Tullamore Dew

A stable boy named Daniel Edmund Williams started working at a small distillery in Tullamore, Ireland, at just 15. By 25 he was running the place, and by the time the whisky carried his initials it had become Tullamore Dew. The town, in County Offaly, still shapes the brand's identity today. Williams built the whisky's character around triple distillation, and it is later blended using three different cask types. That combination gives Tullamore Dew its famously soft, easy-drinking style. It helped the brand grow into one of the best-selling Irish whiskies in the world. Williams also chose the bottle's emblem himself, an Irish wolfhound, to represent loyalty and friendliness rather than a family crest. It is a small detail that has stuck with the brand for nearly two centuries.