An evening with Bushmills

Bushmills distillery is one of Ireland's oldest and most decorated distilleries, famous world-wide for it's incredible range of Single Malt Irish whiskeys. Mark McConville, Irish Whiskey Ambassador for Bushmills, visited us on 2 July 2026 in Browne's 45 with a simply stunning range of samples - we were truly spoiled.

This lineup needs no introduction

Mark expertly brought us through the Bushmills range - from the 12- 14- and 16-year old Single Malts in the first half of the event which brought huge debate in the group as to each person's favourite. There was no consensus but Bushmills 16 may have snuck the win.

Heated debate throughout

The second half saw the quality ramp up considerably with the incredible Bushmills 21 followed by a detour to the Causeway 1999 American Oak which was superb. Mark held back the best until last with his Bushmills 30-year old which was one of the finest whiskeys we've had.

Mark holding forth

Mark hung around for more chat after the tasting and many attendees had questions for him and he was more than generous with his time.

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Mark extols the new make spirit

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The group were very much taken with Mark's presentation

At the very end we snuck off for a quiet pint - Mark was brilliant company and we thank him for his generosity with his time and the quality of his samples.

A sneaky, blurry pint down the road