Friday Giveaway: Win a Bushmills Hamper
by Fred Roed on 30/04/10 at 6:45 am
17 comments
We are well excited about this. Regular readers of Ideate may know that I am a massive whiskey fan – especially Bushmills. So, when the good peeps at Bushmills dropped off one big, beautiful hamper of goodies for our readers, we thanked everything that is Irish… Luck. Guinness. Leprechauns. Those three sisters from The Corrs.
(Actually, the Bushmills crew are pretty excited themselves at the moment since… they’re hiring. Yep, you heard me. There’s a job tailored for you, right now, as an assistant to Colum Egan, Master Distiller of Bushmills Whiskey in the North Coast of Ireland. Okay, it’s only for one month, but you do get to live, breathe and sleep for 30 days in an egte Irish whiskey distillery – and you get to drink as much whiskey as you like, 24 hours a day*. Now, THAT’s scoring HUGE, china.)
So, let’s keep this brief. All you have to do to win the hamper is deliver, neatly, in the comment box below, a limerick (that’s an Irish poem) including the words “Bushmills”, “Master” and “Distiller”. For example… (ahem):
There once was a master distiller from Ireland
Who took an assistant from a far away land
People asked him why
He said, “Oh aye!
Bushmills wanted a man from Paarden Eiland!”
… or something like that.
We’ll decide early next week the best one, who will then win the following:
- 1 x Bushmills Original gift pack (consisting of a bottle of Original and two whiskey glasses)
- 1 x Bushmills coffee table book (hardcover, beautiful photography, the story of this 400 year old whiskey)
- 1 x Bushmills-branded Levis shirt
- 1 x Bushmills-branded cap
Yes I know, we’re awesome.
Ok, go!
*Probably not true since Colum will kick yo ass if you try, but it’s an entertaining thought. However, go here if you are, seriously, interested in working with Mr Egan for a month. It’s one heck of an opportunity. You get to make your own, personalised Bushmills blend and keep it!
Fred Roed is the marketing guy in the Ideate crew. Fred is the CEO of web marketing company World Wide Creative and the co-founder of online learning portal Heavy Chef. Fred loves writing about people out there doing marketing right. Follow Fred on Twitter here. View more articles by Fred Roed.
Tags: Bushmills, friday giveaway, Hamper, win
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Joe
Apr 30th, 2010
No master distiller me, I really had to scamper
I really, really, really want that Bushmills hamper
I appeal to Ideate’s Frederick
When I write my Bushmills limerick
Cos, losing this prize will certainly my spirits damper
Sarah J.
Apr 30th, 2010
There was a young fellow from Brakpan
A master of all, and a Bushmills fan
He wanted to be a distiller
Instead he worked for Helen Ziller
So his wife hit him wif a frying pan
LOVE you guys!! Ideate rocks… : )
Bruce Wade
Apr 30th, 2010
There is a free Bushmills giveaway from Ideate
That this master of rhyme wants to share with his mate
We will try to write, bribe and bait
But the outcome of this competition is in the hands of fate
All the distiller and I can do is wait
While our coffee machine is on percolate
Ag, please let us win, oh mate!
Alma Maxwell
Apr 30th, 2010
There was a master distiller from Ireland
Who had his trip to South Africa all planned.
Gazing up at the Drakensburg hills
Whilst sipping on his extra smooth Bushmills
He said, “Thanks to this soccer malarkey, how am I going to pay my bills?”
Nathan van Deventer
Apr 30th, 2010
There once was a Distiller so clever,
He devised a Master endeavor,
He stole all the whiskey,
on a mission so risky,
And yelled, “Bushmills, i’ll drink ye forever”.
Grant McMullin
Apr 30th, 2010
To ye olde’ great Bushmills and the master distiller,
For the debaucherous times, and those that are stiller,
Always catered to our every need,
To this whiskey my must take heed,
So for every empty glass, cheer “Aye, we need a filler!”
Nathan van Deventer
Apr 30th, 2010
Two leprechaun brothers of noble intent
Masters of whiskey they drank where they went
When a Distiller near by,
Served a Bushmills so fine
They Exclaimed, “Bushmills, surely you are heaven sent”.
Sara
Apr 30th, 2010
Bushmills, my saviour, my master
You cover my wound like a plaster
My job is kak, my boss a killer
When she talks you serve to distill ‘er
And, plus, you make my Friday go faster!
Wooooo hoooo!
Silver Surfer
Apr 30th, 2010
I like my Master Distiller to make it smoothe
Pour a silky, smokey whiskey into a glass… or two
Down the hatch,
Another batch,
Best I become a Master Distiller too – !
do I get extra points for using some words twice??
Fred
Apr 30th, 2010
@Silver Surfer … um, no.
Chris Allan
May 1st, 2010
There once was a Master Distiller,
Who’d travelled from Bushmills to Manilla,
But he longed for his home,
And he’d sing as he roamed,
“I’ll be back for my whiskey before dinner!”
Jacques
May 3rd, 2010
There once was a young lad from far beyond the boerewors curtain,
who want to meet a certain master distiller.
He got a tip from Ideate, his daily source of information, to get one step closer to meet the man himself,
Mr Column Egan.
So he entered online, to see if he can win a Bushmills hamper of sorts.
With no four leave clover, but pure luck of the Irish I say here is my limerick, please make me your winner.
Bruce Wade
May 3rd, 2010
There is a old master called Bruce
Who studied to be a distiller
He made his brew from all kinds of juice
But never got close to the Bushmills filler
He entered a giveaway on Ideate
Hoping to win a prize
and finally get hold of something great
To give his distillers a rise
Only to find out he was just too late
To win what was to be great
This poor old man call Bruce
Went back to his home brew juice
Chris Franklin
May 3rd, 2010
Colum Egan, a master distiller by trade
is here in South Africa to look for an aide
please let it be me
so I can drink Bushmills for free
I don’t even care what I’m paid!
Sietse Offringa
May 5th, 2010
A drunk master blender of Jameson brands
Had Bushmills to spoil his glands
He pissed off his distiller
For he took in his filler
A Bushmills instead of some blends…
Fred
May 5th, 2010
Ok guys – we’ve got a winner by unanimous decision: Mr Nathan van Deventer, take a bow for your slick handling of the required prose. We’ll be in touch to get your hamper to you asap!!
Thanks to the wonderful team at Bushmills to put this together, and thanks to the brave readers who put their attempts forward for consideration.
Fred
Fred
May 5th, 2010
Those of you who didn’t win (or didn’t enter) – don’t forget to go to the Bushmills Facebook page and try for the grand prize of a month with Colum Egan, working with the great man himself.
Link here: http://bit.ly/9wl3ht