A Tour of The Old Jameson Distillery
Fairly early one afternoon in Dublin, I got rather sick of going to museum after museum and walked straight to the Jameson Distillery. There, I got a little sloshed and learned all about Jameson and whiskey distillation.
Arriving at The Old Jameson Distillery
Heading to the front door
JJ’s Bar at the front
Waiting for the next tour to begin
Our somewhat sarcastically excited Irish tour guide
A mock-up of the grain storehouse
Heading to the next part of the tour
Our tour guide describes something about grain
An old harvester
Water wheel
A model of the mill
Millstone—if I recall correctly, this is the one to rub for luck
Learning about step #4: mashing
The big no. 1 mash tun
Learning about washback
Washback No. 1
Describing the distillation process
Stills
Learning about coopering and what happens to barrels of whiskey
The taste test at the end. Unfortunately, I didn’t raise my hand fast enough.
Jameson also has a promotional video of the whole tour along with some pictures and other info. If you have a chance to visit, then you should definitely go! It’s a little pricey, but they make up for it by giving you whiskey.
Tags: dublin, ireland, jameson, Photos, Whiskey
January 7th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Did they make it clear that whiskey is not produced there, nor has it been for sometime?
Or do they avoid the issue?
Jameson is produced in Cork, Ireland at a massive distillery called Midleton - and not in Dublin…
January 7th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Oh, definitely. They make it very clear that the distillery doesn’t actually make any whiskey anymore and that it’s only a tourist attraction.
January 7th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
That’s good.
Jameson is good stuff - looked down on by Scotch snobs, usually, but a pretty good whiskey.