Jean-Claude Van Damme has launched his own brand of WHISKEY.
The Hollywood star’s tipple is called Old Oak.
The Irish whiskey costs £34.95 a bottle.
Van Damme, 63 – whose movies include Universal Soldier and Kick Boxer – sampled it by chance before it was on sale.
He was meeting a friend and drank some and then decided to jump on board and be the co-owner of the whiskey brand.
The actor – dubbed the ‘Muscles from Brussels’ – said: “I was looking for my own brand of whiskey, possibly an American bourbon.
“And then one of my close friends and business associates asked ‘Why an American whiskey when you can go back to the roots of whiskey and find an Irish whiskey’?
“He then introduced me to the Old Oak whiskey label which had yet to be launched and had been put together by some Whiskey aficionados in Ireland.”
He added: “It was also the perfect opportunity to combine two things with which I feel a close connection.
“Whiskey and its rich heritage and the charisma and warmth of Ireland and its people.
“I loved its aroma and the smoothness on the palate compared to the heavier whiskies I had tasted from different parts of the world.”
