Titanic

Titanic is probably the most famous ship since Noah built his ark, and Thompson Dock in Belfast is one of the city's few remaining physical links with the ...

On the palate, notes of violet, cherry and plums give way to a long and spicy finish. And there are also ambitions for the shipyard site beyond the restoration of the pump house. In the meantime, however, there’s a new Titanic single malt due before the end of the year, made through the Great Northern partnership. Like shipbuilding, whiskey production was one of the mainstays of Belfast’s industrial past and Stephen says it was an important consideration for Titanic Distillers that their signature product should be a whiskey rather than any other spirit. Not far away from this vast space is Alexandra Dock, where HMS Caroline is now berthed, and standing between the two chasms is the pump house where a powerful network of pipes and valves expelled Thompson’s 24m gallons in just 100 minutes. Giant lock gates were closed behind it, 24m gallons of water pumped out, and Harland & Wolff's vast army set to work in a dry concrete enclosure that was the largest of its kind in the world.