Irish whiskey industry celebrates night of sweeping success at World Whiskies Awards in London
Irish whiskey industry celebrates night of sweeping success at World Whiskies Awards in London
The Irish Whiskey Association has welcomed the sweeping success of Irish whiskey distilleries, bars and retailers at the World Whiskies Awards held in London yesterday (24.03.22). The prestigious, annual global event is organised by Whisky Magazine.
The Irish winners include:
- World’s Best Pot Still Whiskey: Teeling Wonder of Wood Single Pot Still, Teeling Distillery, Dublin.
- World’s Best Grain Whiskey: The Whistler Mosaic Marsala Cask, Boann Distillery, Co. Meath.
- World’s Best Master Distiller: Kevin O’Gorman, Master Distiller, Midleton Distillery/Irish Distillers.
- World’s Best Whiskey Visitor Attraction Manager: Ewan Paterson, Visitor Centre Manager, Clonakilty Distillery, Co. Cork.
- World’s Best Whiskey Bar Manager: Padraic Rafter, Paris Texas Bar, Kilkenny City.
- World’s Best Chef (working with whiskey): Jason Nolan, Celtic Whiskey Bar & Larder, Killarney, Co. Kerry.
- World’s Best Travel Retailer (for selling whiskey): The Loop, Aer Rianta International.
- World’s Best Supermarket (for selling whiskey): SuperValu.
The ceremony also awarded the best Irish whiskeys in a range of global taste categories. These winners included: Teeling Distillery; The Whistler/Boann Distillery; Clonakilty Distillery; Pearse Lyons Distillery; and Dunvilles/Echlinville Distillery.
William Lavelle, Director of the Irish Whiskey Association, who attended the awards event as part of a large Irish contingent, said: “The sweeping success of Irish whiskey distilleries, bars and retailers confirms Ireland’s re-emergence as one of the world’s leading whiskey-producing nations. I wish to congratulate all the winners who are proudly flying the flag for Irish whiskey.”
