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For more than 25 years, I struggled to understand Irish whiskey. How could something so popular in the 1800s nearly disappear in the 20th century? 

I got to the bottom of it while working on my new book, The Whiskey Bible. The short answer: A difference of opinion. Up until the mid-1800s, almost all whiskey was made in a bulbous pot still. While stills...