A whiskey recipe dating back to the late 19th century has been revived. Boann has bottled a 140-year-old ‘vintage mashbill’ once used by the famous Preston’s whiskey bonders of Drogheda, Co Louth. The new spirit, Boann Winter Solstice Preston’s Vintage Mashbill, was fully matured in an Oloroso hogshead cask of 250ltr and was bottled to […]
Boann Distillery has entered an exclusive whiskey partnership with one of Ireland’s most beloved hotels. We have teamed up with Dublin’s Merrion Hotel to create The Whistler Merrion Hotel 10 Year Old Single Malt Single Cask Release. We are thrilled with our first collaboration with The Merrion, which is a perfect fit for a whiskey […]
We celebrated Summer Solstice last night (June 21) by launching our newest creation, Boann ‘Summer Solstice’ Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey, marking the second single cask bottling from Boann Distillery. This Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey was unveiled to a select group of whiskey enthusiasts at the Boann Distillery at a Summer Solstice Tasting event […]
We are delighted to welcome some new whiskeys to the ever expanding Whistler family. The cask finished series are triple distilled for extra smoothness, with each having its own unique finish, including a 16-year-old single malt finished in rare Palo Cortado sherry casks. The Whistler Dark Symphony, a category winner at the World Whiskies Awards […]
Boann Distillery has revived whiskey distilling in Drogheda for the first time in 160 years. We celebrated the Winter Solstice last night (Dec 21) by unveiling our first Irish Single Pot Still Whiskey at the distillery just outside Drogheda, Co. Meath. On the same date three years ago, we filled nine, specially hand-selected casks with […]
We are delighted to have scooped five awards at the prestigious Irish Whiskey Awards. Now in its ninth year, the awards celebrate the very best of Irish whiskey and Irish craft spirits across 19 categories. The awards took place in the Pearse Lyons Distillery in the Liberties, Dublin. Boann clinched Best Irish Gin for Silks […]
We are over the moon to have won a top prize at the prestigious Whisky Magazine’s 2022 Icons of Whisky (Ireland) Awards. At a ceremony in Dublin’s Iveagh Gardens on Thursday night, Peter Cooney was on hand to collect the award for “Best Brand Innovator 2022”. The Award champions our vintage mashbills campaign, which were […]
Almost 70 extremely rare Oloroso casks from Córdoba in (Andalucía) southern Spain have arrived at the distillery – the first of which was filled with spirit by the Spanish cooper who repaired them. Boann bought the casks when an old family Bodega closed – now they will be used to mature its whiskey after a […]
We were delighted to clinch the top prize for The Whistler Mosaic Marsala Cask Single Grain whiskey at a glitzy award ceremony in London as it was awarded “Worlds Best Best Single Grain” at the World Whiskies Awards last night . It is our fourth international gong in the World Whiskies Awards since 2019 and […]
The distilling team got to roll up their sleeves this week and put on their wellies as we got down to the business of planting 2000 trees as part of our barrel sustainability plan. A total of 1,000 oak and 1,000 native broadleaf trees were planted on the Preston family farm in Co Meath www.swainstownfarm.ie. […]
