Jameson (whiskey distillery)
Jameson is an Irish Whiskey - brand . The distillery of the same name was founded by John Jameson in Dublin in 1780 and was distilled in Bow Street (Smithfield Village) until 1971. Today you can only visit the show distilleries of Old Jameson in Dublin , production takes place in Midleton . Jameson is one of the world's most famous whiskey brands. It is a so-called blended whiskey .
history
After crises in Irish whiskey sales in the USA ( Prohibition ) and in the UK (high import duties after Irish independence), Jameson Irish Whiskey joined the last remaining distilleries in the Republic of Ireland in 1966 , namely Power's ( John Power & Son ) and Cork Distilleries , to form the Irish Distillers (Group) . In 1975 this group opened a state-of-the-art distillery in Midleton, Cork, which can be visited. Irish Distillers Limited has been part of the French Pernod Ricard group since 1988 . As noted whisk (e) y connoisseur and reviewer Jim Murray in his book Classic Irish Whiskey , Jameson held about 75 percent of all Irish whiskey sales worldwide in the late 1990s. In 2012, total sales were 36 million liters.
Products
- Jameson Original
- Jameson Gold
- Jameson Crested Ten
- Jameson Triple Distilled
- Jameson Caskmates
- Jameson Special Reserve, 12 years
- Jameson Select Reserve
- Jameson Signature Reserve
- Jameson Distillery Reserve, 12 years (only available in Dublin and Midleton)
- Jameson Pure Pot Still, 15 years
- Jameson Master Selection, 18 years
- Jameson Rarest Vintage Reserve (46%, grain whiskey 23–24 old, pot stills a little younger)
The alcohol content of almost all Jameson whiskey is about 40%.
Also belong to John Jameson & Son Limited
- Redbreast 12 years (40%)
- Redbreast 15 years (46%)
- Midleton Very Rare (40%) (aged between 14 and 22 years)
- Dungourney (30 year old barrel from 1964)
Manufacturing
Jameson Whiskey is made from a mixture of malted and unmalted barley . In contrast to Scottish whiskey, the malted barley is dried in closed kilns without smoke reaching the malt. There are three firing processes. The subsequent storage takes place in oak barrels from Spain , Portugal and the USA, in which sherry , port or bourbon previously matured. The whiskey is then mixed by the Master Blender from Jameson whiskeys of different ages and barrels in order to achieve the most consistent taste possible on an industrial scale. For a consistent color, caramel is used for coloring.
gallery
various Jameson bottlings
Redbreast, 12 years
literature
- Jim Murray: Classic Irish Whiskey . Prion Books Limited, London 1997, ISBN 1-85375-241-X .
- Gilbert Delos: Les Whiskeys du Monde. Translation from French: Karin-Jutta Hofmann: Whiskey from all over the world. Karl Müller, Erlangen 1998, ISBN 3-86070-442-7 , p. 117 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ The Millionaires Club 2013 Drinks International, accessed June 12, 2013