Ulysses Whiskey x Art: novel / eccentric / exceptional / possibly mad
Sat, 09 Nov
|Harry's Bar, Langton's
An international collaboration of distillers, artists and artisans, united to create a unique collection of rare whiskeys to celebrate James Joyce’s masterpiece. Learn about the 18 whiskeys, to be released over the forthcoming 18 years, named for the 18 episodes of Joyce's Ulysses.
Time & Location
09 Nov 2024, 17:00 – 17:45
Harry's Bar, Langton's, 67-69 John Street Lower, Gardens, Kilkenny, R95 XN44, Ireland
Guests
About the event
Join Paul Dubsky, founder of Ulysses Whiskey x Art, for a whiskey tasting and lighthearted introduction to this novel / eccentric / possibly mad project.
Ulysses Whiskey x Art is an international collaboration of distillers, artists and artisans, united to create a unique collection of rare whiskeys to celebrate James Joyce’s masterpiece. Together they will be releasing 18 unique whiskeys over the forthcoming 18 years (each Bloomsday / June 16th), named for the 18 episodes of Ulysses. Contribution are being made by Irish, Italian, Swiss, French, German, Czech, English, Scottish, Japanese, Indian, Norwegian, American distillers and more. Each artisan distiller is responsible for one episode: one whiskey, one year.
The first release consists of only 5,000 bottles. Each following year 250 bottles less. The final release in 2041 (on the centenary of Joyce’s passing) will consist of only 732 bottles (matching the number of pages in the first edition novel…