Top o' the evening to you
By Peter M. Gianotti
Newsday
Irish whiskey, the leprechaun of top-shelf spirits, is making mischief.
Quality, variety and sales are up, as the fuel for Irish coffee, countless hot toddies and a very fine highball has turned neat for many drinkers.
“More and more people have developed a taste for it,” said Michael Douglass, president of Post Wines & Spirits in Syosset, N.Y., where 15 types of Irish whiskey are sold. “And it’s a little different taste.”







