点评:Always wanted to go here since we first started coming to Ireland in the 90's to see my wife's family. Did the premium whiskey tasting tour, which was excellent, where you get 6 different whiskeys to try. Good instruction on how to observe, smell and taste each. Also great information and blending and aging of each. You cant take pictures in the distillery itself but outside, in the barrel "smelling" room and in the tasting room. Noel our guide was great! He was very informative and answered all my quesions as I was the most into whiskey in the group of 6 with my two over 21 daughters and their significant others. You get to smell the barrel hole of 3 aging barrels to figure out which they are Sherry, Bourbon or Port. He was great with my kids at the tasting session who were not a big whiskey drinkers so that was fun. You get a full tasting pour of each working up from regular 4 yr bushmill, to 10, 12, 16 and even my favorite 21yr and the extra limited release 14 yr barrel proof (96) recommended by him to try at the bar afterwards. You can get many of these in the states but not the 12 or 14 yr and the 21 yr is much lower cost here than in the states. Tour was well organized and you actually go through the operating distillery as many tours i.e. Guiness brewery do not do that anymore. Nice gift shop at the end with all the whiskeys for sale there.
翻译:自从90年代我们第一次来爱尔兰探望我妻子的家人以来,就一直想来这里。我们参加了高级威士忌品鉴之旅,非常棒,可以品尝6种不同的威士忌。导游很好地指导了如何观察、闻香和品尝每一种威士忌。此外,我们还了解了每种威士忌的调配和陈酿方法,非常实用。酒厂内部不能拍照,但可以在外面、酒桶“闻香”室和品酒室拍照。我们的导游Noel很棒!他知识渊博,解答了我所有的问题,因为我和我两个21岁以上的女儿以及她们的另一半,是6人团里最喜欢威士忌的人。你可以闻到3个陈酿酒桶的桶孔,分辨出它们是雪利酒、波本威士忌还是波特酒。品酒会上,他和我的孩子们相处得很好,他们不太喜欢喝威士忌,所以这很有趣。你可以品尝到各种威士忌,从普通的4年布什米尔,到10年、12年、16年,甚至我最喜欢的21年,以及他推荐的限量版14年桶装酒精度(96),之后在酒吧品尝。在美国你可以买到很多这样的威士忌,但12年或14年买不到,而且21年的价格在这里比美国便宜得多。这次旅行组织得很好,你实际上会参观正在运营的酿酒厂,因为很多旅行团,比如吉尼斯啤酒厂,现在已经不再这样做了。最后还有一家很棒的礼品店,里面出售各种威士忌。