LOT ID: 0423-286
End Date : May 31 2023 08:10 PM
Bushmills distillery was founded in 1784 (the present distillery building dates from 1885) and until relatively recently was the only surviving single malt whiskey distillery in Northern Ireland. The more famous 1608 date used by Bushmills today was adopted in the 1970s, and refers to the unrelated original grant of a licence to distil whiskey in the Bushmills area to local landowner Sir Thomas Phillips.
Bushmills became part of Irish Distillers Limited (IDL) in 1972, when Ireland’s remaining distilleries pooled their interests to avert extinction. IDL was purchased by Pernod Ricard in 1988, and Bushmills was sold in 2005 to Diageo. Bushmills was acquired by tequila company Jose Cuervo Ltd in 2014 in return for their 50% stake in Don Julio tequila. Cuervo have invested in a new stillhouse for Bushmills that will double the distillery’s capacity to around 9 million litres per annum.
BID | DATE | TIME | |
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£120.00 | 31st May 2023 | 19:56 | |