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Jameson Brings Out The Green Bus For St. Patrick’s Day

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St. Patrick’s Day is tomorrow – March 17, 2024 – but Jameson Irish Whiskey is beginning the celebration today with a big green bus that will tour throughout east London with BAFTA-award-winning Irish comedienne,, actress and brand ambassador Aisling Bea promoting the occasion. On Saturday, March 16, 2024, Bea will greet passengers onboard the double-decker […]

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Bushmills Douses Blues With Hill Street Edition

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With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, Irish whiskeymaker Bushmills has released a 36-year-old whiskey – Bushmills Hill Street Edition – but only for those who can be in Belfast this weekend. Bushmills Hill Street edition is a 36-year-old Irish whiskey, re-casked in a sherry hogshead in 2001, bottled at 48% alcohol by volume […]

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Jameson Signs EFL Footballer Jameson

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Jameson Irish whiskey has signed up with another Jameson – Kyle Jameson, a defender for Newport County – as part of their sponsorship deal with the English Football League (EFL). Jameson plays in League Two of the EFL – the same league as the popular Wrexham – with Newport County is currently in 13th place […]

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Bacardi Takes Control Of Teeling

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A mere six years after investing in the Dublin-based Irish whiskey-making Teeling Distillery, Bermuda-based Bacardi has taken majority control of the distiller. The percentage of Bacardi’s ownership stake was undisclosed but founders Jack and Stephen Teeling will continue to own a percentage of the business and run day-to-day operations. Bacardi initially invested in The Teeling […]

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Walsh Whiskey Unveils The Irishman – Legacy

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Walsh Whiskey has released The Irishman Legacy – a limited edition single malt Irish whiskey celebrating 700 years of Irish whiskey distilling history. The Irishman Legacy was initially matured in both bourbon and sherry casks, finished for 15 months in Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and is said to […]

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Midleton Makes Foray Into Very Rare Range With Foret de Troncais

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Irish Distillers-owned Midleton Distillery has released Midleton Very Rare Forêt de Tronçais – Irish whiskey finished in rare French Tronçais oak casks originating from the French forest of the same name – as an addition to their Very Rare range of whiskies. The forest was established in the 1600s to sustainably supply oak for building […]

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Babet Closes Midleton Distillery Visitor Experience

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Powerful Storm Babet hit Ireland and forced Pernod-Ricard-owned Irish Distillers to temporarily shut their Midleton Distillery Experience visitor site after it was damaged by flooding from the nearby Owenacurra River Midleton town, located in County Cork, Ireland. Storm Babet moved on and is currently rampaging through the UK, bringing severe flooding to most of the […]

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Waterford Unleashes The Peat

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Irish whiskey producer, Waterford Distillery, has released a pair of heavily peated single malts – Waterford Peated: Lacken and Waterford Peated: Woodbrook – with barley from Lacken and Woodbrook farms. Waterford Peated: Lacken was bottled at 57 PPM (phenol parts per million) while Waterford Peated: Woodbrook was bottled at 74 PPM. Waterford Peated: Lacken is […]

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Bushmills Gets Woody

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Irish whiskey behemoth brand, Bushmills, has released a pair of single malt Irish whiskies – a 15-year-old and a 21-year-old – to begin their World Wood Series. The Bushmills World Wood Series 15-year-old single malt was matured in both ex-bourbon first- and second-fill American oak casks, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume [92 proof] and […]

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Tullamore D.E.W. Searches For Isobel

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Isobel goes missing but Irish whiskey brand Tullamore D.E.W. stays home with a celebration of the town of Tullamore in County Offaly, Ireland, in their promotional video entitled “Where’s Isobel?” The promotion was unique in that it was both filmed on location in Tullamore and starring local residents, the vast majority of whom had never […]

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