Bushmills Distillery Saturday 24 July

Here we are at the Bushmills Whiskey Distillery in Bushmills. This is the worlds oldest licenced whiskey distillery. The distillery was founded in 1608!!!!
On our tour we learned the differences between Scotch and Irish, (outside of the additional e in the Irish version) how the distillation process differs. We viewed the barrel room where 22 thousand whiskey filled barrels are ageing. The barrels are always pre used prior to their arrival at Bushmills. What they have previously been used for will assist in the flavouring process.

Some have been used for bourbon production, some for wine and some for port. These flavours assist in generating the variety of flavours in the whiskeys.