Poitín
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Poitín, anglicized as poteen or potcheen, is a traditional Irish distilled beverage. Formerly common names for Poitín were "Irish moonshine" and "mountain dew". It was traditionally distilled in a sma
Bottles of legally produced poitín
Killowen Pangur Irish Poitín pictured overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge, having been awarded Double Gold at the 2023 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Pooka Hazelnut Irish Poitín Liqueur Awarded 'Irish Drink Award' by Irish Food Writers Guild 2025
Legal poitín.
Irish whiskey
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Irish whiskey is whiskey made on the island of Ireland. The word 'whiskey' comes from the Irish uisce beatha, meaning water of life. Irish whiskey was once the most popular spirit in the world, though
Poitín
…Poitín was the titular subject matter of the 1978 film Poitín, which was the first feature film entirely in Irish. Irish whiskey Moonshine…
Three Irish whiskeys: Knappogue Castle, Jameson, and Bushmills
Erskine Nicol – A Nip Against the Cold – An Irishman pouring whiskey 1869. Part of Erskine Nicol Irish collection, painting of Irish life.
The Old Midleton Distillery, built in 1825, hosts a mammoth 31,618 gallon Pot still, so big that the still room needed to be built around it. Although no longer in use, it remains in place inside the old distillery building.
Jameson's Bow Street distillery pictured in Alfred Barnard's 1887 report on the distilleries of Britain and Ireland