Comments on: SECTARIAN WHISKEY

By: Deano from Dublin

Deano from Dublin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:24:18 +0000

This is the most ridicules thing I ever heard, some of the Irish-American stuff is just made up rubbish like that we eat corned beef in Ireland, whatever that is. Bushmills master blender is a Catholic, Jameson was a Dublin whiskey in the past founded by a Protestant immigrant from Scotland called James Jameson but moved to the large Midleton Distillery in Cork 20+ years ago.

Bushmills is the actual sponser of Antrims Gaelic Football team! You dont get much mor Gaelic Irish then that! And the neutral alcohol used in some of the Bushmills production is made in the large Midleton Distillery and sent up the road to Co Antrim.

And anyway whats wrong with the Protestants up north? They’re working lads the same as us Dubliners!!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:11:41 +0000

Funny that Bushmills is referred as Protestant whiskey. But that’s what my father always told me I was. Aye have some Jack Daniels.

By: Goon

Goon — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:04:59 +0000

Jameson is a Dublin whiskey. It’s Powers that’s the Cork whiskey. Jameson, Powers, and Bushmills are all owned by the same French company now though. Nonetheless, family tradition dictates that I don’t drink Bushmills.

By: EJ

EJ — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:05:59 +0000

My (Catholic) husband loves Bushmills but always refers to it as that protestant whskey, no doubt just to annoy his proddy wife!

By: Neill

Neill — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:49:00 +0000

well said connor, to be honest im in shock at hearing it being referred to as a ‘protestant whiskey’ i come from newtownabbey which is in Co. Antrim just outside Belfast and i can’t believe any drink has any identity in that respect. the black stuff, etc etc they are just drinks! i pick my drink based on taste, which everyone should do! bushmills also sponsor antrim GAA which is anything but protestant. just enjoy all the drinks lads! happy days

By: Conor

Conor — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:45:04 +0000

Jamesons was founded by a Scottish protestant unionist immigrant to Dublin… just throwing that out there

By: Conor

Conor — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 08:34:45 +0000

that comment about King James licensing the Bushmills distillery in 1608 providing they wouldnt hire catholics is pure rubbish. James’ representative gave a license to Sir Thomas Phillipps for the whole of county Antrim to distill whiskey in 1608, not the actual modern ‘bushmills’ distillery which is much much younger and was founded in 1784. Until the 1980s, the bottles were marked with this later date but then a few of the lads in advertising seemed to cope on and started spinning this yarn. As for the “still doesnt hire catholics,” that’s also absolute rubbish. Hell, the master distiller is named Colm Egan, not exactly your typical Northern Irish Protestant name…

As for which whiskey to drink, my advice is touch neither and go beyond the mass market blends. There has been a tremendous revival of fine irish single malt and pure pot still whiskeys in the past decade and if you really want to celebrate irish culture, you’d be better off leaving stuff like Jameson and Bushmills behind and trying something like Tyrconnell, Connemara, Redbreast, Green Spot, Greenore, Knappogue or any of the other fantastic drams out there.

By: Jonny O'Hare

Jonny O'Hare — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:17:04 +0000

So the fact that Bushmills sponsor the County Antrim GAA team means nothing? Weird. Anyone who thinks along the Protestant/Catholic lines for a flipping whiskey is a bigotted – and probably drunken -idiot.

By: Irish Catholic

Irish Catholic — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:56:24 +0000

King James 1 persecuted Irish and English Catholics. King James 1 licensed Bushmills back in 1608, as long as they wouldn’t hire any Catholics to work in the distillery. Bushmills still doesn’t hire Catholics and is located on the northside of the island. Jameson is located in Cork and employes Catholics.

By: Population Statistic

Population Statistic — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:33:26 +0000

PRE-ST. PATRICK’S TIPPLING…

As I write this, I’m knocking back a bit of Bushmills on the rocks. Yes, it’s an Irish whiskey in honor of tomorrow’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration (and yes, I’m going with “that Protestant whiskey” this year; I’ll have to remember to give equa…

By: Married ...with dinner

Married ...with dinner — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:41:53 +0000

DOTW: Irish Coffee…

Happy St. Paddy’s Day!

A wee bit early, you say? Nae, says I.

Although St. Patrick’s Day is usually observed on March 17, this year – with Easter coming so early – a bit of liturgical arcana has moved mountains. Because Catholic rules prohibi…

By: tim in tampa

tim in tampa — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:05:15 +0000

Wow.

I remember my grandfather, who died more than 20 years ago, saying something… like this. (His father, and my third cousins, I assume, owned/operate a pub in County Mayo.) I don’t remember what it was about, really, but a few years ago when I moved here my father and I went to MacDinton’s for a drink and he told me we Burkes drink Jameson and never Bushmill. He didn’t know, or wouldn’t say, why, so I just took his word for it the way any son assumes his father knows what he’s talking about.

Now I know why. Thanks, CT

By: Population Statistic

Population Statistic — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:52:31 +0000

THE CATHOLIC GUILT COCKTAIL…

Courtesy of The Flowfield Unity, the recipe for The Catholic Guilt Cocktail:
Take one glass
Add two shots of whiskey
And fill to taste with holy water
Yeah, holy water definitely is an underrated mixer…
One crucial piece of advice: When you reach…