Tons of Fun at Jameson

Me and my roommate, Emily, keep accidentally organizing wildy successful events. I mean, we don't know why it keeps working out or how so many people we have been friends with for less than 2 weeks keep showing up but seriously, we are accidentally excellent at it. The first successful event I am discussing was a day trip to Blarney Castle and night trip to the town. In 24 hours we scrounged together ten people, all trekked over to Blarney, and had one of my favorite experiences thus far.

Today, nearly the same thing happened. 

We decided yesterday afternoon to go to the Jameson Distillery located about 20 minutes outside of Cork in Midleton, Ireland. After discussing this tour and location for a while, we finally decided to put our free afternoon to use and learn about whiskey. What started as two people quickly grew as we messaged our various friends and built hype. Today, 10 minutes before the bus for Midleton left, only four of us had arrived, but everyone miraculously showed up right as the bus pulled out and we had 14 people in tow.

The crazy bus ride!

Excited for Jameson!

We have arrived!

The tour was fun and educational. I learned a lot about the whiskey-making process and, when the tour guide mentioned a sampling at the end of the tour for 8 volunteers, I willingly raised my hand. We got to sample (watered down) Jameson whiskey, Jack Daniel's from the US, and a Scottish whiskey. The Jamo is distilled three times and actually was the clear favorite during the tasting. I was then awarded a certificate saying I was a certified Jameson whiskey taster!

 

Before/After

It's official!

When the tour was finished and we all filed back to the bus, everyone couldn't help but remark how fun this spontaneous adventure had been. Though the tour was exciting in itself, I am so glad that we were able to get a big and fun group to enrich the experience, and I hope that these "educational" trips continue to pop-up often in this city over the next 4 months. 

More adventures to come,
The Opinionated Lassie