Address: Lower Main St Kilbeggan County Westmeath Ireland
Kilbeggan Distillery (formerly Brusna Distillery and Locke’s Distillery) was founded in 1757 and is situated on the River Brosna in Kilbeggan, County Westmeath, Ireland. It is believed to be the oldest licensed distillery in the world. The Kilbeggan Distillery Experience includes a restaurant, the Locke’s distillery museum and it is a major tourist attraction in Irland. Read more...
Address: Muine Bheag Business Park Royal Oak Road Muine Bheag County Carlow Ireland
Alltech, a global biotech company from Kentucky, is known to have its own yeast for distilling developed as well as additional expertise in the use of enzymes for distilling. In 2012 Alltech has formed a joint venture with Carlow Brewing Company in Ireland and shipped new whiskey stills from the US to the brewery in Ireland. Though, the new whiskey Read more...
Address: Cooley Distillery, R173, The Municipal District of Dundalk, Leinster Rathcor ED County Louth A91 D850 Ireland
Cooley Distillery is nestled in the foothills of the Cooley Mountains in Co. Louth. It is an Irish whiskey distillery founded by John Teeling that was converted in 1987 from an older patato schnapps plant into a whiskey distillery. In 2011 Beam Inc. purchased the Cooley plant for US$95 million. Read more...
Address: 26 Marsh Rd Skibbereen County Cork Ireland
In 2013 after much expansion West Cork Distillers moved to a larger location in Skibbereen, West Cork where it now resides. The distillery operates as only one of two independent distilleries in Ireland. Read more...
Address: Slea Head Dr Milltown County Kerry Ireland
The Dingle Distillery has grown out of The Porterhouse Brewing Company which opened Ireland’s first brewpub in Dublin in 1993 and which spearheaded the now thriving craft brewing movement in Ireland. The distillery itself was created in 2012 in the old sawmills on the Milltown Road just on the fringe of Dingle. Read more...
Dublin has traditionally been the heart of the Irish whiskey industry and it is connected with the family name Teeling. During Walter Teeling’s time there were over 37 different distilleries in Dublin. The Liberties area of Dublin in particular was recognised as the epicentre for Dublin whiskey and was dubbed the “Golden Triangle” due to the number of distilleries clustered Read more...
The Belfast Distillery is transforming the Victorian jail of Belfast into a 480,000-litre distillery, construction of the site is expected to complete in 2016. The location is redesigned to boast also with a ‘state-of-the-art’ visitors centre and restaurant. The Belfast Distillery has signed a 125-year lease with the government for location, which is situated near the original location of McConnells Read more...
This is a silent distillery in Dublin. It was one of the last whiskey distilleries to be built by Dublin Whiskey Distillery Company (later known as DWD). The Distillery was situated at Clontarf near the River Tolka in northern Dublin. In 1886 it used to be the most modern of the Distilleries in Dublin. The Whisky was sent to England, Read more...