March 12, 2008

Top o' the evening to you

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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.”

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