[who_would_fardels_bear]

Years ago when I vacationed in Ireland I got the chance to go on a distillery tour at Old Midleton. At the end I got a tasting of all of their brands: Tullamore Dew, Powers, Bushmills, and Old Midleton. They have all become favorites of mine.

Bushmills has a smokiness that most Irish whisky's don't have. If I remember right the smokiness comes from anthracite used in its production.

[T. Rustin Noone]

Bushmill’s is Protestant whiskey and is not allowed in my home, however humble it is.

[Georgia Girl 2]

When I was in Ireland many years ago in the nineties we were supposed to go to the Bushmills distillery but for some reason we ran out of time. I never cared for Jamesons but Tullamore Dew isn’t bad.

[masadaman]

Bushmill’s is from Northern Ireland, not the Middleton facility in Cork. Middleton produces excellent whiskeys including Jameson’s, Powers’ Three Swallows and Red Breast. They co-pack for many of the dozens of new brands on the market although at last count there are over two dozen new distilleries in some form of development. Middleton née Irish Distillers is owned by the French major Pernod Ricard

Bushmill’s is a much smaller operation but was purchased by the Beckmann Group from Mexico which we know as Cuervo. It is distributed by their subsidiary Proximo which also owns and distributes Shanahan’s Whiskey, distilled in Colorado.