The Black Sheep in Providence welcomed Alex Conyngham, Owner of Slane Irish Whiskey, along with United States Bartenders’ Guild Rhode Island (USBG RI) chapter members and trade professionals to a USBG RI Slane Irish Whiskey launch on June 14. Conyngham led an in-depth tasting of his family’s Irish whiskey brand and presented on the distillery and production process. Slane Irish Whiskey is aged in three varieties of casks including virgin, seasoned and sherry casks, and blended after aging. Slane Irish Whiskey is distributed in Rhode Island via Horizon Beverage.
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- Slane Irish Whiskey Triple Casked next to the featured cocktails during the tasting event.
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- Slane Irish Whiskey is named after the Conyngham family’s village, The Slane Village in Ireland’s County Meath, which was designed by the family in the early 18th century. The Slane Village features period houses, shops and landscapes.
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- Kristen Cubicciotti, Market Manager MA/RI, Brown-Forman; Alex Conyngham, Owner, Slane Irish Whiskey; Jessica Kelly, Team Whiskey Boston, Brown-Forman Brand Champion.
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- Alex Conyngham, Owner, Slane Irish Whiskey during the educational tasting.
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- Frank Martucci, Director of Beverage Operations, Twin River Casino; Alex Conyngham, Owner, Slane Irish Whiskey; Jen Davis, President, USBG RI; Ben Terry, Treasurer, USBG RI.
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- Featured cocktails during the event included Slane Rocks, served over ice; Pretty in Red, mixed with Slane, muddled raspberry, lemon juice, honey syrup and Aperol; Slane Slang, mixed with Slane, lemon juice, simple syrup, Giffard Pamplemousse and muddled cucumber; and The Dublin, mixed with Slane, Vermouth and Angostura Bitters.
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- Conyngham, in the middle, with guests during the Slane launch event at The Black Sheep.
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- Marco Meza, Bartender, The Black Sheep mixing up cocktails during the event.
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- Slane Irish Whiskey is golden in color with complex fruit, caramel, brown spice and toasted oak on the nose. The taste is “spicy at first, then sweetened with vanilla and butterscotch with lingering hints of dry fruit and caramelized sugar on the finish.”
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- Kristine Dunphy, USBG RI Chapter Member; Ben Terry, Treasurer, USBG RI; Kristen Cubicciotti, Market Manager MA/RI, Brown-Forman; Thomas Dellanno, Twin River Casino; Alex Conyngham, Owner, Slane Irish Whiskey; Jessica Kelly, Team Whiskey Boston, Brown-Forman Brand Champion; Phil Stafford, USBG RI, Chapter Member; Jen Davis, President, USBG RI; Marco Meza, USBG RI Chapter Member and Bartender, The Black Sheep; Thomas Dellanno, Twin River Casino; Frank Martucci, Director of Beverage Operations, Twin River Casino.
Photos by Laura Widness.
