News from the Distillery

Cask Store

Walsh Design Group, structural engineers are currently working on our fire safety and disability access certificates to clear the way for the construction of our cask store. We are very excited to be moving forward toward a significant maturation facility to take full advantage of our unique maritime climate.

Investment Phase 2 – Cask Store and Related Developments

We are now making practical progress towards our proposed cask store development and will be focusing on the practical steps required over the summer months.  This phase of our development will require various site visits, design and planning meetings and obviously some initial funding.  We will be seeking to raise a further €750,000 equity investment.

Each existing shareholder will be offered the opportunity to invest and in the event that this is oversubscribed then shares will be allocated on a pro rata basis. The subscription price has not been set at this time, and each shareholder will be notified in more detail over the coming weeks.

Meanwhile in order to progress this exciting phase of our development we have arranged a facility to partially fund the ongoing initial development tasks which has been provided by one of our shareholder directors.

Whiskey Live – Friday – Saturday 10 – 11th June

We are also attending the Dublin Whiskey Live event in the RDS Simmonscourt Pavilion where we will be featuring both our cask-aged gin and 3 SQ. MILES. Please drop in if you are planning to attend.

Caring for our Swallows

There are various nesting areas around the distillery in some of the old buildings left over from the fish farming days. We have come to appreciate our swallows and to look forward to their return each year. Since some of these buildings will no longer be accessible to them, we have created alternative nesting facilities that are out of harm’s way. We hope that our swallows will appreciate their new homes.

Virtual Reality Tour of our Distillery

We are delighted with the virtual reality tour of our distillery commissioned by Bord Bia which we are glad to share with you here.

https://youtu.be/Tcs9R2NnWYw

This is best viewed on a VR device if available. This will be combined with a Virtual Reality Tour of the Fastnet rock lighthouse to be shown to visitors to the Island. We hope that this makes more visitors aware of our distillery and encourage them to buy our products locally.

Údaras na Gaeltacht Video

Léiriú Sugradh Teo are completing a short 30 Sec Video on the Distillery for Údaras na Gaeltachta. This is currently being edited and we will share it when it becomes available.

PBS – United States

We are delighted that we are to be featured in a program to be aired on the PBS network in the United States. This will be shot tomorrow, so presumable it will be the Autumn schedule. Since this will be significant marketing opportunity in the USA we are currently doing everything we can to secure distribution in that market.

Cape Clear Island Lavender Project

We are delighted to be associated with a visionary project spearheaded by Joe O’Driscoll and Mike Daly to develop a new natural resource based and sustainable industry on Cape Clear Island. This is to promote the cultivation of Lavender and its many uses in a wide range of artisan and craft projects. To test the market some of these products are currently available in the Island Craft Shop and are already proving their popularity.  We have allocated our ½ acre field surrounding our well for Lavender cultivation but plan to install a picnic table in what should become a most pleasant and fragrant spot.