Bushmills, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, May 2011. The Old Bushmills Distillery is a whiskey distillery in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. According to the company, a distillery by this name was first recorded in 1743, although at the time it was "in the hands of smugglers. A licence to distill in the area was granted to Sir Thomas Phillipps in 1608 by King James I, and the 1608 date is printed on the labels of the Bushmills brand whiskey. The Bushmills Distillery claims...
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Bushmills, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, May 2011. The Old Bushmills Distillery is a whiskey distillery in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. According to the company, a distillery by this name was first recorded in 1743, although at the time it was "in the hands of smugglers. A licence to distill in the area was granted to Sir Thomas Phillipps in 1608 by King James I, and the 1608 date is printed on the labels of the Bushmills brand whiskey. The Bushmills Distillery claims to be - and is almost unanimously considered to be - the oldest licenced distillery in the world. For decades travellers stayed away from the sectarian violence, but since the end of'The Troubles' more and more people start discoving the beauty of Belfast and the Antrim Coast Causeway. Photo by Frits Meyst/Adventure4ever.com
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