The famous Irish Kilbeggan Distillery back again after 50 years of sleep!

Posted on April 8, 2007
Filed Under Irish Whiskey |

We’re always delighted to see that distilleries start or reopen. Because that gives us yet another opportunity to taste some new variations of this wonderful beverage called whisky.

This time it’s an Irish distillery, Kilbeggan, that’s decided to start up its engines again. We would like to send you our best and also pass the information along to you other whisky fans present in the Whiskygrotto. Don’t forget to pass the blogg around to your friends - the more the merrier!

Kilbeggan was actually the first legal distillery in the world and John Lockes started to produce his whiskey in the city of Kilbeggan in the year 1757. The whiskey got quite famous in the 19th century. After several difficult years the distillery closed down in 1953. But in 1994 Kilbeggan once again entered the market and now they’ve also opened its old distillery again.

Source The Belfast Telegraph.