Day 7 - Kilbeggan Distillery and back to Dublin

The weather today was MUCH cooler and cloudier than our glorious day yesterday.  Still, no rain!  We'll take it!  After breakfast we boarded the coach and headed to the Kilbeggan Distillery for a tour. They had all the equipment that used to be used for distilling Irish whiskey and shared the process in the tour.  They also still produce whiskey here.

This was used to mash the barley.  

This turbine was only used when the waterwheel wasn't working or didn't produce enough power to be used in the distillation process. 

Unfortunately the water wheel was out of action the day we were here.

The oldest distillation pot still in use - it's 167 years old!

Some barrels being held for special distribution.

It wasn't half bad considering I'm not a whiskey drinker!

Bill and Scott were selected to taste and try to name 3 differing whiskeys.  Bill got them all right and was given a small bottle of whiskey and a certificate showing him to be an official whiskey taster!

After the distillery we were able to either be dropped off in Dublin for a couple of hours or just go back to the hotel.  Since we have tomorrow to do more of Dublin we opted for the hotel.  Then we headed to the Abbey Tavern in Howth for a dinner show that included Irish music and Irish dance.  It was so much fun!  The singers were wonderful and the dancers - wow!  It was kind of a combination of tap and clogging at a very fast rate!

Again they invited a few to join in and some from our group got up and danced.

Tomorrow - more of Dublin!