The Pot Still PodCask Episode 3: Clonakilty Distillery

By Craig Ellis

Author Bio: Craig's love for all things whiskey began when he visited his first distillery, Talisker in 2006. During his free time, he likes to visit distilleries around the globe, planning his travel around these locations. Craig created The Pot Still in 2016 when he first started to collect rare and unusual whiskeys. His whiskey collection has grown and grown since. Craig writes and reviews independently and is not commissioned by any brand or distillery. Craig's views and opinions are his own.

On this episode of The Pot Still PodCask, I chatted with Adam Collins, head of marketing at Clonakilty Distillery. Adam has such a unique story about studying digital marketing in university, to being an intern at Clonakilty and being thrown in the deep end. The challenge for Adam, was to take on the task of bringing an old-school industry business into the digital age, and to throw a spanner in the works, add a pandemic to the mash-bill.

In this episode, we'll find out about Adam's background and how he fell into the industry, taking advantage of an opportunity and how he transitioned from Beamish to whiskey. We chatted about how he and Clonakilty have been forced into the digital age and how they've even adapted their sales team with VR - Virtual Reality headsets, very cool. I thoroughly enjoyed this chat and hope you do too. Sláinte!