Shiftheads - The Irish Whiskey Aisle Has Never Had More Worth Trying

Shane Hewitt and The Nightshift · Mar 17, 2026 · 8m

Irish whiskey is in the middle of one of the more exciting moments in its history, and the shelf at your local liquor store reflects it. You can find expressions right now that simply did not exist for most of the last century. Over fifty distilleries are operating across Ireland, and a strong selection of what they're making has already made it to Canada.

There is something genuinely exciting about what that history produced. Irish whiskey was the dominant spirit around the world in the 1800s before a war of independence hurt the distilling industry and US prohibition wiped out its largest…