Tullamore

William Grant & Sons Ltd., announced on March 28th, 2012 it will invest in a new pot still whiskey and malt whiskey distillery in Tullamore, bringing whiskey production back to the town for the first time since the original distillery closed in 1954. In 2010 they had aquired the brand Tullamore D.E.W. from C&C for €300 million. Tullamore D.E.W. was produced by Midleton Distilleries in Co. Cork, Tullmore Malt came also from Cooley Distillery in Co. Louth.

Offaly Council gave green light for the planners on December 18th, 2012. The new Tullamore distillery was built at Ballard and Clonminch in Tullamore‘s north. The development started in April 2013 and production began in autumn 2014.

There is also a visitor centre. Visits prior application.

See official briefing document of the proposed and now built distillery:

http://www.offaly.ie/eng/Services/Your_Councils/News/Welcome_home,_Tullamore_Dew.html

On September 12th, 2013 the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney  officially ‘turned the sod’ on the new Tullamore pot still whiskey and malt whiskey distillery being built by William Grant & Sons Ltd.“

Tullamore Dew, which is currently growing by more than 15 per cent a year, by almost doubling worldwide sales to just around 1 000,000 cases in 2015. In Germany it is the No. 1 among the Irish whiskeys with a market share of 65.3%. The distributor changed from Beam to Campari from July 2012.

It is the world‘s second largest Irish whiskey brand (behind the blend John Jameson) with growing figures by over 20% annually. It is very popular in Germany, Sweden and the Czech Republic but will also grow in the four big markets U.S.A., France,  Britain and Ireland where Tullamore whiskey is under-represented.

Production started in autumn 2014 and brought back distilling to Tullamore after the original distillery had to close in 1954. About €35 million were invested in the new state-of-the art distillery which is situated on a 58 acre site at Clonmich on the outskirts of Tullamore.

By breaking a ceremonial cask full of Tullamore whiskey with William Grant & Sons Global CEO Stella David the construction phase of the new grain and malt distillery started. The reborn Tullamore distillery will produce about 1.84 million litres of alcohol or 1.5 million nine-liter-cases annually when it is finished. 25 people will be employed at the distillery. In 2014 there will be two warehouses to hold 55,000 casks. The water is piped for 14km to the production site. It is sourced in the Sleeve Mountains.

The Scottish firm William Grant & Sons employs more than 90 people in Ireland, in Dublin, Tullamore and in Clonmel at its bottling plant.

William Grant & Sons represented by CEO Stella David and Peter Gordon, fifth generation of the Garnt family, opened the new distillery on Wednesday 17:OOhrs September 2014. At 15.30  Distillery Process Leader Denise Devenny turned a valve on of the triangular spirit safe.

Tullamore DEW’s range is comprised of Tullamore DEW Original, Tullamore DEW Phoenix, Tullamore DEW 12 Year Old Special Reserve and Tullamore DEW 10 Year Old Single Malt.

See also entry Tullamore Visitor Centre which attracts about 40.000 visitors each year. The Centre is in Tullamore town next to the Canal.

Distillery Process Leader: Denise Devenny (in 2014)

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