Old Bushmills Distillery
In 1608, in the village of Bushmills, a story began that would shape Irish whiskey for centuries to come. That year, King James I granted a rare licence to distil whiskey, giving this small settlement its place in history.
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In 1608, a licence to distil whiskey was granted to Bushmills, a small village just inland from Northern Ireland’s north coast. More than 400 years later, the Old Bushmills Distillery is still producing whiskey on the same ground, making it the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery.
Using Irish barley and water from its own local stream, Bushmills continues a craft shaped by generations of distillers. The landscape, the people and the pace of life here all play their part in the character of the whiskey. As master distiller Colum Egan says, “we’re not good because we’re old, we’re old because we’re good”.
A visit brings the story to life, from the copper stills to the rich aromas that fill the air. This is where 100 per cent malted barley is triple-distilled to create single malt whiskey, in a place that could not exist anywhere else.
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