Old Jameson Distillery Bow Street
Cache logging requirements listed below. Logs without proper photo will be deleted without notification.
The story
The original distillery on this site was called the Bow Street Distillery and was established in 1780. John Jameson took full ownership (he was previously the general manager) and expanded the distillery in 1805. By 1810, the operation was officially renamed to John Jameson & Son's Bow Street Distillery. The distillery grew to upwards of 5 acres (2 ha) in size by 1886.
At this time, it was described by many as a "city within a city". The distillery also housed a smithy, cooperage, saw mills, engineers, carpenters, painters and coppersmiths' shops. Water for the distillery came from two deep wells dug underneath the site. Cellars were also dug underneath nearby streets to store maturing whiskey, while four stills and two wash stills, each holding 109,000 litres (24,000 gallons), were heated by both fire and steam coils above.
By the turn of the 19th century, it was the second largest producer in Ireland and one of the largest in the world, producing 1,000,000 gallons annually. Dublin at the time was the centre of world whiskey production. It was the second most popular spirit in the world after rum, and internationally Jameson had by 1805 become the world's number one whiskey.
Following a difficult period that included American Prohibition, Ireland's trade war with Great Britain, and the introduction of Scotch blended whisky, the Jameson distillery fell on hard times and decided to form the Irish Distillers Group with their previous rivals, the Cork Distilleries Company and John Power & Son in 1966. Eventually, it became one of the last distilleries in Ireland to close in 1971. The operation was then moved out of Dublin to the New Midleton Distillery.
Jameson Distillery Bow St. is now a visitors centre that provides guided tours, tutored whiskey tastings, JJs bar and a gift shop.
Today, Jameson is the world's third largest single-distillery whiskey.
Cache logging requirement - your task:
To log this Virtual cache you must take a picture of your geocaching name with distillery in the background (pot still, gate, chimney tower or interior if you wish to pay a visit) and attach it to your found log.
Example of correct photo: geoname
Please note:
- The picture should clearly display your geoname. Unclear pictures will not be accepted.
- Your geoname must be included at the time of taking picture and not added afterwards. Edited photos will not be accepted.
- Attach photo to your log. Do not send it to me.
- If you are caching in the group everyone should have own photo or all names should be included in one photo.
- Logs without proper photo may be deleted without notification.
I really hate removing the logs so please save my time and your frustration and read the listing and post required photo. Please be fair to other geocachers.
(The listing has been updated on 09/04/2022 and 15/07/2022 per GC HQ requirement. All logs not fulfilling previous requirement were deleted.)
Thanks to Donnacha for advices regarding listing, inc wording.
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