Randall Murray: Irish whiskey has long, storied history

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Randall Murray: Irish whiskey has long, storied history

Jameson’s Irish Whiskey has become one of the more popular brands of the beverage.

0301whiskey3 — Jameson’s Irish Whiskey has become one of the more popular brands of the beverage.

Randall Murray

Updated: Mar 1, 2017, 6:00 AM

Published: Feb 28, 2017, 9:45 PM

People who love Irish whiskey, one of the most popular distilled spirits in the world, claim it has a perfume of its own. That is not coincidence. Jameson’s, Tullamore Dew, Bushmills and other stellar examples of the art of distillation on the Emerald Isle owe the popularity and longevity to a bunch of Irish monks about a thousand years ago.

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