Snug Whiskey Fest 2026 Release, Transportation Whiskey, Single Pot Still

This is a banger folks. You'll be gifted from on high just to get a sip. 

Distilled by John "Johnnie" Halton in the Irish tradition, this triple distilled single pot still whiskey will transform your dull, meaningless life. John trances both of his family lines back to Transportation and tells the story of why this whiskey is so important. 

His recent release withthe Dropkick Murphys sold out in just a few days. 

This is a limited release with only 50 bottles - never to be seen again. Just 37 have made it to public sale and 20 are listed in the Snug Whiskey Fest bottle shop. You don't want to miss this. 

About the Transportation: 
Transportation was the name given to the sentence that convicts received when being sent to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) back in the 1800s. The minimum transportation sentence was seven years which meant prisoners were shipped here and had to serve labour for seven years. 

Most offences that led to transportation were trivial and were often committed because of poverty and famine, (the Great Hunger) forcing those poor individuals to steal to stay alive or feed their families. There were also political prisoners who were given sentences. Most famous are the 15 “Young Irelanders” who were transported to Van Diemen’s Land for rising up against the English oppressors of the time. Their stories are worth looking up.

From 1818 until 1853, about 67,000 convicts, around 22% of whom were Irish, arrived on over 300 transport ships to the shores of Van Diemen’s Land. Many Tasmanians have Irish descendants that were victims of transportation, and this whiskey is a tribute to all those souls, including my ancestors, who had to leave their homeland and loved ones behind.