5568 x 3652 px | 47,1 x 30,9 cm | 18,6 x 12,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
7 octobre 2011
Lieu:
Clashmore, County Waterford, Ireland
Informations supplémentaires:
The little chimney at the Clashmore distillery is unique in Ireland, being the only one directly over a river that propelled a mill. The chimney possibly served the furnaces that heated the stills and perhaps also doubled as a mechanism for drying malted barley. Established on the site of an existing flour mill in 1825 by two prominent businessmen of the County Waterford parish, the distillery grew to produce 20, 000 gallons of whiskey annually ten years later. But there’s a local legend that the house adjoining the distillery, had a secret cellar for storing illicit whiskey to avoid excise duty. When on one occasion, the distillery was raided by excise officers it led to the workers releasing thousands of gallons of whiskey into the Graigue River to avoid detection. Apparently cattle drinking from the river that day were intoxicated, their milk giving rise perhaps, to Irish Cream Liqueur!
