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. […]
We are delighted to announce that Silks Gin has been awarded a Gold medal by the Beverage Testing Institute Awards 2021. Beverage Testing Institute (BTI) Beverage Testing Institute was founded in 1981 as the first international wine competition in the United States, adding beer, spirits, cider, sake, mead and more to the repertoire in 1994. […]
Silks Irish Dry Gin We are delighted to see that our very own Silks Irish Dry Gin is now featured in the Food Drinks Destinations “Irish Gin Guide” – The definitive guide to the best of Irish Gin.
Beer and whiskey have long been known as fair bedfellows, often found together on bartops across the world, but it’s important not to forget that they are related too! For the first part of whiskey production, prior to distillation, is to in-fact create a beer. So we have set about to continue their collaboration series […]
Today was a very exciting day here at the distillery as we have teamed up with Talnua Distillery www.talnua.com in the Centennial State in a first of its kind Single Pot Still collaboration. This unique initiative will examine how the Irish and American climates will influence finished, single pot still whiskey once it is botted […]
Every gun makes its own tune and this one’s a melody of peated heat and smooth blended single malts. Having spent the first part of its life in ex-bourbon barrels, this stellar dram was then married and finished in, 125 litre, peated quarter casks for a minimum of 12 months, giving a campfire peated finish […]
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 […]
