Old Jameson Distillery, Whiskey museum in Smithfield, Dublin, Ireland
The Old Jameson Distillery in Smithfield is a former whiskey production site where copper pot stills, wooden fermentation vessels, and storage areas are on display. The facility shows the complete process of how whiskey was made from raw ingredients to finished product.
The Bow Street Distillery was established in 1780; John Jameson, its former general manager, took full ownership in 1805 and expanded it. By 1810 it was renamed John Jameson & Son's Bow Street Distillery, and by 1886 it covered 5 acres with its own smithy, cooperage and sawmills. It closed in 1971, one of Ireland's last distilleries, and production moved to New Midleton.
The site's name comes from John Jameson, who took full ownership in 1805 and gave the distillery his name in 1810. Visitors today walk the old distillery on guided tours, join tutored whiskey tastings, and can order whiskey cocktails at JJs bar.
Visitors can join guided tours and should book ahead during busy months from June through September. Most people spend two to three hours here exploring the spaces and enjoying the tasting sessions.
The distillery grew to about 5 acres by 1886 and was called a "city within a city", with its own smithy, cooperage, sawmills, carpenters, painters and coppersmiths. Water came from two deep wells dug beneath the site, and cellars under nearby streets stored maturing whiskey.
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