Allied Glass Restoring Traditions With The Teeling Whisky Company
The Teeling Whisky Company, the widely celebrated Palace Bar in Dublin and Allied Glass Containers have come together to create and package The Palace Bar "Fourth Estate" Single Malt Irish Whisky. Owned by the Aherne family since 1946, the iconic Palace Bar used to bottle their own Whisky under the Palace Bar brand - this was commonplace among Dublin pubs throughout the 1940, 50's and 60's.
The Teeling Whisky Company, the widely celebrated Palace Bar in Dublin and Allied Glass Containers have come together to create and package The Palace Bar "Fourth Estate" Single Malt Irish Whisky. Owned by the Aherne family since 1946, the iconic Palace Bar used to bottle their own Whisky under the Palace Bar brand - this was commonplace among Dublin pubs throughout the 1940, 50's and 60's. However, with the development of on-site distillery bottling, this practice disappeared from Dublin in the 1970's only to be resurrected by The Palace Bar.
The name, "Fourth Estate", refers to the Palace's status as a watering hole and "office" for Dublin's journalists and newspaper workers in the 1940s and 50s. It's a nice coincidence that the bar's address is Fleet Street, which is another catch-all term for the press in the UK. The label reproduces a 1940s illustration by Alan Reeves of the inhabitants of the Palace's back lounge, where original still hangs.
The Palace Bar's Willie Aherne, commented, "You can't beat tradition - To have my father and myself hand bottle and label 1,000 bottles of our own Whisky, something my grandfather would have done in the Palace was really a special moment. This was an amazing project to work on, an Irish family owned Whisky Company working with an Irish family run pub." Visit teelingWhisky for additional information.
Source: Allied Glass Containers and Teeling Whisky
