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Spirits company raises €642,000 as it eyes South African market

Limerick-based Alt Liquor duo say combination of crowdfunding and private investment will help them expand into vibrant whiskey market

The spirited billionaire: Bill Goldring’s Sazerac and its latest Irish whiskey play

The owner of US drinks giant Sazerac, which owns a portfolio of brands from Southern Comfort to Paddy, has just bought the Lough Gill Distillery in Sligo for a reported $70 million

US drinks giant to buy Lough Gill Distillery for €70m

Sazerac plans to expand production and complete restoration of the 300-year-old Hazelwood House

McGregor sets up company to launch new brand of stout

Forged Stout Limited was formed last week after the MMA star turned entrepreneur tweeted his intention to bring the drink to market

High on ambition: Meet the Irish pilot seeking to develop the world’s biggest distillery in China

Converting the Chinese population from their favourite spirit baijiu to whiskey might be a big ask, but shareholder Stephen Alexander’s Nine Rivers Distillery aims not only to produce quality whiskey, but to start exporting non-whiskey products to Ireland, Britain and the US as early as next year

Oisin Davis on spirits: The distilleries to seek out at this year’s Whiskey Live Dublin

The event takes place in the RDS on June 10 and 11, and offers a great range of drinks for the whiskey lover to discover

WRC hears details of Nephin Whiskey founders’ row

Hearing is first of two legal cases connected to the building of the distillery and visitor centre near Lough Conn in Co Mayo

The Big Interview

Jack Teeling: ‘When I was growing up, Irish whiskey was not seen as a cool thing’

With business recovering well after the Covid dip, the managing director of Teeling Whiskey is optimistic about an industry that has ‘totally changed’

Oisin Davis on spirits: The lucrative world of online Irish whiskey auctions

Got an old bottle gathering dust on your sideboard? It could be worth thousands if you can find a buyer for it

Making It Work: Nothing but the best for customers of The Single Malt Shop

The Dublin-headquartered whiskey retailer, part of the first publicly listed investment fund for whiskey, has already invested €4m in stock and aims to corner the market in selling the world’s most exclusive bottles and casks

Glendalough Distillery targeting European expansion in wake of double-digit growth

Co-founder Gary McLoughlin says the company also has plans to focus on expanding in the Asian market next year

Whiskey body drops US patent application

Private lobby group Irish Whiskey Association had been applying for a certification mark for the term ‘Irish whiskey’, but dropped the application following protests from smaller producers

Fine Arts: Plenty of bottle on display at Victor Mee’s latest sale

An eclectic mix of chemist and pub memorabilia and decorative advertising goods offer some unusual bargains this week

‘It’s been such an adventure’: Kevin Keenan of the Glendalough Distillery on its new Japanese-inspired whiskey

The island of Hokkaido provided the inspiration - and the wood - for the Glendalough Distillery’s latest whiskey. Jordan Mooney

Oisin Davis on spirits: The whiskey makers seeing the profits of sustainability

The long-term view that is so essential for whiskey makers in terms of business is spilling over into increased efforts to go green

Marketing: Irish distillers seeks to woo younger demographic with new campaign featuring Aisling Bea

The acclaimed actor has been chosen by to front a ‘consumer lifestyle’ campaign for Jameson

Veteran investor abandons plans for whiskey brand at Trump's Doonbeg

Pierce Casey had planned to develop a global financial hub at the former US president’s golf resort in Co Clare

Multimillionaire’s whiskey technology gets thumbs down from state

Department of Agriculture tells Dolf Stockhausen he cannot produce his rapid-aged whiskey in this country because it does not conform to regulations

Powerscourt chief executive leaves after shareholder row

Alex Peirce, co-founder of the €20 million distillery, left his role in October, but remains a shareholder and director

‘Too many people are in Irish whiskey to make a ton of money, we’re not’ - The Big Interview: Peter Mulryan of Blackwater Distillery

Peter Mulryan, chief executive of Blackwater Distillery in Ballyduff, Co Waterford, played his part in Ireland’s gin boom. Now, the company is set to launch its first whiskey and has just raised €2.2m from investors, among them Dolf Stockhausen, the Swiss-German millionaire scientist