New Midleton Distillery

The Midle­ton dis­til­leries com­plex is sit­u­ated out­side Midle­ton, Co. Cork, Ire­land. It is owned by Pernod-Ricard. Located along­side is the Old Midle­ton Dis­tillery which was estab­lished in the early 17^th century.

His­tory

In 1966, John Power & Son, John Jame­son & Son and the Cork Dis­tillers com­pany (which owned the Old Midle­ton dis­tillery) merg­ered to form the Irish Dis­tillers Group. The board of the newly formed com­pany decided to close their exist­ing dis­til­leries and con­sol­i­date all pro­duc­tion at a new facil­ity. This was built at Midle­ton as it was the only exist­ing site with room for expan­sion. In July 1975, pro­duc­tion ended at the old dis­tillery and began in the new one. The old dis­tillery has since been turned into a vis­i­tors’ centre.

Pro­duc­tion

Midle­ton is one of the most mod­ern dis­til­leries in the world, and with a pro­duc­tion capac­ity of 19 mil­lion litres per annum is the largest in Ire­land. The dis­tillery boasts thir­teen 75,000 litre stills, both pot and col­umn, which are used in com­bi­na­tions of three to pro­duce dif­fer­ent types of whiskey.

Whiskeys Pro­duced

As a result of the dif­fer­ent stills com­bi­na­tions that can be achieved, a range of dif­fer­ent prod­ucts can be produced.The most sig­nif­i­cant brands pro­duced are:

• Jame­son — The best sell­ing Irish whiskey in the world
• Jame­son 12yr Old, Gold, 18yr Old, Rarest Vin­tage Reserve and Dis­tillery Reserve
• Pow­ers
• Paddy
• Red­breast
• Midle­ton Very Rare

The grain whiskey for use in Bush­mills is also pro­duced here.