Dingle Distillery

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Dingle Distillery
Dingle Distillery Logo.png
Location Dingle
Owner Porterhouse Group
Founded2012
FounderOliver Hughes
StatusOperating
Water sourceOnsite deep well [1]
No. of stills3 large pot stills (whiskey) [1] & 1 small pot still (vodka/gin)
Website http://www.dingledistillery.ie/
Dingle Whiskey (Single Malt)
Type Single Malt
Cask type(s)Bourbon Casks [2]
ABV 46.5% [2]
Dingle Whiskey (Single Pot Still)
Type Single Pot Still
Cask type(s)Pedro Ximenez Casks [3]
ABV 46.5% [3]
Dingle Distillery Vodka
ABV 40%
Dingle Original Gin
ABV 42.5%

Dingle Distillery is an Irish whiskey distillery established in 2012 and owned by the Porterhouse Brewing Company.

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The distillery is located in a converted sawmill in Milltown on the outskirts of Dingle in County Kerry in Ireland. [4] [5] The first whiskeys distilled and matured at the distillery were released in late 2016. [6] In addition to whiskey, the distillery also produces and markets Dingle vodka and Dingle Gin. It bills itself as an 'artisan' distillery. [7]

In 2017, Dingle Distillery became the first independent Irish distillery to release a single pot still whiskey in several decades. [8]

History

The initiative to start a distillery in Dingle was that of the now deceased Oliver Hughes, who was also a founder of the Porterhouse brewing and restaurant group. [9] [4] The site, formerly the Fitzgerald sawmill, was converted for whiskey production in 2012, opening on 29 November. [5] The distillery was reported to have created at least 25 jobs. [5] The new copper pot stills used at the distillery were designed by John McDougall. [4]

As a promotion to attract investors, Dingle Distillery offered the first five hundred special casks to investors "Founding Fathers", to be ready for bottling from November 2017. [9]

The distillery announced plans to double spirit production in 2018. [10] [ needs update ]

Products

Using pot stills the distillery produces two casks of whiskey per day in Dingle, [11] where the mildly cool climate is reportedly favourable for whiskey production. [5] [9] Under Irish law, to be termed whiskey, a spirit is legally required to be matured for at least three years. [12] Therefore, Dingle Distillery only brought whiskey to market in late 2016. [6] The distillery also has a still for the production of gin and vodka. [4] [9] As of 2017, 100,000 bottles per year of Dingle gin were being sold. [10]

The first batch of whiskey was released in late 2016, and consisted of two tripled distilled whiskeys, both of which were matured solely in bourbon casks: [2] [13]

The second batch, released in 2017, consisted of four different bottlings, three single malts and a single pot still whiskey: [3]

The company also produced a series of limited edition whiskies which were marketed under names referring to the "Celtic cycle of the year" ("Wheel of the Year"). [14] [15] [16]

References

  1. 1 2 "Whisky Intelligence: New on the Irish Whiskey Map "Dingle Distillery" Irish Whiskey News". 20 December 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dingle Distillery launches two small batch whiskeys". thetaste.ie. The Taste. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Murphy, Mark (27 October 2017). "Dingle Distillery's New Small Batch Releases". FFT.ie. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Liquid Irish: Dingle Distillery". 1 December 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "New whiskey distillery in Dingle to create 25 jobs". Business ETC at www.thejournal.ie. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  6. 1 2 Murphy, Mark (1 December 2016). "Dingle releases first whiskey batces". fft.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Dingle Whiskey - Founding Fathers" . Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Linnane, Bill (15 December 2017). "The 12 drinks of Christmas - Top tipples for the festive season". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  9. 1 2 3 4 David Monaghan (21 April 2013). "What To Give The Man Who Has Everything? Why, A Cask Of Irish Whiskey To Be Collected In Five Years, Of Course". Forbes. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  10. 1 2 Carruthers, Nicola (9 November 2017). "Dingle Distillery to double spirits production". The Spirits Business. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  11. ↑ McHugh, Robert (30 November 2016). "Dingle Whiskey introduced to the Market". businessworld.ie. Retrieved 28 December 2016– via www.businessworld.ie.
  12. ↑ "Technical file setting out the specifications with which Irish Whiskey / Uisce Beatha Eireannach / Irish Whisky must comply" (PDF). www.agriculture.gov.ie/. Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Marine. October 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  13. ↑ "Dingle Distillery". www.dingledistillery.ie/. Dingle Distillery. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "Zum Feuerfest: Dingle Samhain begründet "Wheel of the Year"-Serie". www.whiskexperts.de/. Whiskyexperts. 14 December 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  15. ↑ "Dingle Lá le Bríde: Neuer Whisky für die Wheel of the Year Series in Kürze erhältlich". www.captainscotch.de/. CaptainScotch. 27 March 2023. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  16. ↑ "Dingle Bealtaine – Dritter Akt der Wheel of the Year Series veröffentlicht". www.captainscotch.de/. CaptainScotch. 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.

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