A married couple from Belfast have been named as Northern Ireland’s representatives at ‘Bushcamp’, the global final of Make it 2 Bushmills, a competition hosted by the makers of BUSHMILLS® Irish Whiskey.
Richard Roberts who works in Customer Service aged 59 and his wife Carol Roberts, a Health Professional aged 55, will be taking part in the final, dubbed the ‘BUSHMILLS® Whiskey World Games’ on the north coast this August.
The competition offers two friends the chance to win two weeks working at the world-famous Old Bushmills Distillery, where they will make their own unique blend of BUSHMILLS Irish Whiskey, stay in luxury penthouse accommodation and get £5,000 spending money. Then, the winning friends will get VIP access to the ultimate BUSHMILLS party back in their home city.
Richard and Carol were selected by public vote on Facebook to compete against pairs of friends from ten other countries at Bushcamp, in a number of challenges to find the ultimate winners of Make it 2 Bushmills. Some of the challenges they can expect to face include barrel-rolling, coopering and beach golf.
The final will be judged by the BUSHMILLS Master Distiller Colum Egan and some famous fans of BUSHMILLS, including Kevin Baird of Two Door Cinema Club, Jonathan Galkin of DFA Records and Rob Allanson of Whisky Magazine.
Colum said: “Bushcamp is going to be the World Games of Whiskey, played out in true Bushmills style. Kevin, Jonathan, Rob and I will be challenging the finalists to try out some of the things that the team at the Old Bushmills Distillery do on a daily basis as well as some of the things that we like to do in our spare time…all with a Bushmills twist.
“But of course, being the Old Bushmills Distillery, we’ll not be forgetting the whiskey itself. A couple of the challenges will test how passionate the friends are about BUSHMILLS Irish Whiskey. All will be revealed when we welcome them here in August!”
Bushcamp will take place from 16th – 18th August at the Old Bushmills Distillery, in Bushmills village and the surrounding area, with the winning pair of friends being announced on the evening of the 17th.
Visit facebook.com/bushmills1608 to follow Richard and Carol’s progress and for more information on Make it 2 Bushmills.
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