One of them said, My enemys enemy is my friend.. Whisky is Scotch, followed by Canada. The good news is I dont have to worry about car bomb in Hicktown. The Emperor's war against the Lutheran princes put the first Protestant reformers in a difficult bind. . Besides, Id have to prove I can fill a job where the company cant find a local. Have an OHaras Red and a Jamison on me. As for the religious differences, its always been easier for those not in the mess (in the US, England) to say and perpetuate things over that of those who have to suffer the views and manipulations of outsiders. Today in Trader Joes, the checker looked at my bottle of Bushmills and then at me and asked, Catholic or Protestant? I had never heard that one before. If I had a choice between Macallan 18 and Redbreast, think Id stay Irish. He replied, Bushmills. Wow, this was such a fun read through. Bushmills, in turn, supplies the Midleton Distillery with single malt, which they use to make Tullamore DEW. There are some amazing ones, FYI, I will leave it at that. So, I figured then maybe I was Protestant Irish? Youd probably get glassed if you asked the question in certain places in Ireland or Scotland. There is neither protestant nor catholic whiskey available. Stick to the booze recommendations, the mixed drink recipes, and the things you have first-hand experience with. As a good Roman Catholic, Ive always raised my Jameson in tribute to my Irish Catholic brethren (actually I like Jameson a little more than Bushmills anyway) until, on a recent trip to Ireland with my Irish-American Wife (nee Powers), I bought a bottle of Redbreast on a lark. It is about the spirit in the bottle, not in a church. (Ref. Jameson is a blended potstill whiskey (malted + Unmalted grain blended with grain whiskey). They have started construction now on a grain still on site now which means that the full three components of the blend will be produced in Tullamore. Soon after, in a bold move, Irish Distillers decided to close all of their existing distilleries, and to consolidate production at a new purpose-built facility in Midleton (the New Midleton Distillery) alongside their existing Old Midleton Distillery. I have a bottle of Midleton stashed away for a special occasion and I keep a bottle of Kilbeggan for my go-to whiskey. Im a man who likes to know what he is drinking. red breast is my favorite single pot still whisky!! My hat is off to you, for your spookily informative collection of posts. Why even Arthur Guinness was a prod. Slainte. What can one expect from people who prefer grappa to the true Water of Life? ID was purchased by Pernod Ricard in 1988 and they sold off Bushmills to Diageo in 2005. Lived in Ireland my whole life and as an avid whiskey drinker, both scotch and Irish, Ive never encountered that conversation. Peter Knox Id be all up for emigrating from US to Ireland, in a heartbeat, but I read about the job prospects there are as bad (possibly worse) than here. Usually King James Version. As the Protestants had pretty much a stranglehold over all shipping in the country, they refused to ship Dew in favor of the Protestant-produced Jameson. These two fine whiskeys should be enjoyed in a glass and not on some pseudo-religious podium. Although some Protestants continued to make and sell alcohol, and many more consumed it, the pressure was . Nose The truth of the matter is, the age-old faux-pas of ordering Bushmills for fear of supporting English aggression and offending the Republic of Ireland is about as Irish as corned beef which is to say, not very Irish at all but rather Irish-American (Sorry, kids, corned beef is a Jewish invention). Looking for Irish Whiskey to use in a recipe for bread pudding I paid a visit to our local liquor store and inquired as to the best Irish Whiskey available. The Catholic and Protestant Reformations established long-lasting effects within the religious world. [3] At the time the distillery had three pot stills, though only one, a 500-gallon still is thought to have been in use. We intend to vigorously defend our position. Ive lost members of my family to the IRA in THIS generation. Tullamore Dew, Powers, Paddy, Midleton Very Rare, Green Spot, and . I am still cradling my Bushmills 12 yr Distillery Reserve Whiskey. Whiskey, or "uisce beatha" in the Irish language, is an integral part of Ireland and Irish culture. Yes it is a bit heavier than most Irish whiskey, but I appreciate the depth and nuanced flavors. Ill have to try a Manhattan next. I tasted the Jamesons before I poured in any ginger ale & so glad I did, Irish whiskey is sooooo much better IMHO than Scotch or bourbon IMHO. And since I inherited her mothers sideboard, now repurposed as the bar in my den, I shall drink Bushmills tonight. CATHOLICISM vs PROTESTANTISM!! But NONE of this has anything to do with Whiskey brands and everything to do with prejudices. So bottoms up. In later years I looked more into my family history and came to realize that my Fathers family were local Baptists and my Mothers were Czech Catholics. In 1886, John Power & Son began bottling their own whiskey, rather than following the practice customary at the time, of selling whiskey directly to merchants and bonders who would bottle it themselves. The Protestant/Catholic thing was explained to me as a labor dispute where a bunch of Catholic Derrymen were laid off from the Bushmills distillery or some shite. [15], More recently, in 2015, Powers Signature Release won a gold medal in the category Irish Single Pot Still Whiskey at the Irish Whiskey Awards. It has earned a permanent place in my cabinet right next to my Glenrothes 1995 which I prefer over all the other SM brands including MacAllan 18 & 25. Please remember quite a few of you presidents from Grant to Clinton descended from this part of the world. I was raised Catholic by my mother after the parents divorced when I was three. I must say I enjoyed reading this thread, and I had no intention of posting until I reached #58. Granted, I dont mix my whiskey with Coke or Ginger Ale, so perhaps Im missing the best presentation of Powers Gold Label. Who really cares. Multi-national corporations, of course, know no religious or other loyalty, except to the almighty dollar/pound/Euro. Maybe not the best role model, but whaddaya gonna do? Very sweet (like the inside of a burnt marshmellow). Should these facts come into the discussion when considering whether or not to indulge in a pint of the creamy delicious black stuff!? Both sides here will gradually realise that they have more in common with each other than they do with folk in ROI or England, thats been my experience. Redbreast was a recent taste and I liked that a lot. I prefer the taste of Bushmills as its smoother where Jameson is a sharper taste. I love Redbreast and always have a bottle about, but based on some comments here Ill definitely be picking up a bottle of Powers Gold Label. I am Catholic and Slovak and do not care what the British have done to the Irish. I just brought some Tyrconnell 10-year port cask aged home from duty free it is delicious. Clicking on a product takes you to Amazon, which helps me keep this site running, so thank you in advance! Jeffrey, isnt there an expiration date to such things? So by your logic it is fair to say that Every time you raise a glass of American Bourbon you are in essence raising a glass to an Native American losing his land (and in MOST cases his life) to British/American rule! The only option is to import a case in through the provincial liquor stores at about $35 CAD per bottle. Funny. About one-in-five (18%) chose "the Great Crusade," while 6% said "the Great Schism" and 5% said "the French Revolution Do not place them next to each other. Not what I would call a cheap whisley, albeit there are many out there that can cost a fair penny more. wear my orange on St. Patricks Not what religion you think a whiskey holds. [8] In addition, three of the distillery's pot stills were saved and now located in the college's Red Square.[8]. Any particular reason why in 1998-1999 Bushmills would have distilled of at least bottle up for Jameson ????? [3], Following reform of the distilling laws in 1823, the distillery expanded rapidly. Car bombs, kidnappings, murders, protests, etc. I usually drink my whiskey neat but would anyone be able to recommend an Irish whiskey cocktail/mixed drink that doesnt included coffee or a green liquid? @Eamonn: always good to hear from a Dubliner. No coffee or anything green. So, so stupid. Do you have a clue what an ol Yankee could do there for wages? John Jameson was Pentecostal. [12] However, with many of the Irish distilleries having closed in the early 20th century in part due to their failure to embrace a change in consumer preference towards blended whiskey, Powers were instrumental in convincing the remaining Irish distilleries to reconsider their stance on blended whiskey.[8]. 1996 in coal harbour Vancouver BC. The Master Distiller, Colum Eagan, is indeed a Catholic himself and comes from Co. Laois in ROI. [16], Last edited on 15 February 2023, at 23:21, "Account of Number of Gallons of Wash distilled in Scotland and Ireland, 1826-27", "Deaths Registered in the District of Killiney", "Main Driver of Recovery of Distillery Industry - Obituary: Frank O'Reilly 1922-2013", "Whiskey Bible Awards for Powers Jameson", Whiskey Distilling: a Part of Dublin's Industrial Heritage (1977), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Powers_(whiskey)&oldid=1139599779, Powers 12 year old reserve, Powers Three Swallow, Powers Signature Release, Powers John's Lane Release, Powers Irish Rye, Powers 12-year-old Special Reserve, 40% ABV, a blend of 1221-year-old whiskeys with a high pot still content, matured in ex-Bourbon and sherry casks, Powers Three Swallow Release, 43.2%, single pot still, matured mainly in ex-Bourbon casks, with some input of whiskey matured in, Powers Signature Release, 46%, single pot still, matured mainly in ex-Bourbon casks, with some input of whiskey matured in Oloroso Sherry casks, Powers John's Lane Release, 46%, single pot still, 12-year-old, matured mainly in ex-bourbon casks, with some input of whiskey matured in Sherry casks, Powers Irish Rye, 43.2%, triple distilled in a column still, non age statement, matured in a selection of American oak virgin casks and ex-bourbon casks, with the rye sourced from Co. Wexford, This page was last edited on 15 February 2023, at 23:21. The other part is that Powers is for everyone else who just doesnt give a f**k. Drink what you drink and like what you like. Also, what in the heck does Virginia have to do with Kentucky Bourbon??? When it comes to what crosses my lips I guess I am an agnostic. As for my preference, I tend to like the lighter Bushmills as its the first Irish whiskey I discovered years ago, and Ive certainly enjoyed my share of Jameson from time to time. Oh and Bushmills was NOT licensed to distill in 1608Thats marketing Bullshit. I can just say Cheers! Arthur Guinness was definitely Protestant And a Unionist. He was adamantly against Home Rule as well. When I lived in Providence, there was a lot of Powers drinking going on. Redbreast is wonderful, but spendy. As long as its no longer going on in the company today then enjoy. Instead, American Catholics drew exten sively from an earlier movement launched by Father Mathew, a Catholic friar in Ireland.1 This article analyzes the ways in which lay Catholics adapted temperance 1. Me, Ill opt mostly for the great spirits of the independent Cooley Distillery, located just north of Dublin. But generally, if you like it sweet, you like Jamesons products (including Redbreast, 1780, and Powers) If you like it dry, youll prefer the Busmills lineup. Those of us that still drink enjoy guinness as our beer I serve it in Texas to my St. Patricks day guests and several times a year otherwise. Theres Whiskey and a prod or a catholic will drink it either way. is that a catholic thing? Along with a fellow sipper we have over most of the Irish brands listed here in this thread as part of a 30+ years Christmas gift exchange and tasting session. Bushmills, on the other hand, was officially licensed in 1608 by King James I (of Bible fame) and despite of its location deep in the heart of Protestant country (and this next bit is straight from my local Bushmills rep, so take it or leave it) has a Catholic as a master distiller. Not sure what Guinness has to do with this, but your claim goes against everything we were taught about him, but maybe history is just whitewashed for us Yanks. Jameson Is Catholic and Bushmills Is Protestant This is one of the myths encountered all the time, since Bushmills is located in predominantly Protestant Northern Ireland and Jameson is produced in the heavily Catholic Republic of Ireland. Another Figoli Quinn Website (Digital Ocean) | Cheers! Currently rumored to be building a new distillery, Well, I already put my two cents in well up the thread, but here is some topical good news for the distillery in the North2013 Spirit of the Year: Bushmills http://www.winemag.com/Web-2013/2013-Spirit-of-the-Year-Bushmills/, Having just had this discussion with my buddy who was bribed with a bottle of Bush to express his love of it via twitter (which he refused, good man that he is) I have to say the following-. Wonderful thread. I do live in a Hicktown. It may not be factual, verified, or correct, but definitely true. OK, OK, can be pretty good and certainly much cheaper. This must be one of the most pointless debates I have seen in a long time. [1] History [ edit] Bad Catholic that I am, I always drank Bushmills over Jameson. Were not bothered by any of that old bullshit now. Methodist and Presbyterian. And we should all be thankful for this. Class dismissed. Heres the real question why does everyone insist on handing us shots of jameson late night in colorado? There was a big banner from the 80s in one of our meeting rooms that read boycott bushmills they discriminate because they were from the north they didnt use to hire catholic workers. But I must say my absolute preference is Jameson 18 yr old. We were servedcorned beef and cabbage with California wine and a shot of Paddy cut with Baileys after dinner. However, ownership remained in the family until 1966, and several descendants of his sisters remained at work with the company until recent times. Theres not catholic or protestant whiskey. catholic - from the Greek adjective (katholikos), meaning "universal". Produced at Cooley for Sidney Frank, it appears to have been geared mainly for the American market. One of the best whiskys I have ever drank. Powers' Morte d'Urban, for example, the novel may strike you as the slightly humorous failures of an all-too worldly priest. It retails slightly cheaper than Jameson in the US, at $16 a bottle. Cant comment on the long term contract in Cork as I hadnt heard that, but I assume they have some sort of get out clause if there is a contract. Fast forward 60 years. As a bartender years ago in Chicago I was told When stocking your liquor on the back of the bar. I went to the Distillery in Tullamore(now a museum for the whiskey), it is now produced in Middleton, although it is no longer owned by Pernod-Ricard. Youd be hard to convince me it is 40 proof, much less 80. There is whiskey, and a whiskey drinker is a whiskey drinker no matter how they take it. I was told by one Irishman the RedBreast would change my life and another one told me that The Irishman Founders Reserve would do the same. Those whiskeys seem to get along just fine! Thats like native Americans boycotting jack Daniels because of American colonialism. I took a fifth of Bushmills with me in my checked luggage. I will be at Ninkasis B, Thanks for having me this morning to talk about ou, Last night someone was like oh wow I didnt t, HAHAHAHA Thank you @makersmark and @whisky_in_mai_, Thank you @traveloregon for having us on the start, Over the years, people have come to associate us w, We feel like most of you who have visited our litt, Ive always been one of those people who thought, http://www.winemag.com/Web-2013/2013-Spirit-of-the-Year-Bushmills/, Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License, Another Figoli Quinn Website (Digital Ocean). Thanks for sharing your thoughts about jeff. Mind you the order as I see it goes Knappogue 51 > Midleton Rare > Knappogue 15 > Redbreast > Black Bush > Knappogue 92 > Tullamore Dew (makes for the best Irish Coffee) > Then take your pick of the Jamesons/Bushmills/Cooley offerings. I was wondering this myself. This is one of the myths encountered all the time, since Bushmills is located in predominantly Protestant Northern Ireland and Jameson is produced in the heavily Catholic Republic of Ireland. During this period, when the Dublin whiskey distilleries were amongst the largest in the world, the family-run firms of John Power, along with John Jameson, William Jameson, and George Roe, (collectively known as the "Big Four") came to dominate the Irish distilling landscape, introducing several innovations. Catholic powers praised the killings, and the French Protestant cause saw a wave of exile and conversions. Ive been to the area that Bush Mills in manufactured and its total UFV territory. You are a great person to forgive and forget the horrible crime that were personal committed against you. Parents did their best to kill thatand they did. [6] In 1855, his son Sir James Power, laid the foundation stone for the O'Connell Monument,[3] and in 1859 became High Sheriff of Dublin. It resulted in the creation of a branch of Christianity called Protestantism, a name used collectively to refer to the many religious groups that separated from the Roman Catholic Church due to differences in doctrine. Whiskey hasnt got a religion. The Thirty Years' War was a series of wars in Central Europe between 1618 and 1648. As an American, am I being disloyal to Scotland when I drink Jamesons? Most protestant in my area have a real problem with Catholics. No one here has a soft spot in their heart for Paddys?. He was anti-Republican and his family was instrumental in organising the Orange Order in Dublin! @Burnsy and Andrew: I dont drink Guiness or Jameson (for those particular reasons) I drink Paddys or Powers Whiskey and Murphys Stout!!!! Now this character I met at the bar is trying to tell me its the other way around. This works in the same way that Protestants love their Guinness just as much as Roman Catholics in fact, I know a lot of Catholics who never drink the stuff. Robber jumps out of an alley, holds up a gun, and says, Are you a Protestant or a Catholic? Man says, Neither, Im a jew. Robber thinks for a moment, says, but are you a Protestant Jew or a Catholic Jew?, are you a Protestant or a Catholic? Also, you ask what in the heck does Virginia have to do with Kentucky Bourbon? And, fact fans, the space-age Middleton distillery in the far south makes the neutral alcohol for the blends produced at Bushmills up North. Whoever owns Paddys also owns one of these bigger brands and wont export to the US because they know they would cannibalize their own market share. [2], In 1791 James Power, an innkeeper from Dublin, established a small distillery at his public house at 109 Thomas St., Dublin. Powers is readily available in the Balto/Wash area. While Redbreast is great, wonderful stuff, dont ever pass up a chance to sample their self-titled Middleton. When Tug McGraw was interviewed after winning the world series in 1980, they asked him what he was going to spend his series winnings on. Mostly only Catholics or the nonreligious drink here. In the mean time, the closest I can get to Ireland is my Bushmills and Guinness at night, and Kerrygold butter on toast for breakfast. If you ever try a more exclusive blend or a single malt, dont dare poison it with ginger ale . Apparently it is, or was, a thing among certain Irish-Americans to signal their genuine Irishness by refusing Bushmills and drinking Jameson, supposedly the whiskey of Catholics and supporters of the Republic of Ireland. The old make, which we drank with our luncheon, was delicious, and finer than anything we had hitherto tasted. About 5 or 6 years ago they flooeded Irish bars with it just before St. Paddys Day,almost forcing bars to sell off a lot of free stock they received. You wouldnt really understand the depth of the situation. I can see you have been horribly scared by the conflict. One more thing Since Pernod Ricard shut down the grain stills at the old Bushmills distillery, all of the grain whiskey in Bushmills is from Middleton! Whiskey is Catholic. He said Jameson trucks it up there when Jameson is at capacity, and Bushmills has the resources to do it. Protestant - to 'protest'. Now as far as whiskey goes, Im a newbie to Irish stuff but tend to love it all since I am a hard drinker for 6 plus decades. Arthur Guinness was a Protestant and a Unionist. The date of 1608 doesnt even specifically relate to that brand but that a license was granted in somewhere in that general area. I remember back in my younger days hearing of the Troubles and feeling for those involved and I felt mostly for the Catholics. Spose its kinda like Rangers (hoik-phew) and Celtic FC really. Now, its important to note that the Scottish Reformation occurred in 1560, so odds are in favor of the founder of the Jameson distillery, being Scottish, was a damn Protestant. I became a Whiskey drinker a few years back now, and started with Jameson. Nuts. In particular the 1951 offering of which Ive never tasted its superior. For the record, despite the Scottish reformation, that doesnt mean Jamieson was a Proddy. I grew up in NYC with this popular myth engrained on my conciousness. I sincerely doubt that there are too many Irish Catholics who care about the religion attached to what they drink. top off with chilled pulpy orange juice, AND stir lightly .. Delicious. 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