{"id":81893,"date":"2022-06-09T12:13:37","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T12:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jamesonwhiskey.com\/?post_type=article&#038;p=81893"},"modified":"2022-06-27T15:55:05","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T15:55:05","slug":"brian-nation","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.jamesonwhiskey.com\/en-za\/article\/brian-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"block_62a1db143664a\" class=\"hero hero-halfscreen  lazy\" data-assetkey=\"hero-halfscreen\" data-colour_filter='none' data-colour_filter_opacity='51'>\n\t\t\n\t<div class=\"hero-halfscreen__img_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-halfscreen__img_content-breadcrumbs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<picture class=\"hero-halfscreen__picture\">\n\t\t\t<source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" class=\"hero-halfscreen__source hero-halfscreen__source--desktop\" 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https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cvygf2xse\/jamesonwhiskey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/briannationheroLandscape_750x750.png?tr=q-80,w-100 100w, \" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 768px, (min-width: 500px) 500px, 250px\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"hero-halfscreen__image\" src=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cvygf2xse\/jamesonwhiskey\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/briannationhero_960x730.png?tr=q-80,w-960\" width=\"960\" height=\"730\" alt=\"\" role=\"presentation\">\n\t\t<\/picture>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div\n\t\tclass=\"hero-halfscreen__content\" data-background=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<h1 class=\"h1\">Brian Nation<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-halfscreen__content-intro wysiwyg\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>A gregarious character at the heart of the Jameson Midleton Distillery, Brian Nation\u2019s enthusiasm for his job comes from meeting like-minded individuals who share his passion for the craft and skill that goes into creating an iconic range of 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                                                                                                                               \n<section id=\"block_62a1e07a3664b\"\n         class=\"content-one-column content-one-column--bg-light full-width lazy\n        \n        \n        \" data-assetkey=\"content-one-column\">\n    <div class=\"content-one-column__content\">\n        \n\n<div class=\"subheading content-one-column__subheading\">\n        <div class=\"subheading__line\"><\/div>\n    \n    <span class=\"h6\">Jameson Launches<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                <div class=\"content-one-column__heading\">\n                            <h2 class=\"h1\">Brian Nation, Head Distiller<\/h2>\n                    <\/div>\n\n        \n                                                            <div class=\"content-one-column__text wysiwyg align_center_on_desktop\">\n                    <h2 class=\"text-center\">\u201cI didn&#8217;t set out to work in a distillery \u2013 it was almost by 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Despite the daunting task of filling his mentor\u2019s shoes, Brian emerged as a highly regarded distiller in his own right. Brian joined Irish Distillers in 1997 after graduating with an engineering degree. He oversaw various projects in the environmental department, until 2002, when he began to work on some of Jameson\u2019s most storied blends. 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