Qualla: New Midleton Distillery https://qualla.com/new-midleton-distillery en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: New Midleton Distillery https://qualla.com/new-midleton-distillery New Midleton Distillery: Introduction https://qualla.com/new-midleton-distillery/ Behind a stone wall on the southern edge of Midleton town, three copper pot stills the size of two-storey houses turn malted and unmalted barley, water and yeast into spirit. Each holds 75,000 litres - the largest pot stills in active use anywhere in the world. Three column stills run beside them. Together they fill the warehouses at a rate of 64 million litres a year. This is where Jameson, the best-selling Irish whiskey on the planet, comes from. So do Powers, Paddy, Redbreast, Midleton Very Rare, and the four-coloured Spot range. If Irish whiskey has a beating heart, you are looking at it.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/4/p/new-midleton-distillery-wp/gc4p-new-midleton-distillery-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full New Midleton Distillery: Three Brands, One Plant https://qualla.com/new-midleton-distillery/ The New Midleton Distillery exists because three of Ireland's old distilling families decided, in 1966, that survival meant losing their separate identities. John Jameson & Son in Dublin's Bow Street, John Power & Son in John's Lane, and the Cork Distilleries Company in Midleton ...

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