Description

In 1805, the Mitchell merchant family commenced trading on 10 Grafton street, in the heart of Dublin city as purveyors of confectionary, wines and fortified wines. In 1887, the entrepreneurial family expanded into the whiskey bonding business, whereby they sent empty wine, sherry and port casks via horse and cart to the local Jameson Distillery. These were filled and returned to the Mitchell’s cellar warehouse on Fitzwilliam lane. There, beneath the cobbled streets, the whiskey matured for many years until they were ready to be bottled and sold. The Mitchell’s sold a range of whiskeys under their “spot” brand name. This rather peculiar name originated from their practice of marking casks of different ages with a daub or spot of colluded paint. There was a blue spot, red spot and even a yellow spot, but the green spot emerged as their most popular whiskey and is one of the few “whiskey bonder brands” to have survived to modern day.