After more than a century, legal whiskey distillation has returned to Galway with a limited First Release edition of Micil Peated Single Malt. (70cl, ABV 50% RRP €180).
During the 1700's and 1800's Galway had over 22 legal whiskey distilleries, while Connemara was home to the most Irish of all distilling traditions, illicit ‘fuisce’ made in small copper pot stills. The launch of Micil Peated Single Malt celebrates this dual history, and is a significant moment in Irish whiskey history!
Limited to just 360 numbered bottles, this whiskey represents the perfect marriage of Micil’s Connemara and Galway City roots. Taking the learnings of the past, but reinventing them for the future, has created a bold, spicy single malt with hints of soft Connemara peat smoke.
Produced in a small still, with long distillation times and cuts made by taste and sense alone, this wonderful expression of Galway Whiskey uses 100% Irish barley, malted with turf from the Micil family land in Connemara. Maturation in Pedro Ximénez, Amontillado and Palo Cortado casks imparts intense sweetness and depth to this already exceptional spirit.
Micil’s First Release will go on sale at 10:30am on Friday 26th July online at MicilDistillery.com, along with a few bottles available at McCambridges of Galway and The Celtic Whiskey Shop in Dublin.
Micil Distillery is Galway’s first legal distillery since 1911, and is headed up by co-founders Pádraic Ó Griallais and Ross Tobin. Production at the distillery is led by Pádraic’s brother Jimín, sixth generation Connemara poitín distiller and direct descendant of Micil Mac Chearra, the family’s original distiller.
The Micil family have been crafting exceptional Irish spirits on the shores of Galway Bay for over 170 years, representing Ireland’s longest unbroken family distilling tradition. Traditions, skills and recipes have been handed down from generation to generation through Irish, which is still the spoken language at the distillery today.
For more information on Micil Distillery & their award winning products visit www.micildistillery.com
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