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A St Patrick’s Day guide to Irish whiskey

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In the fifth century, Ireland suffered from a reptile dysfunction – it happens to the best of us. Pesky pagan snakes were everywhere, slippery anti-Christian evangelists making a nuisance of themselves, shedding their skin, swallowing hamsters whole and sticking their tongues out at everyone. But then the great Irish hero St Patrick came along.

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Tom Sandham and Ben McFarland are The Thinking Drinkers – a comedy duo currently touring with their critically acclaimed theatrical tasting shows. Their new book The Thinking Drinkers Almanac is published by Hachette.

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