Old Jameson Distillery

It’s Saturday, and we checked out of the Old Presbytery in Kinsale and drove a little past Cork into Middleton to tour the 18th century restored Old Jameson Distillery.  This was on Emma’s “Must See” list.  We got there early before the first tour at 10:45am, which gave us time to browse the Jameson Gift Shop.  The tour was very well done explaining the history starting way back with John Jameson and walking through the old factory hearing all about the process of making the finest triple distilled whiskey.  At the end of the tour the tour guide asked for eight volunteers to do a whiskey tasting.  Hard to believe but it was actually hard for eight volunteers to step forward.  Thus, Jessica, Emma, and I raised our hands to be volunteers.  The tasting consisted of tasting three whiskeys:  a Scotch, which is a two distilled whiskey, an American (Jack Daniels), which is only distilled once, and Jameson, a triple distillation.  After the tour and tasting, we enjoyed a glass of Jameson Irish Whiskey with Ginger and Lime.

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