Ireland’s Walsh Whiskey Plans $37 Million Distillery

Ireland’s Walsh Whiskey looks to be getting a new home, as owner Amber Beverage Group (ABG) has unveiled plans to invest $37 million to build a distillery that’s slated to open by 2026. The facility will be focused on laying down stocks for Walsh brands Writers’ Tears and The Irishman, which are currently sourced from other Irish distilleries.

The planning application for the project has yet to be submitted, but if approved, ABG will build a single malt and single pot still distillery at Dunleckney, Co. Carlow, about an hour south of Dublin. It will have an annual capacity of 4 million liters of pure alcohol and will be set on a 7-acre site alongside River Barrow, inside a former 18th-century corn mill and malthouse complex.

Interestingly, the new place will be about two miles upstream and on the opposite river bank from Royal Oak Distillery, the former home of Walsh Whiskey, which Walsh left behind in 2019 after a disagreement with then-partner Illva Saronno. Whisky Advocate has the full story.—Daniel Marsteller

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