THE DISTILLERY OUR CRAFT When the lads started out, it made very little economic sense to open a distillery, but the McCarthy cousins were eager for a change in career and there was a tradition of distilling in the O’Connell family. John came from a long line of distillers – albeit the illegal variety. His father came from Coppeen in the Coolea Mountains, the poitin heartland of west Cork, where many families ran their own stills. With that bit of knowledge, the lads set about making spirits. Distilling began in a small room at the back of Den’s house in 2003 and it wasn’t until 2014 that the operation moved to Market Street in Skibbereen. As the business expanded, much of the distillery equipment was hand built as needed, such as the Rocket, reported to be ‘the fastest still in the world’ at the time. In 2020, the new distillery at Marsh Road, Skibbereen will open, making us the largest, wholly Irish owned distillery in the country. DISTILLING Eight pot stills and two column stills produce almost 4.5 million litres of alcohol (LPA). A further three stills are dedicated to gin. BOTTLING Five bottling lines operate 24 hours per day, six days per week. Every hour, there are 2,000 bottles processed on site. STORING Seven warehouses, which are all located on site at the distillery in Skibbereen, store up to 55,000 casks as needed. VISIT THE DISTILLERY BOOK A VISIT ©2019 WEST CORK DISTILLERS PRIVACY POLICY T&CS PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY! CONTACT USFACEBOOKINSTAGRAMTWITTERLINKEDINYOUTUBE WELCOME TO WEST CORK DISTILLERS You have to be of legal drinking age to enter this site ENTER SITE By entering this site, you are agreeing to our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Statement and by continuing to browse this site you are agreeing to accept our use of cookies. Selecteer een taal Nederlands Afrikaans Albanees Amharisch Arabisch Armeens Azerbeidzjaans Baskisch Bengaals Birmaans Bosnisch Bulgaars Catalaans Cebuano Chichewa Chinees (traditioneel) Chinees (vereenvoudigd) Corsicaans Deens Duits Esperanto Ests Fins Frans Fries Galicisch Georgisch Grieks Gujarati Haïtiaans Creools Hausa Hawaïaans Hebreeuws Hindi Hmong Hongaars Iers Igbo IJslands Indonesisch Italiaans Japans Javaans Jiddisch Kannada Kazachs Khmer Kinyarwanda Kirgizisch Koerdisch Koreaans Kroatisch Lao Latijn Lets Litouws Luxemburgs Macedonisch Malagasi Malayalam Maleis Maltees Maori Marathi Mongools Nepalees Noors Odia (Oriya) Oeigoers Oekraïens Oezbeeks Pashto Perzisch Pools Portugees Punjabi Roemeens Russisch Samoaans Schots Keltisch Servisch Sesotho Shona Sindhi Sinhala Slovaaks Sloveens Soendanees Somalisch Spaans Swahili Tadzjieks Tagalog Tamil Tataars Telugu Thai Tsjechisch Turkmeens Turks Urdu Vietnamees Wels Wit-Russisch Xhosa Yoruba Zoeloe Zweeds Mogelijk gemaakt door Translate Our site uses cookies and other technologies to tailor your experience, to enhance site navigation, analyse site usage, and assist in our marketing efforts. View our Privacy Policy for more info. ACCEPT