BAOILLEACH - IRISH WHISKEY - AN CHÉAD - 47.9%
DOUBLE DISTILLED PEATED MIXED MASH BILL
Matured in Bourbon Quarter Casks and a Ruby Port Hogshead
The First Release of Baoilleach Irish Whiskey is here.
We hope to have bottles in the post over the next 3 weeks, the distillery is part-time for the family, so getting orders out may take a bit of time, thank you for your order and patience.
I would like to thank you for purchasing a bottle of Baoilleach Irish Whiskey, with your trust and lots of hard work, it has enabled myself and my family to establish this distillery in the beautiful Hills of Donegal. Over the next few years we hope to release some great Irish Whiskey, showing the depth of flavours the distillery can produce.
Distillery History and Progress
This First release marks the beginning of our Irish Whiskey Journey here at Baoilleach Distillery, we first started to produce spirit in late 2019, being the first distillery to mash grains in Donegal for 180 years. We started producing Poitin, with a single Potstill of 310L and two small fermenters of 400L's each.
In early 2022 we took delivery of a second Potstill, 2 x 3000L fermenters and a larger mash tun. We produced our first cask of Irish Whiskey in early June 2022. We have been producing ever since.
In 2023, we produced our first local grains Irish Whiskey cask - Grán na hÁite - Grains of the Place, which brings another dimension to the distillery. Growing cereal crops in the area had not been seen since the late 80's, the flavour of land will be seen in 2027.
In 2024, we managed to upgrade our mash tun and production processes which allowed for a more streamlined production, this upgrade has allowed the Distillery to have a more flexible production schedule.