Join me for My Distillery Chat with Sarah Dowling, Cooley Distillery's Head Blender. I have wanted to see beyond the gates of the iconic Cooley Distillery for years. I finally got the opportunity and Head Blender and ex Distillery Manager Sarah Dowling showed me around. To say it was amazing is an understatement. It turns out that Cooley is a littl…

Today Sarah Small looks at Luke 4:14-21 and encourages us to remember who Jesus is, what he came to do, how he did it and that we have an opportunity to respond and come to him.Bởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Wee Pub Chat with Anthony & Katie Sheehy. Anthony & Katie founded Irish Whiskey Auctions, the monthly whiskey auction in Ireland and sponsor of Whiskey Chats. They then co-founded Irish Whiskey Experiences with Barry Chandler, where they have had huge successes with their Whiskey Bus tours and upcoming Whiskey Cruise in Nov 2025. But…

Today Andy continues his series in Romans 15:1-15 and explores how we can create a culture that honours God and each other through having a sweet spirit, focussing on the Bible and keeping Jesus at the centre.Bởi The Message Trust

Today Ben Jack shares how we can show God's glory in the world, and why it's important.Bởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Distillery Chat with Tracey Clarke in Kilbeggan. Tracey has worked as a Tour Guide in Kilbeggan Distillery for over 23yrs. She is part of the local community and would have grown up knowing it as the Old Locke's Distillery, after the family that previously owned it and ran it. It is an amazingly well preserved example of Victorian, I…

Today Andy Cooley shares from 1 Peter 2 on how we can be people focussed on the Kingdom of God, showing God's light to others.Bởi The Message Trust

Andy Hawthorne continues in Romans, looking at Romans 14, and the need to live in unity with one another. Like and follow us on socials:Facebook - facebook.com/TheMessageTrustInstagram - instagram.com/messagetrustX - twitter.com/messagetrustBởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Chat with Enguerrand Vandenbossche. Enguerrand is a French trained cooper, who was the Head Cooper in Tullamore Dew Distillery until 2022, owned by Beam Suntory, after working in France and for a time in Scotland at some of their industrial cooperages. For the past 2yrs, he has been working at the Good Spirits Co. in Dundalk. They ar…

Sam Ward continues his series through Philippians 1, looking at having joy in all circumstances, because we know that to live is Christ and to die is gain. Like and follow us on socials:Facebook - facebook.com/TheMessageTrustInstagram - instagram.com/messagetrustX - twitter.com/messagetrustBởi The Message Trust

Ben Jack takes us through 1 Peter 1:1-2, looking at how we can live in the world but not of the world and challenging us on how we respond in a Godly way to hostility.Bởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Distillery Chat with Gearóid Cahill in Slane Distillery. Gearóid is one of the only Master Brewers AND Master Distillers working in the alcohol industry. He spent nearly 20yrs as one of Diageo's top brewers, before going to work as Head Distiller for the fledgling Slane Distillery in Co. Meath, in the shadow of the famous concert ven…

Today Sam Ward looks at Philippians 1 and how our true purpose and aim in life should be advancing the good news of Jesus, regardless of our circumstance.Bởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Distillery Chat with Connor Howlett at Stillgarden Distillery, in the heart of Dublin city. Connor has worked as a brand ambassador and chief gardener at Stillgarden for a couple of years now, after he finished his English and Film degree in 2021. He is very passionate about creating spirits of real integrity and it was a pleasure to…

Today Tom Grant looks at Psalm 121 and how God is always faithful, never slumbers, and always watches over us.Bởi The Message Trust

Today Sarah Small looks at Genesis 28, Exodus 13, Judges 16 and 1 Kings 7 to explore what it means to be pillars of faith and in our communities.Bởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Historic Bottle Chat with Leo Phelan. Leo is a lifelong whiskey enthusiast. He has been knee deep in the Irish whiskey world for over 20yrs. He is a founding member and former president of the Irish Whiskey Society. He has become one of the authorities on historic Irish whiskey bottles in Ireland and is regularly consulted on authent…

Today Sam Ward looks at Philippians 1 and explores how we can find joy in God and for others, despite our circumstances.Bởi The Message Trust

Today Andy Hawthorne looks at Romans 13:8-10 and explores how we are debt-free because of Jesus, and we evidence this to the world by showing love in all we do.Bởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Peated Garden Chat with JP, Kevin & Aidan. JP O'Riordan, Kevin Murphy & Aidan McGovern called up to my back garden and we had a fantastic afternoon chatting about peated/ turfed/ smoky whiskeys, beer and a cocktail. I love recording the Garden Chats, they're the most fun. Always good to share great drops with buddies. This is part 1,…

Today Ben Jack encourages us to follow Jesus without compromise by unpacking Genesis 22.Bởi The Message Trust

Today Sam Ward begins a new series in the book of Philippians and explores how we're both slaves and saints in Jesus - and how this is a wonderful thing!Bởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Chat with John O'Connell in West Cork Distillers in Skibbereen. My wife Sonya and I visited John on a very, very rainy Saturday afternoon and we were welcomed with open arms. What an amazing distillery John O'Connell, Ger McCarthy and Denis McCarthy have built. Supporting well over 200 local jobs in their locality, buying only Irish …

Today Andy Hawthorne continues his series in Romans, this week looking at chapter 13 and how God calls us to wake up, see what he's doing and to prepare ourselves for the return of Jesus.Bởi The Message Trust

Today Tom Grant, Head of Proximity, uses John 6 to explore what God invites us to do and partner with him in.Bởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Chat with Stephen D'alton, co-author of Wise's Irish Whiskey book. Stephen recently collaborated with the legendary Midleton Master Distiller Emeritus Barry Crockett on a book detailing the story behind the distilling Wise family dynasty in Cork. The Wise's once ran the highest output Irish Whiskey distillery in the 1800's, at North …

Today Sarah Small explores how Jesus' love is perfect and how there is no place for fear when we're walking in that love.Bởi The Message Trust

After almost six years, today Sam Ward concludes his series in Luke exploring 'The Upside Down Kingdom'. Join him as he unpacks Luke 24:36-53.Bởi The Message Trust

Andy continues his series in Romans, today looking at Romans 13: 8-10, this week looking at verses 17 to 21 and how we're called to show Jesus' love in all situations.Bởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Chat with Bill Lark, the Godfather of Australian Whiskey. Bill & his wife Lyn were responsible for reigniting the Australian whiskey industry in the early 90's. His brand Lark Distillery is still going and he is still involved in Lark Distillery in an ambassadorial role. His is a truly fascinating tale of what you can achieve when yo…

Andy continues his series in Romans 12, this week looking at verses 17 to 21 and how we're called to show Jesus' love in all situations.Bởi The Message Trust

Today Sarah explores what Jesus' love is like and encourages us to follow his example and love others unconditionally.Bởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Tasmanian Whiskey Garden Chat with Dan, Paul Costello & JP. This Garden Chat was recorded a couple of months back. I was gifted a box of Tasmanian Whiskey samples from Transportation Whiskey founder John Halton up at Belfast Whiskey Week 2023, who is one of the biggest advocates for Irish Whiskey in Australia and Tassie Whiskey in Ir…

The bible teaches us that being a Christian doesn't make us exempt from suffering, but we can learn to handle suffering well. As Ben delves into 1 Thessalonians 1, we explore the keys to suffering well, and spend time in prayer as we unpack these three areas in our own life.Like and follow us on socials:Facebook - facebook.com/TheMessageTrustInstag…

Today Gary looks at Matthew 5:8 as he continues his series on The Beatitudes.Bởi The Message Trust

Today Andy looks at Romans 12:9-16 and the 10 characteristics of love, and explores what it looks like to live a life of love.Bởi The Message Trust

Today Sam continues his series in Luke, this week looking at Luke 24: 13-35 and how Jesus walks with two apostles towards Emmaus, both physically and spiritually.Bởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Garden Chat with Dan Pennington, Paul Costello & JP O'Riordan. My 3 buddies called up to my back garden a couple of weeks ago and we cracked open many bottles and samples of liquids we had never heard of. Join us as we discover some amazing new liquds and spirits and have a laugh aswell along the way. This episode of the podcast is s…

Gary Smith speaks on 1 Peter 1:25 'The word of the Lord endures forever', and how we need to preach the word of God.Like and follow us on socials:Facebook - facebook.com/TheMessageTrustInstagram - instagram.com/messagetrustTwitter - twitter.com/messagetrustBởi The Message Trust

Andy continues with his series on Romans, looking at Romans 12. We look at what it means to be part of the body of Christ, and what gifts we can use to strengthen the church.Like and follow us on socials:Facebook - facebook.com/TheMessageTrustInstagram - instagram.com/messagetrustTwitter - twitter.com/messagetrust…

Join me for My Chat with Alex Thomas, Master Blender with Bushmill's Distillery. Alex has spent most of her career in Bushmill's. A couple of year's ago she was afforded the honour of developing her own brand within the distillery and so The Sextant was born. From there she progressed from Master Blender of The Sextant to Master Blender of Bushmill…

Today Sam Ward takes us through Luke 23:50 and the burial of Jesus by Joseph of Arimathea, the women discovering the empty tomb and the angels' amazing declaration of 'He is not here; he has risen!' in Luke 24:6.Bởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Chat with Ronan Collins from Redacted Independent Bottlers. I met up with Ronan before Xmas in The Palace bar on Fleet St in Dublin. We had a great chat about Ronan and Michael Cowman's new Indy Bottler company, Redacted. Redacted have 2 releases to date - Killowen Single Cask and their new 200ml 'Naggin' series, the first being a 20…

Today Andy Hawthorne continues his series in Romans, this week looking at chapter 12 and how we can become passionate people and offer ourselves as a daily offering to God in all that we do.Bởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Chat with Gavin Clifford from Garden County Distillery. Their new distillery is not producing just yet, but it's not for the lack of equipment. It's all there and they are on the cusp of turning on the stills in the very near future, so it was great to get the opportunity to see Garden County Distillery in this fledging stage. This e…

Today, Sam continues his series on Luke, looking at Chapter 23 and the moment when the curtain was torn and Jesus died.Bởi The Message Trust

Today Andy continues his series on Romans, looking at chapter 11. Looking at how true worship leads us to mission.Like and follow us on socials:Facebook - facebook.com/TheMessageTrustInstagram - instagram.com/messagetrustTwitter - twitter.com/messagetrustBởi The Message Trust

Join me for My Walking Chat with Ger Garland from Keepers Heart Whiskey. Ger and I walked around Dublin city centre before Xmas, to shoot the breeze and catch up on his new role as Global Brand Advocacy Manager for Keepers Heart, having spent most of his career as one of the faces of Irish Distillers / Midleton. The eagle eyed amongst you will have…

Sam continues his series on Luke, looking at Chapter 23 - the moment where Jesus takes up the cross, and dies. As Sam walks us through Jesus' final steps, we remember the one who will never forget us. Like and follow us on socials:Message Trust Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/TheMessageTrustInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/messagetrust/​Tw…

Join me for My Chat with Dave Mulligan in Bar 1661. Dave opened Bar 1661 a number of years ago, to showcase poitín and cocktails. In those few short years, he has built one of the most respected cocktail bars in Europe, won multiple awards including Best Bar at the Irish Bar of the Year Awards in 2022 and has attracted some of the best bar staff in…