brandondewitt6846]

Perhaps I missed it. What happened to Rex?

[@DjMoDification]

@@brandondewitt6846 They did a video on it a while back but they made the decision for Rex to go 100% on the tribe and Daniel to take over the Vault again because the lines between Crowded Barrel and the Wizard Academy were getting blurred. The Academy is a non profit and can't be associated with a business as they were doing, they were toeing some lines legally so they are just hard lining it to save any trouble and let everyone focus on things much more directly. Daniel technically doesn't even work for CB anymore as far as I'm aware

[@BillMcGirr]

In a way it’s like Abbot and Costello parting ways. Or any other great partnership. I miss the dynamic of the 2 of them. I really do. But the sum of the parts… is getting a chance to shine. And there’s something to be said about that.👍 I do enjoy this series… And I do enjoy Rex’s channel. But still… It’s like hanging out with a divorced couple… separately. I like them both… But I liked them both together more.🤷‍♂️😊👍🥃

[@luxintenebris1776]

"Irish Whiskey almost died" - I bet the British were involved. [15 seconds later] Called it!

[@xxacidmv]

Welcome all Whiskey Vaulters to Story Time with Daniel!

[@NicStride]

I love the nerdy whiskey talks. :)

[@DimitarShishkov]

Love that story, one more story that explains why the Irish are such resilient people and makes me want to go back and visit again there one day! Thanks Daniel!

[@alexanderlavoie5461]

I just got back from a 9 day trip to Ireland. What a wonderful little country it is. They make great beer, whiskey, sheep, and people. Love that place!!!!

[@kyletaylor13]

I am LOVING the new Daniel story time channel, if you had asked me, Rex or Daniel when they made the announcement, i would not have picked the vault, but damn, is this up my ally...

[@xdmc005]

Love the history - this is part of what makes the hobby great! Also, Knappogue Castle 16 has been my go-to Irish for some time, even though the last few years it’s become harder to find, especially in Massachusetts, where almost no one will ship alcohol in to unless you’re a retailer. Fortunately, the local pub keeps a bottle on hand for me when their distributor has it! I think it’s a really good bottle that is still reasonably priced compared to the rise in Scottish and (especially) Japanese whiskeys since roughly 2015.

[@colinw7496]

What a great history lesson on Irish whiskey. When i took my family to Ireland we visited Knappogue Castle. It is a great place to visit, my kids were running all over the place having the time of their life. It wasn't until I got home that I was in a liquor store and saw this on the shelf and tried it. I have appreciated it ever since.

[@grevari1772]

Needing out is what got us interested in your stuff in the first place. I love the direction you have taken this channel. Keep being a whiskey nerd and take us with you.

[@alechanson5656]

Loving the new format, especially with stories like these!

[@Pete_YT]

Yeah these are great

[@1nToTh3V0id]

The Wizard Academy is REAALLLY lucky to have you. These whisky deep dives in your telling style is magic.

[@samueld1]

Love the new content here Daniel. I couldn't watch the older stuff, but you sitting next to a barrel with a whiskey and letting out stories is hella cool. Looking forward to you getting more comfortable with this style of content.

[@RAD6150]

Knappogue has been one of my favorites. We had a pub in Corktown, Detroit called Baile Corcaigh. My wife and I walked in and were the only customers so we just sat at the bar. We asked the bartender which whiskey was the best - he lined eight or nine half shots on the counter and explained each one. My wife and I both loved the Knappogue best. By the time we were done and ordered dinner, the place became packed. The bartender said we were good luck and he gave us each a giant glass of Knappogue. Our favorite pub was lost to 2008...

[@cptglide]

New to whiskey in general but I keep finding myself returning to Irish Whiskey more than others.

[@theheebs100]

curious if this is stilll true for you. No problem if it as Irish whiskey can be damn fine, but it also commonly a shoehorn into more aggressive styles.

[@cptglide]

@@theheebs100 I've branched out more but as a rule I still prefer the Irish Wishkey. My favorites are Redbreast and Yellow/Green spot. I did manage to get a bottle of Blantans last month which I realy like as well.

[@chrislenz6634]

Knappogue Castle 16 is my favorite drink in the world. It is so nice in the mouth, the flavor is just outstanding. Just love it.

[@GoldenClays1]

Loved getting a light history lesson, and a review of some pretty good whiskey to boot. Thanks Daniel, what you're doing is a breath of fresh air!

[@grahamoshea9814]

Daniel has done some serious research on our Irish history 👏 I doff my cap to you good sir 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 🇮🇪 🇮🇪

[@mickdog2]

I really don't care about Irish whiskey, as far as drinking it..........but I do enjoy learning about it. This was a great video, just like all the others.

[@jamesweaver6484]

I’m really enjoying the nerdy stories of whisk(e)y

[@jamesnugent1256]

As an Irish whisky geek. Nice job.

[@javirios9234]

Bad ass storytelling! Thank you Daniel! Cheers!

[@damayor62]

Outstanding as always Daniel and what an incredible story. Being a student of history I loved the way you covered the timeline & events. A store near me had a good selection of Knappogue Caste so I just ordered a bottle of the 16yr. Thank you and keep up the great work.

[@DW-qe7qe]

Now that, that was an interesting story on the saga of Irish whiskey. Thank you Daniel!

[@ProfessorMichaelT]

I'm too am glad that I am here, Daniel. Excellent story!

[@Josh-th7tm]

Irish whiskey is a strong contender for my personal favorite category.

[@FerNightwalker]

That was an excellent synthesis of what I read in Peter Mulryan's book The Whiskeys of Ireland. Cheers!

[@nickgerula]

This was a great one Daniel! Really enjoyed the history of this one. keep the history coming.

[@markorrico2779]

These history episodes are just the best Daniel, I hate to say this, I’m not missing Rex. I love this new format, keep it coming man. 2 a week feels good too, not so many that it’s a struggle to keep up with not so few I’m craving more. You’ve nailed it Daniel!

[@ejrussell1170]

That was a rollercoaster ride of a story. Enjoyed every minute of it.

[@brennanduthu9578]

Completely, unadulterated absolutely deserved half history on a single country's spirit...and while, not all encompassing, exceptionally well put. Cheers

[@turnerjazz7872]

FYI, I was at Middleton last summer and got to try the Knappogue 16 there. Our tour guide told me Middleton bought out Knappogue a few years ago and have moved production to Middleton now. Obviously, it's going to be a while before the 16 year will be the stuff they made but it's on the way.

[@kristopherkneisler570]

one of my favorite videos. thank you

[@lttrbox]

I actually like this better than the usual content :) Down for more fireside lectures

[@johnleland9041]

Very interesting, really enjoyed it

[@dabearrss]

I enjoy this format of tasting whiskey and telling a story

[@masterdad-zf9po]

Jealous. I haven’t had a knappogue castle 16 in 7 or 8 years. Love it and I wish I could get in here in Toronto

[@dscmatr]

Irish whiskey was my gateway drug into the hobby. Midletons....yum

[@greatsouthernpansy]

Great story about my favourite style of whiskey. I really dig this new format, keep the stories coming Daniel :)

[@randc47]

Learning so much from this “new” channel! Good stuff!

[@lisasmith4]

I want a Whiskey castle too! Still love Scotch but love me some Irish too!BTW, You are among my top 3 nerds... My husband and son are in there too!!

[@christiankoch9123]

I love these "history of whisky" stories - keep it up!

[@SirMateusz28]

That was an awesome story. I had no idea that's how Jameson became such a huge deal around the world. Nerd out as much as you want that was great.

[@tyzievegemite4251]

As much as I enjoyed the old duo. I am one of the guys that prefers the “nerdy” stuff over the silly stuff. Still enjoy Rex’s stuff on the other channel and the old videos of them together. But this is really refreshing for me personally.

[@Charliepapa1]

Wow, I knew some of the story of Irish whiskey but you have filled in a few missing parts. Great to sit back a listen, please keep the history coming.

[@whiskyonthewestcoast]

👏 Great video, sincerely best one I've seen in a while. This has made me want to drink more Irish whiskey Well done sir 🥃

[@charlesredhead3534]

Bought a bottle of this in Dublin, absolutely love it.

[@larryharkreader3763]

Like knappogue and would love to stay at the castle someday on a whiskey tour.

[@TheWhiskeyRambler]

I love the educational aspects of these videos!

[@PatrickMinze]

Great history lesson keep them coming.

[@olivier.st-amand]

Can't wait to hear the second part of that story!

[@Robbie7441]

Thanks Daniel, i enjoyed that 👍🏻👍🏻

[@chrisson4234]

Great story Daniel

[@zakeddington]

Bravo to you, sir! I absolutely love the whiskey nerd/history stories. That's the good stuff.

[@dennis85573]

You can't go wrong with Irish whiskey.

[@whiskeychicken]

Edutainment at it's finest!

[@gyangearon8729]

I dig your stories, keep them coming. Knapogue 12 is one my favorites after Red Breast 12. Haven't tried the 16 yet, but now I want to look for it.

[@phildemeter3264]

This is fascinating!

[@ChrisWCorp]

This is like a Paul Harvey bit "and now you know the rest of the story", but I don't! I need the rest of the stories. Bring on part two!

[@ImreImbrium]

Great work Daniel and team!

[@marshallgei]

Enjoyed the history lesson and now have a bigger appreciation to Irish Whiskey! This got me curious about whisky making for the rest of the UK. I had never thought about Welsh or English whiskies being a thing until now. It looks like there is only a handful of either now, so I wonder how prominent it was historically in these countries. I do not know much about this, but was it mainly smothered out by the temperance movement?

[@veritasotis]

More Irish whisky stories please!!!

[@DForgea]

This is one of my favorite parts of World of Whiskey 1 and cannot wait to dive deep into this in Level 3!

[@Corsair361]

When does part 2 come out?

[@-RONNIE]

Thanks for the video 🥃 Sláinte 🇮🇪

[@dawson0000]

Great story/lesson.

[@bradkirbey1560]

Another informative and interesting video. Well done!

[@patrickhannon4217]

I learned about this at the Irish Whiskey Museum in Dublin, but it's cool to hear an abridged version

[@wookie4798]

Great story!

[@stephane.foisy.186]

Wow the is a story worth sipping on a whiskey !!!

[@matthewmclean6858]

That was amazing!

[@linusstick]

Hahah your videos now remind me of a PBS show. Still love them thpugh

[@jeffbayer569]

❤❤ Here's to Jameson 🥃

[@TriggaWarning]

Lew Bryson talks about that in his book you recommended called Tasting Whisky. Do you have more book recommendations for nerds. I really love the nerdy stuff like those kind of videos.

[@alexbillyparkin1]

Thank you for the history lesson and timeline. What I’m curious about is, was there ever an English whiskey? I ask cause, scotch and Irish whiskey are so popular that one might think the English would have made a move into that market or did they keep to beers?

[@WhiskeyVault]

No, I think the English sort of considered Scotch and Irish to be "their" whisky as well, so culturally that production stayed there. But there is a lot of English gin distilling history. And in modern era, there's a growing English craft movement that is awesome.

[@kjcorder]

Mostly Gin and ale i think

[@jcw99]

I enjoyed that storyline..and the whiskey. Another future story, maybe, is the spelling of "Whiskey" / "Whisky" and how that came about? I know there are a couple of stories on this, my own personal favourite being the one concerning "1908 Royal Commission on Whiskey and other Potable Spirits" and the related 1860 Gladstone Act.

[@kirbyculp3449]

I tell people that it is 'e' for Eire. But that is BS that I merely made up as a prank.

[@blairhoughton7918]

It's just linguistic shift. They're all misspelling "uisge" anyway. The laws everywhere I've looked (US, Ireland, England/Scotland) all treat the 'e' as optional. Obviously because they don't want it to double their effort to tax and regulate it.

[@jcw99]

@@blairhoughton7918 Well it's a bit more complicated than that, Blair. While 'whisk(e)y' is derived from ''uisge' in Scots Gaelic(?), the Irish language uses 'Uisce'. Both mean water and "uisce beatha" is the "water of life", whisk(e)y. The subsequent spelling of whisk(e)y came about as a result of... Well, I'm hoping that story will be told by Daniel at some later date! He's a much better story teller.

[@Pete_YT]

Love these

[@thomaselmer9728]

STILL here? Of course we're STILL here. We came for the story, and the story is what we got.😁

[@mickyquigleytv]

I got a mini bottle of knappogue castle 12 forever ago and could never find it again. Last year the wife found me a pack of 48 mini bottles for less than one big bottle ... Can't even imagine the 16

[@robbiedouglas2077]

You forgot to mention that the liquid in the bottle (Knappogue)is distilled in Bushmills then sent as new make to Midleton to mature.

[@stevekunde123]

Whisky Nerds Unite!!!!

[@matthewreedy4731]

Damn good story

[@Kenobi487]

Hell Daniel just gave us a history lesson of the almost death of Irish people not just whiskey.

[@the_whiskeyshaman]

This is a summery the story is crazy for sure.

[@kingofkards91]

Restless Spirits in Kansas City makes a great Poitin

[@aaronfarr6782]

Gettin' Nerdy Wit It!!!

[@PiperTallMatt]

Your chapter titles need some love 😂

[@WhiskeyVault]

hahahaha. good catch :-)

[@davidcolgan3268]

Very interesting

[@jamesbohling4864]

We should all have. Or live in. A whisky castle

[@cnwilliams59]

I live in Louisiana I would have a Whiskey swamp lol

[@theonlykinkyjesus]

"John Powers, John Jameson, and the Cork Distillers" sounds like a punk band

[@IanHutchison]

I can't wait to hear the French part of the story!

[@Doc_Holaday]

I wonder if Seagrams owning them has anything to do with the popularization of Jameson and ginger.

[@WhiskeyVault]

It definitely opened up doors for Jameson

[@kirbyculp3449]

The History and Social Influence of the Potato by Redcliffe Salaman covers Irish history after the introduction of the potato. The KC bottlings have been too smooth in my experience.

[@tommccafferty5591]

You skipped over why Irish whisky isn't usually single malt. When, in 1785, the English Malt Tax caused Irish distillers to use unmalted barley in their distilling to screw the English and avoid the Malt Tax.

[@WhiskeyVault]

different story :-)

[@tommccafferty5591]

Understood

[@pyroman6000]

What the heck?? I just bought a bottle of the 12yr old a week ago. Immediately Whiskey Tribe does a video on the brand...

[@thomaslinden7598]

That was interesting

[@nothingtolookat276]

You should do Paddy's my dude.

[@johnathanclarke6955]

I would watch a feature length video of this type of historical deep dive. Hint hint lol

[@ricdotdev]

Can you talk about that painting behind you? 🙂

[@WhiskeyVault]

It's a random painting of the three wisemen from an artist in LA. "Wisemen" used to refer to "Wiseards" and is the origin of the name Wizard Academy.