New Midleton Distillery

The Midleton distilleries complex is situated in Midleton, County Cork, Ireland. It is owned by Pernod Ricard. Located alongside is the Old Midleton Distillery which was established in the early 17th century.

History

In 1966, John Power & Son, John Jameson & Son and the Cork Distillery Company (which owned the Old Midleton distillery) merged to form the Irish Distillers Group. The board of the newly formed company decided to close their existing distilleries and consolidate all production at a new facility. This was built at Midleton as it was the only existing site with room for expansion. In July 1975, production ended at The Old Jameson Distillery and began in the new one. The old distillery has since been turned into a visitors centre. Since 2010 the distillery has expanded vastly, with Irish Distillers investing over €200 million to double the capacity of the plant and build a new maturing facility in Dungourney, a nearby village.[1]

Production

Midleton is one of the most modern distilleries in the world and has its production areas linked via fibre-optic networks.[2] The Midleton factory, with a production capacity of 64 million litres per annum, is the largest in Ireland. The distillery boasts three 75,000 litre pot stills, and three column, which are used in combinations of three to produce different types of whiskey.

Visitor attractions

The New Midleton Distillery is next to the Old Midleton distillery, home of the visitors centre called the Jameson Experience. Like the visitors centre in Dublin at the Old Jameson Distillery, the tour explains the history of Jameson Whiskey. The story is told through a series of reconstructed scenes from the original distillery in Dublin, exhibition areas that show the seven stages of whiskey making, and a video that shows what the distillery was like when the creator John Jameson was alive. Small numbers of tourers can also participate in a taste test between Jameson Whiskey, Scottish whisky, and American whiskey to become a "Qualified Irish Whiskey Taster".

In 2013, a new Irish Whiskey Academy was opened in the Midleton Distillery Grounds offering a range of one to three day Irish whiskey appreciation courses and training for Irish whiskey aficionados, journalists and other members of the drinks profession and industry.[3]

The grounds of the old Midleton Distillery also houses the official historical archives for the Irish Distillers Whiskey labels in the old Master Distillers House.

Whiskeys produced

As a result of the different stills combinations that can be achieved, a range of different products can be produced.The most significant brands produced are:

Other products

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Distillers in high spirits as the whiskey sector enters golden era". www.irishtimes.com. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "6K Switches Upgrade Increases Performance at Irish Distillers' Midleton Plant". Commercial web page. GarrettCom Europe. Retrieved August 12, 2011.
  3. ↑ McNamara, Stuart. "Irish Whiskey Academy and Midleton Distillery. A Village in Spirit.". IrishWhiskey.com. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
  4. ↑ McNamara, Stuart. "Midleton Very Rare 30th Anniversary Pearl Edition Irish Whiskey". IrishWhiskey.com. Retrieved 12 July 2015.

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Coordinates: 51°54′47″N 8°10′10″W / 51.913110°N 8.169485°W / 51.913110; -8.169485

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