My Bushmills Chat with Master Distiller Colum Egan

About this episode

Laurie O'Dwyer chats with Master Distiller Colum Egan about his career at Bushmills Distillery.

Join me for My Bushmills Chat with Master Distiller Colum Egan. Colum has worked at Bushmills Distillery since the 90's, before becoming Master Distiller in 2002. He grew up in Portarlington, Co Laois, but a local Antrim girl drew him North, where he has enjoyed an illustrious career in Bushmills Distillery. This episode of the podcast is sponsored by: www.boanndistillery.ie www.killowendistillery.com Don't forget to sign up to my Patreon channel for early access episodes and more, for a few euros a month and help me deliver the best podcasts to you. https://www.patreon.com/whiskeychatspodcast I really hope you enjoy listening in to our chat. Laurie

People in this episode

Host: Laurie O'Dwyer

Guest: Colum Egan

Topics covered

• whiskey
• distillation
• craftsmanship
• interview
• Bushmills

Keywords

• Bushmills
• whiskey
• Colum Egan
• distillery
• interview
• craft distilling
• Irish whiskey

Sponsors

Boann Distillery, Killowen Distillery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bushmills Distillery

Places: Portarlington, Co Laois, Antrim

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