#75 Dave Mulligan - Is Poitín Ireland's Mezcal? History, Production, Brands, Tasting

Podcast: The Curious Bartender Podcast · Tristan Stephenson

Opublikowano: 2026-04-27

Dave Mulligan is the owner of Dublin's Bar 1661 and The Sackville Lounge, founder of Bán Poitín, and one of the most committed advocates for Ireland's oldest spirit currently working the floor. Poitín was banned by the British Crown in 1661 and remained illegal for 336 years, surviving in the hills of Connemara and Donegal as both an act of cultural defiance and a working farmer's economy. Now legal, GI-protected, and slowly finding its place on the world's best back bars, the category is at one of the most interesting moments in its history. <p...