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What a cool place to hang out. I love the feel of the two different floors, I love the mixed drinks, I adore the Rua and the Drumlish (white whisky). Here with a group of friends for the Quinn's release, the place was crowded, but not overbearingly so. I ordered an old fashioned with the Drumlish to start off, followed by a Rua on the Rocks. My friends love the vodka, but I really haven't tried much of it to form an opinion. The drinks are on the more expensive side, but if you go over and see Great Wagon Road's distillery, you'll understand where the price comes from. It's really well made, and the story behind each of the spirits in so fun. Kinda makes you want to go into the moonshine business.
Neat things:
They have a great space for live music.
They have a phone booth that actually does make free calls to Ireland. I have pics. It happened.
The tours are free, quick, include tastings, and the ability to purchase and hand wax-dip and seal a bottle. I couldn't resist doing this, It's just too good.
The only thing that I have to complain about was a bartender upstairs...His head was down the entire time while making drinks, and I went over to just ask if tabs downstairs transfer to tabs upstairs (the answer is yes, by the way). I started off asking, and three words into my sentence with his head still down making a drink, he cut me off and went "Hold on, I'm doing something." Not the nicest thing in the world. But I'm not one to let one grumpy bartender ruin this place's reputation for me :)
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