Global Award for Northern Irish whiskey on St Patrick's Day
Northern Ireland's Echlinville Distillery has gained a major
international award for its Dunville PX Single Malt Irish Whiskey.
The distillery, based at Kircubbin in Co. Down, came out on top in
the Single Malt 12 years old or under category in the prestigious
World Whiskies Awards. Echlinville is Northern Ireland's first
licensed Irish whiskey distillery in over 125 years.
The award for the premium Dunville single malt was announced at a
gala dinner on 17 March in London and followed an extensive blind
tasting by a panel of expert judges.
The World Whiskies Awards are part of the prestigious World Drinks Awards programme, launched in 2007. Presented by The
DrinksReport.com, the world's No. 1 online resource for drinks
professional, the World Whiskies Awards select, reward and promote
the best whisky taste and design to consumers and trade across the
globe.
The influential awards are open to distillers, bottlers, producers, agents, designers, design agents, packaging agencies, brand
agencies, importers, wholesalers and retailers of any whisky from
anywhere in the world. With entrance facilities in Europe, the US
and Asia, the World Whiskies Awards provides a truly international
service to entrants.
Shane Braniff, founder and managing director of Echlinville Distillery in 2012, said: "This is a tremendous endorsement of the taste andquality of Dunville PX, our premium single malt. There could not
have been a better time to win this immensely important recognition for our Irish whiskey than on St Patrick's Day.
"The award will be hugely significant as we step global marketing ofour Dunville whiskies, the PX premium single malt and our blended
Three Crowns particularly in the crucially important US marketplace."
Mr Braniff revived the Northern Ireland historic Dunville Brand,
once among the biggest selling Irish whiskey brands in the US, as
part of an investment in distilling that will see new product launches in both short and long terms.
The company is developing a portfolio of spirits, including the
recently launched single estate Jawbox Gin, using barley grown on
Mr Braniff's Echlinville estate.
"What sets Echlinville apart is the total control of the entire
process to control from raw materials in the field to the final dropreaching the glass, providing total traceability and authenticity
for customers. The whiskey and other spirits are being produced
by a passionate team committed to achieving excellence," he added.
Established in Belfast in 1801, Dunville launched its best-known
pot still whiskey brand, the premium VR, named after Queen Victoria,in 1837 and built the city's biggest distillery, Royal Irish
Distilleries in 1869. While the whiskey was shipped worldwide, the
biggest market was the US until prohibition. The company never
recovered from this setback and production of whiskey ceased in 1935and the business liquidated the following year.
Echlinville Distillery was the first distillery to be granted a
license to distill Irish whiskey in 2012 - the first in the north
of Ireland in over 130 years.
international award for its Dunville PX Single Malt Irish Whiskey.
The distillery, based at Kircubbin in Co. Down, came out on top in
the Single Malt 12 years old or under category in the prestigious
World Whiskies Awards. Echlinville is Northern Ireland's first
licensed Irish whiskey distillery in over 125 years.
The award for the premium Dunville single malt was announced at a
gala dinner on 17 March in London and followed an extensive blind
tasting by a panel of expert judges.
The World Whiskies Awards are part of the prestigious World Drinks Awards programme, launched in 2007. Presented by The
DrinksReport.com, the world's No. 1 online resource for drinks
professional, the World Whiskies Awards select, reward and promote
the best whisky taste and design to consumers and trade across the
globe.
The influential awards are open to distillers, bottlers, producers, agents, designers, design agents, packaging agencies, brand
agencies, importers, wholesalers and retailers of any whisky from
anywhere in the world. With entrance facilities in Europe, the US
and Asia, the World Whiskies Awards provides a truly international
service to entrants.
Shane Braniff, founder and managing director of Echlinville Distillery in 2012, said: "This is a tremendous endorsement of the taste andquality of Dunville PX, our premium single malt. There could not
have been a better time to win this immensely important recognition for our Irish whiskey than on St Patrick's Day.
"The award will be hugely significant as we step global marketing ofour Dunville whiskies, the PX premium single malt and our blended
Three Crowns particularly in the crucially important US marketplace."
Mr Braniff revived the Northern Ireland historic Dunville Brand,
once among the biggest selling Irish whiskey brands in the US, as
part of an investment in distilling that will see new product launches in both short and long terms.
The company is developing a portfolio of spirits, including the
recently launched single estate Jawbox Gin, using barley grown on
Mr Braniff's Echlinville estate.
"What sets Echlinville apart is the total control of the entire
process to control from raw materials in the field to the final dropreaching the glass, providing total traceability and authenticity
for customers. The whiskey and other spirits are being produced
by a passionate team committed to achieving excellence," he added.
Established in Belfast in 1801, Dunville launched its best-known
pot still whiskey brand, the premium VR, named after Queen Victoria,in 1837 and built the city's biggest distillery, Royal Irish
Distilleries in 1869. While the whiskey was shipped worldwide, the
biggest market was the US until prohibition. The company never
recovered from this setback and production of whiskey ceased in 1935and the business liquidated the following year.
Echlinville Distillery was the first distillery to be granted a
license to distill Irish whiskey in 2012 - the first in the north
of Ireland in over 130 years.