Tullamore Distillery Confirmed

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

A new distillery for Tullamore Dew has been confirmed for the iconic brand in it's home town of Tullamore.

News announcement on RTE news today


http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0327/tullamore.html

The excellent news also mentions that it will be a malt and pot still distilley.

[Fionnán]

brilliant news! that's two out of the blue announcements in one week! any idea what they intend to produce?

[DavidH]

I couldn't be more pleased. Tullamore Dew coming back to Tullamore

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

There is a double benefit to this ... say in 13-14years time when the Tullamore Distillery is solely producing for the Tullamore range. i.e. Midleton & Cooley are no longer providing the constituents of Tullamore. From then on especially Midleton will have all that extra capacity to bolster/expand on their own ranges.

[Luke Gough]

[DavidH]

Has anyone started hoovering up the old "Midleton" Tullamore Dews?

[IrishWhiskeyChaser]

Has anyone started hoovering up the old "Midleton" Tullamore Dews?

Yes, starting right now ... Regular Tullamore is limited to only around 600,000 cases per year ...

Quick snap them up ...

[Fionnán]

in my opinion a hoover is the proper place for most of them-- always been my least favorite midleton product. that being said, I have tremendously high hopes for the brand's rebirth in this new distillery. Is it really going to take 2 years before they start actually distilling or do they plan to commence production before the 50 acre site's totally complete?

[DublinGus]

Superb news for the town of Tullamore, fair play to Grants. 2014 they will start production. It will be in the heart of Tullamore beside the beautiful canal.Well done to everyone involved. New Vistors centre opening in the summer I think.

[Good Whiskey Hunting]

That was quicker that expected. Great news for everyone. Grants said last year that they intended to make a considerable investment in Tullamore Due. Men and women of their word. Well done all.

[uncle fester]

Has anyone started hoovering up the old "Midleton" Tullamore Dews?

Good enough to warrant stockpiling?

[Fionnán]

Has anyone started hoovering up the old "Midleton" Tullamore Dews?

Good enough to warrant stockpiling?

no.

[JohnM]

http://www.offalyindependent.ie/news/ro ... stillery-/

[Joel1802]

Stockpile? If I'm going to stockpile anything with the Tullamore name on it it'll be Willie Napier. I wonder if there will be any attempt to emulate or take inspiration from the old distillery? I suspect not as they'd probably not want to change the flavour profile of the blend too drastically. On the bright side this will probably lead to more PPS on the market.

[John]

I wonder what the likely impact will be for the current range. I'd very much doubt that they'll mothball the current titles but certainly the constituents may well change. Like many of the previous posters, I think the brand has suffered in recent years and fell out of favour with the mainstream whiskey connoisseur in Western Europe.

[Fionnán]

hopefully things do change. i cant stand the standard tullamore spew. Like something between juiced metal and grapefruit dipped in liquid tetnis. Neck and neck with paddy's for most disappointing irish whiskey i can think of. not a credit in the least to the old B. Daly's distillery

[Fionnán]

sorry all, just had a scroll up the page and realised i was still complaining about tullamore dew back in march...

[Joel1802]

sorry all, just had a scroll up the page and realised i was still complaining about tullamore dew back in march...

Did id suddenly improve? No? Might as well keep going then.

[Distiller]

All you ever wanted to know and more...

http://www.offaly.ie/idocsweb/copyright ... g&id=12261

[DavidH]

All you ever wanted to know and more...

http://www.offaly.ie/idocsweb/copyright ... g&id=12261

Ah, fantastic! I was just looking for that a few days ago but didn't find it.