Whiskey Tour of Ireland
DAY 1:
Arrive to Dublin and meet our driver and guide who is going to take you for a panoramic tour of Dublin.
Discover the beauty of Dublin and visit Trinity College and St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
In evening you can enjoy whisky tasting and dinner in the 37 Dawson Street, one of the best bars in Dublin.
As an option, you can also book a Whiskey tasting class, which includes the history & tasting notes of whiskeys from Ireland, America, Scotland and Japan with a whiskey specialist!
DAY 2:
After Full Irish Breakfast your driver collects you and takes you for a tour to visit Old Jameson Distillery and the Teeling Whiskey Distillery.
In the Old Jameson Distillery located in the heart of Old Dublin, you can track the Irish Whiskey history since the 6th century. Almost like a tour of a working distillery you can follow the fascinating craft of whiskey making through the different stages from grain intake to malting, mashing, fermentation, distillation, maturation and bottling. Finally the tour culminates in the Jameson bar for a traditional Irish Whiskey tasting session.
You may also like to take the opportunity of enjoying a premium tutoring of Irish Whiskey or pull up a stool at JJ’s Bar and order a tasting mat with four of our favourite Jameson Family Reserve whiskeys. Sample the much-celebrated Jameson Distillery Reserve 12 years Old, Jameson Select Reserve, Jameson Gold Reserve and Jameson 18year old Reserve.
Your next stop will be in The Teeling Whiskey Distillery, which is Dublin’s newest destination for whiskey fans or for anyone with an interest in Dublin’s long, historical association with Irish whiskey.
The Bang Bang Bar serves complete portfolio of multi-award winning Irish whiskeys and experienced bartenders are on hand to take people through tastings of each of the products.
Alex Chasko & Stephen Teeling guide you through Teeling Small Batch Irish Whiskey. From the hand selected casks of malt and grain to the extra maturation in rum barrels and bottling at 46% with no chill filtration it produces the most unique Irish blend in the world.
After the tour, you can choose different tasting options.
Overnight in Dublin.
DAY 3:
After Full Irish Breakfast at your Hotel your driver will take you to the towns of Kilbeggan and Tullamore.
You will visit Kilbeggan Distillery (Lockes Distillery): the only small pot still whiskey distillery remaining in Ireland. It houses the only examples of what used to be a widespread Irish industry. Kilbeggan Distillery was licensed in 1757 and produced whiskey for over 200 years.
The guided tour takes about 1 hour 30 minutes and shows the ancient process of whiskey making. The two sources of power, the steam engine and the water wheel are always of great interest. Over 85% of the original distillery machinery remains intact and restoration work is ongoing.
A tour of Kilbeggan Distillery will take you back in time to discover how Irish whiskey was made during John Lockes ownership of the distillery during the 19th century before bringing you into the present where you can hear, smell and taste Kilbeggan Irish whiskey as it is distilled today.
Finished with a Masterclass in tasting of four unique Irish whiskeys, Kilbeggan 8 Single Grain, Kilbeggan Irish whiskey, Tyrconnell Single Malt and Connemara Peated Single Malt.
After visit in Kilbeggan, you will drive to Tullamore, to visit distillery opened by Daniel E.Williams in 1829. The grandson of Daniel E. Williams, Desmond revolutionised the whiskey industry by introducing Ireland’s first blended whiskey. Tullamore D.E.W. believes in Power of Three: Triple Distilled, Triple Blended and Triple Cask Matured, which create a whiskey of greater complexity, balance, and unrivalled smoothness.
The full tour takes in every step of the artisan craft of whiskey making, each stage a story, told through captivating audio-visual media and the good old Irish charm of the expert guides.
After this, you will go to Athlone, where you stay for the night.
DAY 4:
After Full Irish Breakfast at the hotel you will be transferred to Belfast.
Enjoy a city tour of Northern Ireland’s Capital, which has been voted one of Europe’s most fashionable cities.
Visit Titanic Belfast, which extends over nine interactive galleries, explore the shipyard and travel to the depths of the ocean to uncover the true legend of Titanic, in the city where it all began.
Continue the tour to see the Belfast City Hall: built in 1906, in classical Renaissance style, in Portland stone, the crowning feature of the City Hall is the main dome.
In the evening discover the wonderful pubs this popular city has to offer. Make sure you will visit the Duke of York, the best whiskey bar in Ulster, which offers unique whiskey experience with their over 150 whiskey’s selection.
The Duke of York is located along the cobbled entry Commercial Court, in a historical part of the city and one of the oldest streets in Belfast.
Overnight Belfast.
DAY 5:
Full Irish Breakfast at hotel.
This morning you depart along the majestic Antrim coast starting with the Glens of Antrim, nine valleys running from the Antrim Plateau to the ocean and you will stop at Giant’s Causeway.
The Giant’s Causeway, renowned for its polygonal columns of layered basalt, is the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Northern Ireland and in 2015 was awarded the UKs Best Heritage Attraction at the British Travel Awards. Resulting from a volcanic eruption 60 million years ago, this is the focal point of a designated Area of outstanding natural beauty and has attracted visitors for centuries.
You will then be driven to the highlight of your Irish Whiskey Tour: Old Bushmills Distillery. It is Ireland’s oldest working distillery in County Antrim, Northern Ireland on the beautiful North Coast. The original grant to distil was signed in 1608 by King James 1st and there has been distillation on this site since then, using the unique water from their own stream and Irish barley. The Bushmills Brand Experience encompasses guided tours around a working distillery with all the associated sights and smells, tutored whiskey tastings, a specialist whiskey shop. At the conclusion of your tour you will be offered a whiskey in the 1608 Bar.
After your tour of the oldest distillery in the world it is time to return to Belfast.
DAY 6:
Transfer to Dublin or Belfast Airport for your flight home.
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