Dublin: The Jameson Irish Whiskey Distillery

While in Dublin, like the Guinness Storehouse, I highly recommend visiting the Jameson Distillery.  We also used the hop on hop off tour bus and went to the Jameson Irish Whiskey distillery. After a short movie on the history of Jameson, I got the opportunity to go on a guided tour of how Jameson is made. First, Jameson Whiskey started in 1780 when John Jameson established the Bow Street Distillery in Dublin. During our tour, we saw that there are many different kinds of Jameson Whiskey, including Jameson god reserve and Jameson 12 year old distiller reserve. I learned that Jameson is the best selling Irish whiskey in the World. After the guided tour, my friend and I got picked to be part of only 9, out of at least 50 people, to be a whiskey tester. We got the privilege to sit at a special table to taste a Scottish Whiskey, an American Whiskey (Jack Daniels), and Jameson Irish Whiskey. We sat at a table in front of everyone else. After tasting those four different times in different orders, it was a unanimous decision, all 9 of us liked Jameson the best. I thought Jameson was the best because it was the smoothest. All in all, I received a signed certificate with my name on it stating that I am a certified Jameson Irish Whiskey tester. I will never forget that.

After both tours, we went back to the hostel to get ready to go out. That night we went out to the Tumble Bar area.  I highly recommend you visit Temple Bar. There is The Temple Bar which is located on Temple Bar Street. Throughout the evening, we went from bar to bar listening to live bands. I thought it was awesome how all of the live bands were playing American music. At the end of the night, we visited five different traditional pubs. If you want to have a great time in Dublin Visit Dublin, go to Temple Bar Street.