To the Shelbourne hotel on a chilly November evening for the launch of a new film about Scotch whisky. irishtimes.com/foodmonthAdam Park, director of The Amber Light, and Dave Broom, Glaswegian whisky (and whiskey) expert, are relaxed about the drink’s tweedy history. “Whisky is a great drink. If Scotch whisky roots itself in tradition alone then it will ossify into the exclusive preserve of club-room bores. Given that this is where Scotch whisky has ended up, Irish whiskey should be at the same point.

Source: The Irish Times November 21, 2019 06:00 UTC