Cheers! Sliabh Liag Distillers fill first cask with new whiskey
Whiskey is now being distilled legally again in County Donegal for the first time in almost 200 years. It’s after Sliabh Liag Distillers filled a double-distilled spirit made from Irish peated malt into a first-fill bourbon oak cask. The small-batch production at the distiller’s Carrick facility will help the company’s…
Planning permission granted for Ardara distillery
Donegal County Council has granted planning permission for a new distillery in Ardara. Sliabh Liag Distillers, producers of An Dulámán Irish Maritime Gin and The Legendary Silkie Irish Whiskey, have been given the go-ahead to start work on its site at the Show Field in Ardara. The move…
Whiskey-lovers in Donegal to wait patiently for their first local drop in 2022
A new craft whiskey distillery is set to open just outside Carrick in south west Donegal in early 2019. It’s after the plans for the Sliabh Liag distillery in Lower Carrick got the go ahead from An Bord Pleanala this month. The appeals were overruled by the Bord which directed…
Bord approves new Donegal distillery
An Bord Pleanala has upheld a decision to grant planning permission for a new whiskey distillery in the Carrick area in south west Donegal. The project will involve the construction of a distillery, lab, visitor centre, museum and car-parking area. The Sliabh Liag Distillery applied for planning last April, it…