Bushmills - 1608 400th Anniversary 70cl Bottle

Product Description

On 20th April 1608, A licence was granted to Sir Thomas Phillips to 'make, draw & distil 'uisce beatha' within the territory called the Rowte in County Antrim. This original Grant to distil is the first official written evidence of whiskey-making in the Bushmills area. It was a fitting tribute to the reputation that this small & remote region of Ireland had earned for the quality of its ' Water of Life'
- or what would later be called whiskey. Four hundred years later, this royal license speaks of a place where the knowledge of how to create, craft & perfect whiskey has been passed down through generations to become part of the fabric of life. A place where this unique distilling tradition still lives on today, at the old Bushmills Distillery. Bushmills Irish whiskey is the original & best known whisky from the Old Bushmills Distillery, the oldest licensed whisky distillery in the world. Its is a blend of single malt & single grain whiskey. Grain whiskey reserved for Bushmills is aged a minimum of five years in oak casks that are specially selected to bring out the golden hue & light. When mature this grain whiskey is blended with a single malt whiskey to balance the flavour. The malt used in Bushmills mash derives its clean taste from the deliberate absence of peat used in the barley drying process. Irish whiskey distilleries kiln-dry their malt in a heat-fired, not peat-fired, oven. Lighter, no smoke & perfectly balanced, Bushmills is triple distilled for exceptional smoothness. Limited stock.