Raise a Dram with Athrú Whiskey This Father’s Day

To celebrate Father’s Day this year, Lough Gill Distillery is delighted to announce a unique online single malt tasting and virtual distillery tour on Thursday June 24th at 7.30pm.

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Founder Update - Announcing the Athrú Cask Reserve Program

Today we launch our new Cask Reserve Program; we are inviting you on a journey of transformation to the Longer Now.

Announcing Athrú Single Cask Bottlings

We are delighted to reveal the first three single cask bottlings, at cask strength, for our inaugural Athrú single cask release. Single malt can only be called whiskey when it has been be aged in oak casks for a minimum of three years.

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Athrú Single Cask Release

Shortly, Lough Gill Distillery will be releasing three single cask bottlings at cask strength. Buyers will be able to taste whiskey in its purest form, direct from the cask. The number of bottles per release is limited to the size of the cask and the amount of liquid left after the angels have taken their share. Hopefully they haven't been too greedy!

Virtual Tour and Tastings

The pandemic has bought challenges and opportunities to people all across the globe and here at Lough Gill Distillery we're doing our best to help out in any way we can. The distillery is currently closed to the public in an effort to keep our staff safe, however, we still want to share what we're doing and like many people, Zoom is the answer to this.

Sligo’s Distilling History

Here at the Lough Gill Distillery, we’re embarking on our distilling journey in Sligo, but all around us is inspiration and past influence of the area’s rich and colourful distilling history.

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Distilling Single Malt Whiskey the Athrú way

Distilling single malt whiskey the Athrú way is all about passion, purpose, and people...

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The Importance of Wood Finishing on our Whiskey

Hazelwood Demense, the home of Athrú, used to import entire casks of sherry and port which were shipped from Spain and Portugal. Within Hazelwood House, there are records which show these purchases being made as far back as the 1700s.

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What A Year at the Lough Gill Distillery!

It's only when I go flicking through our brew sheets from early 2020 I realise what I/we've accomplished during our first solid year of production at Lough Gill Distillery.

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What's the difference between Whiskey & Whisky?!

In the age old rivalry of Scotch vs Irish and Canadian vs Bourbon, there is nothing more controversial than the placement of the letter ‘e’"!

Whiskey GeeksThe_Keeper26 November 2020Lough Gill DistilleryWhiskey, Single malt, Scotch, Irish Whiskey

Irish whiskey regulations: what makes Irish whiskey so unique?

Irish whiskeys are categorised depending on their ingredient composition and whiskey-making process used. There are four main types, as detailed below

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