Dave Mulligan, owner of Ban Poitin
b'
With renewed enthusiasm in Irish whiskey, it is not surprising that interest in Ireland's other national spirit, poit\\xedn, has not been far behind.\\xa0
With a history that goes back hundreds of years, this once illegal spirit has always been seen as the drink of the people.\\xa0
To understand the spirit better, its history and future, we talked to Dave Mulligan from B\\xe1n Poit\\xedn about craft distilling, the potency of poit\\xedn, and of course the cocktails you can make with it.