West Cork Distillery

• Distillery: West Cork Distillers
• Location: Skibbereen
• Founded: 2003 by Denis McCarthy, Ger McCarthy and John O’Connell
• Owner: Independent family-run business (West Cork Distillers)
• Special feature:
  • One of the few independent Irish distilleries
  • Produces everything in-house: from distillation to bottling
  • Known for innovative maturations (e.g. in beer, rum or wine casks)
  • Produces blended, grain and single malt whiskey

💡 Fun fact: West Cork often uses local spring water and grain, and is one of the most experimental Irish distilleries when it comes to cask maturation.