I did not know that

by Stevi on March 15, 2008

in Fun

Bushmill’s is the preferred whiskey of Irish Protestants, it being made in Northern Ireland, while Catholics tend to prefer Jameson, vatted in Dublin and distilled in Cork.

I suspect it’s my long-held preference for Scotch that prevented me from learning this critical information; that and generally avoiding reading about St. Patrick’s Day drinking tomfoolery.

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rwx March 15, 2008 at 3:23 pm

one of my uncles told me that I should drink murphy’s irish stout and bushmill’s because they’re made ‘just miles’ from where the family farm was.

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erik_flannestad March 15, 2008 at 4:08 pm

Really? I thought the preference was based on which global mega-corporation you preferred to support, Diageo or Pernod-Ricard.

I’m a Red Breast man, myself, placing me firmly in the pocket of Pernod-Ricard.

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waider March 16, 2008 at 1:45 am

I’ve never heard this or the similar declaration about drinking stout (Guinness for the papists, Beamish for the other lot, if I recall correctly) from an Irish person. Only from Americans. I do, however, prefer Jameson. And Guinness. Although not generally together.

I will note that of all the places I’ve been drunk, Northern Ireland isn’t one of them, so perhaps the rules only apply there.

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Stevi March 17, 2010 at 1:06 pm

I definitely should trust Waider on all things Irish. I have apparently fallen prey to an Irish-American invention:
http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2010/ask-your-bartender-protestant-vs-catholic-whiskey/

You know, unless JMo is pulling my leg even further.

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