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Originally Posted by Joe Bob
I always like to ask this question in these circumstances.....
How do you tell the difference between Catholic and Protestant made Irish Whiskey?
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The old argument that Jameson is Catholic whiskey and Bushmills is Protestant comes from the location of their distilleries - Jameson's being in County Cork in the predominitely Catholic Republic of Ireland and Bushmills being in Northern Ireland, a predominately protestant area.
However, this is a debate that is normally not heard anywhere other than in the US. And what's even more interesting is that Bushmills is now owned by Diageo, a company based England - a largely Protestant country, while Jameson is owned by Pernod-Ricard a company based in France - a predominantly Catholic country.
So, location be damned - the Catholics are producing Bushmills in Northern Ireland and the Prots Jameson in the south!
Personally I prefer Midlelton's the best - but at $100 a bottle, I rarely buy it. Next comes Red Breast and then Jameson. Jameson is easy to find so that's usually my whiskey of choice - on the rocks.