A vote for Boston, Portland, Maine or Louisville might send you to Ireland while a comment could get you geared up

Posted on March 13, 2008
Filed Under Whisky Advertising, Whisky Fun, WhiskyBuzz |

Irish Whiskey Bushmill has set to select a Twin City to Bushmills in America, in celebration of the anniversary of the original license to distill whiskey.

The finalist cities were selected based on an application outlining why they embody the four quintessential values of Bushmills—pride of place, hospitality, craftsmanship, humor and wit. People of legal purchase age across the U.S. can vote online at Bushmills400years.com until March 17, 2008. The winning city receives a $40,000 grant–$20,000 for the preservation/advancement of local culture and $20,000 for local responsible drinking programs– while each voter is eligible for an expenses-paid trip for two to Ireland.

The search has been narrowed down to three cities: Boston, MA; Portland, Maine; and Louisville, KY. Now the readers of WhiskyGrotto.com can take part in the final decision. To place your vote, head over to the voting page and get right to it.

There is more to win!

To spice things up they’ve handed WhiskyGrotto.com a set of T-shirts and Hats and asked us to perform some kind of competition. And we’ve decided to host a comment
competition. The idea is both to promote discussions on WhiskyGrotto.com and to reward great comments. Here’s how it’ll work…

1. To “enter”, all you need to do is write a comment on a this Bushmill post (you’ll need a valid email address, but that won’t be published). Alternatively you can leave a trackback instead of a comment, if you prefer to extend the conversation that way. We will consider both comments and trackbacks for the daily prize.

2. Before Friday 20th March, the WhiskyGrotto.com team will select the best comment of the month — and we’ll award that person with a gift pack from Bushmill.

3. Not only will the best comment win a prize, but (in a further effort to extend the conversation), we’ll publish it as a separate new post on WhiskyGrotto.com. So you’ll enhance your profile too.

Leave a comment or trackback on this Bushmill post and be in to win one of 5 Bushmill gift packages - courtesy of our competition sponsors Bushmill.