Our “New Born” new make spirit has been crowned “World’s Best New Make” at the finals of the World Whiskies Awards last night. We are over the moon to have won the most prestigious award for producing the best new make whiskey in the world. We have become the first Irish distillery to win this […]
We are delighted to scoop six prizes at the World Whiskies Awards 2021 announced this week. We won five accolades for the Whistler range – and have also been crowned Best Single Pot Still New Make 2021. We are so overwhelmed with this most prestigious award for our New Make spirit. We have set out […]
Single Pot Still whiskey has been a residing passion of our founder, Pat Cooney, for decades. The production of the highest quality Single Pot Still distillate requires a considered effort to not only efficiently process the unmalted grains contained within the Single Pot Still mash bills (recipes), but to also maximise the flavour and mouthfeel of Ireland’s […]
The Whistler Imperial Stout Cask Finish blend is a project that the team at Boann Distillery have been working on for a number of years. The project featured a number of test batches that never saw the light of day before this, current blend was deemed ready for releasing to the public. This blend of […]
The Whistler Calvados Cask Finish is a collaboration between Boann Distillery and famed Calvados producers Chateau du Breuil, in Normandy, France. Chateau du Breuil produces some of the world’s finest Calvados, which is a geographically protected, aged apple distillate, which can only be produced in Normandy in the North West of France. For this whiskey, […]
We are delighted to announce that The Whistler Irish Honey Whiskey has emerged as ‘Worlds Best Honey’ and ‘Best Irish Honey’ at this years World Liqueur Awards 2020. Overall competition was stiff with over 150 entries from all over the globe competing for gold and winners were announced on Wednesday 29, April 2020. We are exceptionally […]
We are delighted to report that The Whistler Irish whiskey range is now available in the US nationwide. Whistled into life one New Years Eve, The Whistler range is born of the noteworthy craft and time-honoured traditions that are as old as the story told, the written word and the whistled tune. The national launch across […]
Boann Distillery begins an exciting new chapter with the first whiskey spirit distillation in Drogheda in over 160 years. As the winter solstice sun rose over the Boyne Valley, the first spirit produced in the Boann Distillery was laid down in cask on Saturday 21 December, 2019. On the sunrise of the winter solstice every year […]
As the distillery enters into its final stages before commissioning, we wanted to take some time to welcome our new Head Distiller, Michael Walsh, to the distillery team. At 29 years of age, Michael is Ireland’s youngest head distiller and even though he is only in the first decade of his distilling career, he has achieved a […]
