Peaky Blinders gets own whiskey from Bushmills

Bushmills Irish Whiskey has announced a collaboration with the fictional Shelby family’s real-life bosses, Endemol Shine North American and Caryn Mandabach Productions, to release a limited edition Bushmills Prohibition Recipe Whisky to correspond with the show’s sixth and final season, according to Yahoo News.

“We couldn’t be more thrilled to have entered into such a fitting partnership between our show, Peaky Blinders and Bushmills,” Caryn Mandabach, the producer and owner of Peaky Blinders, said in a statement. “We are delighted the US fans can toast the launch of this historic, final season on Netflix with this limited-edition partnership whiskey.”

Bushmills Prohibition Recipe was crafted by Bushmills Master Distiller Colum Egan, who blended three whiskies that were aged in ex-bourbon casks for three, four, and five years. The result was a powerful 92-proof expression that, according to Bushmills, “bursts with flavours of rye bread, orange marmalade, almonds, and cinnamon.”

“With this new release, we celebrate Bushmills’ long history and the continued aging of whiskey during Prohibition,” Egan said. “As the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery and one of only a handful of distilleries to survive the 13 long years that preceded repeal day, this whiskey represents uncompromised quality and perseverance in the face of adversity — a story that is shared by both Bushmills and the Peaky Blinders.”

The special bottle was designed to be a recreation of those used in the Peaky Blinders-era, complete with a cork lid and noticeably blue-tinted glass. The labels are also marked “By Order of the Shelby Company” and feature a sketch of Tommy Shelby in his signature cap. And Tommy’s own words (“Whiskey is good proofing water, it tells you who’s real and who isn’t”) are printed on the back of the bottle.

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