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Lockes Distillery Museum
Location: Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
Description: Established in 1757, Locke’s Distillery is the oldest licensed pot still distillery in the world. Locke’s produced triple distilled whiskey for nearly 200 years. Now open as a Museum, guided tours follow the process from the grinding of the grain to the casking of the final product.
Peer down into the deep solid oak vats where the worts and yeast fermented. Watch and listen as the 19th Century waterwheel drives the machinery. Most of the original machinery is now restored and can be seen working.
Learn about the lives and the working conditions of the people employed here. Watch the cooper as he tightens the hoops on the aged barrels. At the end of the tour you are treated to a complimentary sample of Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey.
