Midleton 1973-2003 - 30 Year Old - Master Distillers Private Collection - Single Cask 41422

INFORMATION

Midleton 1973 - 2003. 30 Year Old. Master Distillers Private Collection. Cask number 41422. One of 400 bottles. Pure Pot Still Irish Whiskey. Old Midleton Distillery. 700ml. 56%. An exceptionally rare single cask of Midleton 1973 pure pot still Irish whiskey, this was distilled at the old Midleton distillery and was specially selected by Master Distiller Barry Crockett for bottling in 2003. A limited edition of just 400 bottles at its natural strength of 56%, this Midleton 1973 is almost impossible to find nowadays.

DISTILLERY:Midleton

DISTILLERY STATUS:Working

Bottle ABV:56%

Bottle SIZE:70cl / 700ml

Bottle PRODUCED:400

BOTTLER:Distillery Bottling

SPIRIT TYPE:Ireland

LIMITED EDITION:yes

CASK NUMBER:41422

CASK TYPE:Single Pot Still

DISTILLED YEAR:1973

BOTTLING DATE::2003

AGE:30

Ireland’s original Midleton distillery opened in a former woollen mill just outside Cork city in 1825. Midleton’s owners the Murphy brothers founded the Cork Distilleries Company (CDC) in 1867; a century later with market conditions in potentially terminal decline, CDC merged with Jameson and Powers to form Irish Distillers. Soon afterwards, both Dublin distilleries were closed and all whiskey production was switched to a large new distillery at Midleton, which opened in 1975. 

Irish Distillers was bought by Pernod Ricard in 1988 and the new owners have invested hundreds of millions in Midleton in recent years. Today, Midleton distillery has a production capacity of over 70 million litres of pure alcohol per year, making both single pot still and grain whiskey for their Jameson, Midleton, Redbreast, Powers and Green Spot brands, as well as the legacy brand Paddy’s, which was sold to Sazerac in 2016. Further investment has been announced to make Midleton distillery carbon neutral by 2026.