Irish Mist
[3] It is made from aged Irish whiskey, heather and clover honey, aromatic herbs, and other spirits, blended to an ancient recipe claimed to be 1,000 years old.[6] Irish Mist was the first liqueur to be produced in Ireland when commercial production began in 1947 at Tullamore, County Offaly.In the mid-1940s Desmond E. Williams began the search for an alternative yet related product, eventually deciding to produce a liqueur based on the ancient beverage known as heather wine.[citation needed] In 1985 the Cantrell & Cochrane Group purchased the Irish Mist Liqueur Company from the Williams family.In the summer of 2010 Irish Mist and the entire spirit division of C&C was bought by William Grant of Scotland.