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appeared at the end of prohibition in the USA. The Americans liked it for its lighter
style and it has become one of the world’s top selling blended whiskies.

JAMESON WHISKY

John Jameson was a Scotsman and born
in 1740. He was a lawyer by profession
and became involved with the whisky
industry through marriage. He married
Margaret Haig who was the sister of the
Haig brothers who owned the famous
distillery. She was also first cousin to the
Steins who had whisky interests in
Scotland and Ireland. In 1786 they
moved to Dublin where John managed
the Stein’s new distillery which had been
built in 1780. John and his son took
ownership of the distillery in 1805 and
changed the name to Jameson in 1810.
Although John died in 1823 the distillery
went from strength to strength. It is ironic
that a Scotsman helped establish Irish
Whisky as it was the Scots who almost
decimated the Irish whiskey industry by
being first into America after prohibition.

Frank Wynn

From Bill Baker

Bill sent us these two
photos of new US bottles
he found. Unfortunately the
Key West are plastic.

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