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| Type | Irish whiskey |
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| Manufacturer | William Grant & Sons |
| Country of origin | Tullamore, Ireland |
| Introduced | 1829 |
| Alcohol by volume | 40% |
| Website | www |
Tullamore Dew, rendered in most branding as Tullamore D.E.W. (typically with the dots de-emphasised using colour and font size), is a brand of Irish whiskey produced by William Grant & Sons.[1] It is the second-largest-selling brand of Irish whiskey globally, with sales of over 1,500,000 cases per annum as of 2020.[2]
The whiskey was originally produced in Tullamore, County Offaly, Ireland, at the old Tullamore Distillery which was established in 1829.[3] Its name is derived from the initials of the brand's creator, Daniel Edmund Williams (1848-1921),[4] a general manager and later owner of the original distillery.[3] In 1954, the original distillery closed down, and with stocks of whiskey running low, the brand was sold to John Powers & Son, another Irish distiller in the 1960s, with production transferred to the Midleton Distillery, County Cork in the 1970s following a merger of three major Irish distillers.[5]
In 2010, the brand was purchased by William Grant & Sons, who constructed a new distillery on the outskirts of Tullamore. The new distillery opened in 2014, bringing production of the whiskey back to the town after a break of sixty years.[6]
In 2012, a visitor centre was opened in a refurbished bonded warehouse previously belonging to the original distillery. The centre offers guided tours and tutored tastings ranging from 50 minutes to 5 hours in duration.[7]
- ^ "Tullamore D.E.W." William Grant & Sons. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ Taylor, Charlie. "Irish whiskey sales near milestone of 12m cases a year". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ a b Townsend, Brian (1999). The Lost Distilleries of Ireland. Glasgow: Neil Wilson Press. ISBN 1897784872.
- ^ Clavin, Terry. "Dictionary of Irish Biography: Williams, Daniel Edmund". Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ Peter, Mulryan (2002). The Whiskeys of Ireland. Dublin: O'Brien Press. ISBN 0862787513.
- ^ "Tullamore Dew Opens Irish Distillery". Drinks Industry Ireland. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
- ^ "Visit Us". Tullamore Dew official website. Retrieved 17 January 2017.