Poitín is a quintessentially Irish spirit. Think of it as the Irish equivalent of American moonshine. Over the last two centuries it has been eclipsed by the rise of the global whisky industry. Until ...

IRELAND HAS GIVEN us much, in terms of potables. For green-wearing day on March 17, we Americans are blessed with a fine array of themed drinks: Irish whiskey; Irish cream liqueur; black-and-tans for ...

Poitin, a long-banned Irish moonshine, is re-emerging from a checkered history of legend and prohibition to become its homeland’s most trending spirit. While American moonshine is typically made from ...

Believed to be the oldest spirit in the world, poitín (pronounced put-cheen in English) has been handmade in Ireland since the sixth century. Long before the advent of whiskey, the rural moonshine was ...

Talk about a melting pot. At two-month-old Houston restaurant Poitín, the executive chef, Dominick Lee, is from New Orleans, where he grew up eating muffulettas and accompanying his aunt on weekly ...

Its nickname is “mountain dew,” but it may be better known as Irish moonshine. Poitin, the ancient ancestor of distilled drinks, is uniquely Irish and woven into the very fabric of Ireland’s folklore.

Background: Crow started a community garden when she was in high school, “cultivating a love for dirt, chemistry and growing things,” but then went on to attended St. Edwards University in Austin for ...

The name poitin, or poteen, is derived from the ancient gaelic words for "small pot" and "small drink" County Donegal is best known for its spectacular countryside, unspoiled beaches and relaxed pace ...

Four years ago, at the relatively advanced age of 20, Shannon Noelle Crow first seriously intersected with wine. And anyone who has come to know the animated sommelier at the new cultural-melting-pot ...

One of the firecrackers in the culinary arsenal at Kiran's restaurant has left for a new gig. Dominick Lee, the former executive sous chef at Kiran Verma's plush Indian restaurant, has been named ...

Four years ago, when I first and last ate at An Poitin Stil, I swore — apologies to a certain gubernatorial candidate in California — I’d be back. I wanted to see what Timonium’s new Irish pub would ...