Spirits

Oisin Davis on spirits: The weird, wonderful, flame-fuelled world of the Killown Distillery

Flame-fed stills are key to the unique taste of the spirits created by Brendan Carty in Co Down

Brendan Carty, director of the Killowen Distillery in Down. ‘The flame creates hotspots under the still, encouraging burning of protein and sugars, a process known as Maillard reaction’.