Ger Buckley is a 5th generation master cooper at Ireland’s Midleton Distillery, and one of only four coopers working at whiskey distilleries in Ireland. He demonstrates some of the tools and techniques handed down over centuries of barrel making.
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[…] The Old Midleton Distillery, learned the cooperage trade from Jameson Irish Whiskey Master Cooper Ger Buckley and gorged on many of the delicious local foods. I arrived at Sam’s Bar after a stunningly […]