Irish Whiskey News & Stories

A recent report by the Irish Whiskey Association highlights the difficulty facing companies in the industry.  Issues related to access to grain and bottles, rising energy costs, loss of Russian market, and trade/tariff difficulties are a few factors impacting ability to release new products and/or get them in the hands of consumers.  Will we see a continued rise in product pricing in 2023 and/or a scarcity of products? Energy prices, shipping delays affecting Irish whiskey production - report Some 92% of Irish whiskey producers say supply chain delays, as well as rising energy prices and problems with international shipping and...

Fall chill is in the air and some new Irish whiskies available in the USA will help to warm the senses with the use of Peat. Waterford distillery has released two new single malts using Irish grown peat while Sliabh Liag debuted the final single malt in their Legendary Silkie collection. This adds to the list of growing peated Irish whiskey brands including Kilbeggan (Connemara), Teeling (BlackPitts), Two Stacks (Dram in a Can), and many other sourced expressions from Great Northern Distillery. Several new distilleries are currently aging their own peated Irish whiskey which should be available soon. For now,...

Ahead of the IWSA Powerscourt event, here is some news from the distillery.  Their first Irish whiskey release containing their own liquid (the first distilled in County Wicklow in more than a century).   Fercullen Falls September 5, 2022 The launch of Fercullen Falls represents the first whiskey distilled in Wicklow in over 100 years. Fercullen Falls Irish whiskey. It’s a blend of malt and grain whiskeys with a high malt content. The 50/50 blend, the malt whiskey has matured in first fill ex-Bourbon barrels and the grain in a combination of ex-Bourbon and new heavy char Oak casks. “With this...

Ahead of the IWSA Powerscourt Virtual event, here is a good primer to wet your whistle.  Noel Sweeney, Master Distiller, laid down the single malt Irish whiskey residing in the IWSA's first distillery cask.  The following interview provides a nice background to his legendary career. A Chat With Noel Sweeney, Master Distiller for Powerscourt Distillery Ltd. 08/08/2022 Noel Sweeney talks about his distilling career and his role as the Master Distiller for Powerscourt Distillery Ltd. Noel is a globally recognized whiskey expert and international multi-award-winning master. He started distilling in 1978 by making neutral spirits. But he started his career...

County Waterford is poised to get another Irish whiskey distillery.  Curraghmore Whiskey has received permission to convert part of their single family estate into a distillery and visitor center.  With Waterford Distillery already up and running, this area will certainly be a whiskey lover's destination.   Green light to convert Waterford's Curraghmore House into distillery and visitor centre Richard de la Poer Beresford, the Earl of Tyrone and son of Lord Waterford, intends to develop a space to produce 250,000 litres of 'carbon neutral, organic Irish whiskey' annually Curraghmore House, Portlaw Co Waterford, has become best known in recent years for...