Bushmills

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BUSHMILLS®1608 - Since way back - On 20th April, King James I granted Sir Thomas Phillips - landowner and Governor of Co. Antrim Ireland - a license to distil. 1784 The Old Bushmills Distillery is official Hugh Anderson registered the Old Bushmills Distillery and the Pot Still became its registered trade mark. It’s still our mark of genuine distinction today. 1850s A malt tax introduced - drastically increasing the price of the malted barley. While some distillers changed their recipe, at Bushmills we didn’t. 1885 Out of the ashes…A disastrous fire destroyed The Old Bushmills Distillery. But we pulled together and were soon rebuilt and back in full production. 1880-early 1900s Old Bushmills’ ‘celebrated malt whisky’ wins numerous prizes in international spirits competitions, including the ‘only gold medal for whiskey’ at the Paris 1889 Expo.