{"id":2798,"date":"2011-03-17T16:33:26","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T15:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatsonni.com\/blog\/?p=2798"},"modified":"2011-03-18T18:11:36","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T17:11:36","slug":"master-distiller-set-to-take-distillery-on-tour%e2%80%a6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2011\/03\/master-distiller-set-to-take-distillery-on-tour%e2%80%a6\/","title":{"rendered":"OLD BUSHMILLS DISTILLERY SET TO GO ON TOUR\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BUSHMILLS Master Distiller Colum Egan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

More than 100,000 people tour the Old Bushmills Distillery every year, making it one of Northern Ireland\u2019s most popular visitor attractions, but this year the distillery itself is set to go on tour as part of a global competition \u2013 \u2018Make it 2 Bushmills\u2019.<\/p>\n

Following the successful Make it at Bushmills campaign in 2010, Make it 2 Bushmills will once again see the small village of Bushmills in County Antrim, become the focus of global media attention as pairs of friends from right around the world compete to win every whiskey lover\u2019s dream prize.<\/p>\n

Colum Egan, Master Distiller at the Old Bushmills Distillery, is offering two friends the chance to work alongside him for two weeks, to learn the skills of whiskey-making that have been alive and well in the Bushmills area for over 400 years, before he packs up the best bits of the Old Bushmills Distillery to go on tour. Destination? The winners\u2019 home town.<\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of the launch of Make it 2 Bushmills on St Patrick\u2019s Day, 17th<\/sup> March, Colum said: \u201cAs one of Northern Ireland\u2019s most popular exports, we know that our whiskey is enjoyed by people in countries right around the world, but not everyone can come to Bushmills and experience the distillery for themselves, so we thought it was about time that we visited them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to bring two friends here, give them behind-the-scenes access to the distillery, \u00a35,000 spending money, luxury penthouse accommodation and the chance to together make their own unique blend of BUSHMILLS\u00ae Irish Whiskey. Then we\u2019re going to take the distillery on tour, when we pack up some of the equipment, people and whiskey that make our distillery the home of the world\u2019s Best Irish Whiskey\u00b9, and bring them to the winners\u2019 home town for the ultimate BUSHMILLS party, where the winners and their friends will be the guests of honour.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll have live music from some of Ireland\u2019s best up and coming musicians, we\u2019ll unveil our winners\u2019 unique blend and we\u2019ll even toast the occasion with a few bottles of our special Distillery Reserve \u2013 a whiskey you can normally only get at the distillery itself.<\/p>\n

Make it 2 Bushmills will culminate in a global final \u2013 Bushcamp \u2013 a three day event taking place on Northern Ireland\u2019s spectacular north coast this August. Two friends from each country\u00b2, including Northern Ireland, will be voted by the public to go forward to Bushcamp, where they will experience what life at the Old Bushmills Distillery has to offer.<\/p>\n

Colum said: \u201cAt Bushcamp we\u2019ll be looking for our winners \u2013 the two friends who best represent the BUSHMILLS spirit of friendship, so we\u2019ll be challenging our finalists to together try some of the things the team here love to do. I love my golf, so we might be asking our finalists to together take on my trickiest Par-3 on one of the world\u2019s biggest bunkers, or, as I like to call it, the beach! We take our whiskey \u2018mixing\u2019 very seriously, so it could be fun to see how our friends get on when it comes to DJing, and we\u2019ve got some keen cyclists here, so we may even organise a tandem race round the distillery!<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll not be forgetting the whiskey of course – we\u2019re also going to test the palettes of our finalists with a series of whiskey challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

Make it 2 Bushmills will be judged by a panel of famous BUSHMILLS fans, chaired by Colum himself. The full panel will be announced in the run up to Bushcamp.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking for real friends, with a genuine love for life and wicked sense of humour\u201d, said Colum, \u201cand do you know what? I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll find them.\u201d<\/p>\n

To enter or find out more, visit facebook.com\/bushmills1608. Entry opens at 16.08 GMT on 17th<\/sup> March 2010 and closes at 11.59pm GMT on Sunday 17th<\/sup> April 2011. Terms and conditions apply.<\/p>\n

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The BUSHMILLS word, the Pot Still device and other associated logos are trade marks. \u00a9 The Old Bushmills Distillery Co. Limited 2011.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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