The Ulysses Whiskey Detour: From a Teacher's Desk to the Declaration of Independence

This Bloomsday we were due to release Episode 3 — Proteus — the third chapter in our eighteen-year journey through James Joyce's Ulysses. Instead, I found myself wandering rather further than expected into the remarkable world of Philip Syng, the Irish-American silversmith whose work became intertwined with Episode 2. You see, we needed an inkwell for the teachers desk on our label for Nestor...

Today we celebrate Joyce’s 144th birthday and the 104th year since the first publication of Ulysses . A novel written slowly, lived intensely, and released with steadfast resolve. It arrived blue-clad, austere, unmistakable. A book that had already travelled far before it ever reached a reader’s hands. There is something quietly defiant about publishing Ulysses at forty. Not young genius. Not late-life summation. But the midpoint, after years of uncertainty, exile, illness,

Celebrating the Release of Ulysses Whiskey x Art, Episode 2, Nestor. Our Journey Continues...

We look forward to joining friends and revelers this Sunday afternoon, June 16th 2024.