A 100% malt masterpiece worth waiting 100 years for

The Powerscourt Distillery has made history with their latest Fercullen Single Malt release – one hundred years since a whiskey has been distilled in the county, 100% malt, 100% distilled on the Powerscourt Estate and 100% Wicklow in a bottle! The Powerscourt Distillery Single Malt is available since 28 April at selected stockists nationwide and from the Powerscourt Distillery and Visitor Centre, plus their online store www.powerscourtdistillery.com. The first 6,000 bottles are numbered for the initial release. RRP for the release is €55.

John Cashman, the head of New Product Development for The Powerscourt Distillery and local Wicklow man from Rathdrum, “Our first Fercullen Single Malt release takes authentic inspiration from our unique location. It is a great honour to be involved in the inaugural release of a whiskey which was completely distilled here in Powerscourt Distillery. The whole team are exceptionally proud of this key milestone in our story, especially our first employee and senior distiller, Johnathan Graham, who, alongside our founding master distiller, supervised the first distillation in 2018. Our award-winning master distiller, Paul Corbett, has curated the final liquid – a sensational single malt worthy of the title, “Spirit of Wicklow”.

According to Paul Corbett master distiller, “The spirit laid down at Powerscourt Distillery in 2018 is of exceptional quality. To have the opportunity to blend these liquids and establish the DNA of Fercullen Single Malt has been an honour. I look forward to blending many more releases of Powerscourt Distillery liquid in the coming years”.

“This is a great milestone that we can all be very proud of, a whiskey that will set the benchmark for all liquid distilled at Powerscourt Distillery. The product will be initially rolled out domestically with our trade partner Barry & Fitzwilliam and in Global Travel Retail with Duty Free Global before being made available in EU and Asian markets,” says Ryan Stapleton, global head of sales.