Cooley Distillery is the only independent, Irish-owned whiskey distillery in Ireland, converted in 1987 from an older vodka plant by John Teeling. The Distillery is located on the Cooley Peninsula in, County Louth on Ireland's eastern coast. The Distillery's main products are Kilbeggan and Lockes whiskeys, as well as Connemara, the only peated whiskey made in Ireland. Other products include Tyrconnell and Michael Collins single malts, and a Michael Collins blended version. What makes Cooley's whiskey distillery distinctive is their use of small copper pot stills with very large necks that causes the spirits to take 50 percent longer to pass through. This, the distillers believe, results in a more refined product. In addition, Cooley brand whiskeys are distilled only twice as opposed to the more traditional Irish method of distilling the spirits thrice. Once the distilling is complete, the spirits are shipped to Kilbeggan Distillery in County Westmeath where it is aged in oak casks.
Products
Single Malt
Single Grain
Blended
Peated
Other Brands
- Michael Collins (website) exclusively for Sidney Frank Importing
- Eblana
