Why Choose Connacht Irish Whiskey?
The Connacht Distillery sits on the banks of the beautiful River Moy where the river widens into the Moy Estuary in Ballina, County Mayo. Here we distil and barrel-age our spirits in a rural, coastal environment unique to the West of Ireland. We prepare our mash, ferment, distil, age, and bottle our spirits all on site. The air in our distillery enjoys the heavenly scent of evaporating fine Irish whiskey known as “the angels’ share.” The heady odour of whiskey is a far cry from the yeasty tang the building used to enjoy when it housed the Duffy family bakery. The building surely has moved from one classic use of fine Irish grains to another. The distillery houses our three copper pot stills, which were custom designed by our master distiller, Robert Cassell, for the sole purpose of making great whiskey. We had our stills made to exact specifications in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada by the very experienced Specific Mechanical Systems. The dimensions of our stills, particularly their necks and heads, are different to others being used in Ireland, ensuring that our whiskey also will be unique and special. Connacht’s malt handling and brewing equipment was made in Germany by ROLEC, an internationally acclaimed craft brewing equipment manufacturer. The custom- made equipment combines the high efficiency and high capacity of modern beer brewing with the traditional distilling and fermentation processes needed for making fine whiskey. The distillery’s barrel room houses casks full of our whiskey; here our whiskey slowly matures. Our Irish whiskey never leaves our control and remains along the banks of the Moy, enjoying and benefiting from the unique terroir of our West of Ireland setting.
THE CONNACHT WHISKEY COMPANY LTD, BELLEEK, BALLINA, COUNTY MAYO E: [email protected] | W: WWW.CONNACHTWHISKEY.COM The Connacht Whiskey Company is pleased to announce an offering of a very limited number of full 200 litre casks of our award-winning new make single malt pot still Irish whiskey. Imagine owning your own cask of uisce beatha -the "water of life”!
THE CONNACHT WHISKEY COMPANY LTD., BELLEEK, BALLINA, COUNTY MAYO E: [email protected] | W: WWW.CONNACHTWHISKEY.COM Cask Club Benefits…
Cask owners are invited on an annual visit to our distillery, where you will be treated to a tour and where we will arrange for a sample from your cask to be on hand so that you can see how it is maturing. Casks will be stored in our bonded warehouse right on site and can be viewed during your visit, provided we’re given ample notice. If you are unable to visit us for the sampling, we will happily draw annual samples on request and hold them here until such time as you can make the trip to Ballina to appraise your cask’s progress.
THE CONNACHT WHISKEY COMPANY LTD., BELLEEK, BALLINA, COUNTY MAYO E: [email protected] | W: WWW.CONNACHTWHISKEY.COM Great whiskey needs a … great master distiller Our master distiller, Robert Cassell, studied and trained in Scotland at the Heriot-Watt University. His award winning craft spirits command an impressive following, and he has won over 25 international gold medals in four spirit categories – gin, whiskey, vodka, and specialties. Unlike most master distillers, Robert custom designed our three pot stills for the sole purpose of making great Irish whiskey. Our new make single malt spirit has already received numerous awards both in Ireland and the United States.
THE CONNACHT WHISKEY COMPANY LTD., BELLEEK, BALLINA, COUNTY MAYO E: [email protected] | W: WWW.CONNACHTWHISKEY.COM We offer you three bottling options!
Think an entire barrel is too much whiskey for you?
No worries, as we provide three different options to suit your needs
* We bottle your entire cask for you,with your payment of all taxes and bottling charges.
* We bottle 1/3 of your cask at no additional charge to you,in which case we retain the other 2/3 of the barrel.
* Were purchase your entire cask at the original sale price plus an additional return of 6% per year of aging.
THE CONNACHT WHISKEY COMPANY LTD., BELLEEK, BALLINA, COUNTY MAYO E: [email protected] | W: WWW.CONNACHTWHISKEY.COM Cask Club Pricing Initial Costs
We offer a full ~200 litre of new make Irish whiskey in a once used bourbon cask offered at a price of €5,900 (ex-VAT). This covers your cask, spirit, and up to five years aging and insurance.
Further Costs After five years, additional storage and insurance can be purchased for an annual charge of €25.
Excise duty will be payable on delivery of your final bottles. The current rate is €12.20 per 700 ml bottle at 40% ABV or 80 proof. (See terms and conditions for more details).
The cask contents will be hand-bottled in our bottling facility at the prevailing rate; currently €3 per bottle. This charge includes label design and printing, bottles and corks, as well as bottling on our line at the distillery. You are welcome to assist with the bottling yourself, should you wish.
An annual 100ml sample, which will be held at the Connacht Distillery upon request, is included free of charge. Cask Club Pricing The below calculation is a simple outline of the programme. There are many external factors that go into the maturation of a cask and so any calculations done by ourselves are purely examples and are to be taken as a guide only.
Your spirit will evaporate at approximately 2% per annum. This happens with every single cask in maturation and is unfortunately something that we are unable to prevent. We cannot predict the exact rate for individual casks, but the following could act as a guideline.
You can decide whether to bottle at cask strength (59%) or at 40% ABV, with the cost breakdown estimated below for the 40% ABV option.
Standard 40% ABV (80 Proof )
Cost per Cask €5,900 Liters per Cask @ 59% Angels Share per Year 2% Number of Years 3 Barrel Size (Litres) 200 Litres of Pure Alcohol per Cask 111 No of 700ml Bottles at 40% ABV 397 Bottling & Labelling @ €3 per bottle €1,190 Total Cost of Cask plus Bottling €7,090 Costs per Labelled Bottle €17.87
Duty per Bottle €12.20 Cost per Bottle ex VAT €30.07
THE CONNACHT WHISKEY COMPANY LTD., BELLEEK, BALLINA, COUNTY MAYO E: [email protected] | W: WWW.CONNACHTWHISKEY.COM THE CONNACHT WHISKEY COMPANY LTD., BELLEEK, BALLINA, COUNTY MAYO E: [email protected] | W: WWW.CONNACHTWHISKEY.COM CONNACHT CASK CLUB FULL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
To discuss this offering and review our full terms and conditions, please contact either ; Lyndsey +353 96 74902 [email protected] Or David Stapleton +353 96 74598 [email protected]