The Tullamore Distillery is the first new distillery to be constructed on a greenfield site in Ireland in over 100 years and is one of the most exciting accomplishments to date in the Irish whiskey renaissance.
The Tullamore D.E.W. story tells the tale of a legendary liquid with 192 years of history. The grain to glass distillery spans a whopping 58 acres where the whiskey is milled, mashed, fermented, distilled, matured and bottled all on one site. Here, 11 million litres of whiskey are produced each year, making Tullamore D.E.W. and its distillery one of the finest examples of Ireland’s whiskey renaissance.
The Tour Itself
During the distillery experience, visitors will sip and savour an Irish coffee on arrival, walk the still house floor, feel the warm embrace of heat from the bubbling stills and taste the world’s second largest Irish whiskey brand’s award-winning whiskeys.
One of the most breath taking parts of the tour will take place in the live Maturation Warehouse. Nestled amongst a sea of barrels stacked from floor to ceiling, is Ireland’s only custom-built Warehouse Snug. In the Secret Snug, visitors will get to “dip the dog” and taste whiskey direct from the cask whilst 50,000 barrels – over 10 million litres of whiskey – mature around them. The aroma in the air is pure magic.
The Tullamore Distillery features four hand crafted copper stills, designed to resemble the original stills from the old distillery; six brew house fermenters each with a 34,000 litre capacity; and warehouse storage for 100,000 casks. Tullamore Distillery draws the finest natural Irish water from the nearby Slieve Bloom Mountains and will be capable of producing the equivalent of 1.5 million cases of Tullamore D.E.W. annually.
At the end of the tour, visitors will get the chance to “Be the Blender” by blending and bottling their own unique whiskey to buy and take away. This state-of-the-art invention does not exist anywhere else in the world and brings personalised whiskey to a whole new level.
EDITORS NOTE
I took this incredible tour last week – it is a fantastic introduction to whiskey if, like myself, you’re not too familiar with whiskey (I’ve been converted!) If you love your whiskey this is the perfect trip for you. The distillery itself is jaw dropping, the staff welcoming and knowledgable and there’s even an opportunity to blend and take home your own whiskey! I couldn’t recommend it more!
About Tullamore D.E.W.
Tullamore D.E.W. is the world’s second largest Irish whiskey brand and has seen global sales double to more than 850,000 (9L) cases since 2005. Known the world over for its smooth flavour, Tullamore D.E.W. Irish whiskey is triple distilled and a blend of a combination of all three types of Irish whiskey – grain, malt & pot still.