Bushmills offering a free Irish Whiskey to every American in 2021

Irish Post ^ | 1/3/2021 | Jack Beresford

[RinaseaofDs]

My favorite Irish whiskey. Looking forward to this.

[Desparado]

anyone ever hear of Tullamoor Dew?

[Wilderness Conservative]

The Irish and Brits make incredible spirits. Japanese have picked up the craft too. American whiskey has more ballz imho. A bit hotter and harder hitting. A tour of the Jack Daniels or Jim Beam is worthwhile if you’re in whiskey country.

[KobraKai]

Lol. I knew the potato thing was wrong the moment I hit post.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Jameson’s is nice too.”

Nice? Nectar of the gods! :)

[AF_Blue]

bfl

[SgtHooper]

I use it to clean carburetor parts.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[Georgia Girl 2]

I’ve had it. Its not bad.

[AF_Blue]

... or the Bourbon Trail, if you’re in Kentucky.

At a minimum, a tour of the Woodford Reserve distillery.

[SgtHooper]

LOL! And Canadian whiskey is made from mooses!

[vikingd00d]

>>Jameson’s is nice too.

Indeed. Bushmill’s is Protestant whiskey. :)

[Hot Tabasco]

Kinda like giving out free snow shovels in the Bahamas.........LOL!

[GOPJ]

In addition to this programme, Bushmills has previously made a $200,000 donation to the USBG Foundation's Bartender Emergency Assistance Program.

Bushmills: Wishing you a pot o’ gold, and all the joy your heart can hold... Thanks from the little people...

[Liz]

Who knew? There's a "Bartender Emergency Assistance Program?"

Now that's something AOC could get behind....smirk.

[Wilderness Conservative]

The smaller family run stills have more personality. Such an amazing business and history.

[PIF]

Poor people of Alaska where a draft beer costs more than $6 - don’t ask about hard liquor ...

[Charles Martel]

Irish is similar to scotch, in that barley is the primary ingredient. Where scotch uses malted barley (malting is a process that dampens the grain to artificially start the germination process, to bring natural sugars to the outside - then dries the grain to halt the process), Irish whiskey historically uses both malted and un-malted barley. Irish whiskey is often triple-distilled, which can result in a lighter flavor than scotch. IIRC, most of the cask aging is done using refilled (used) casks previously used for bourbon.

Most American whiskies are of the bourbon or rye varieties, with certain requirements as to the percentage of corn or rye in the respective types. Bourbon must be 51% corn, IIRC - the remainder is some combination of rye, barley or wheat. Bourbon must be aged in a newly-made American oak cask with a charred interior.

The big difference is the blend of grains used, as well as the types of casks used to age it.

[mylife]

:(

[DPMD]

The irish pubs in San Francisco won’t be participating.