New distillery sees Tullamore Dew return to roots after 60-year absence

Ireland is to get a €35m distillery that will resurrect the tradition of whiskey making in Tullamore, Co Offaly, bringing the production of Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey home after almost 60 years.

The production of Tullamore Dew had been outsourced to the Irish Distillers’ Midleton distillery. It is expected that 100 construction workers will have the distillery up and running by the end of 2014 to meet the long-term production demands for Tullamore Dew, the sales of which are growing at 15% a year.

Yesterday, Scottish distiller William Grant & Sons Ltd, the owner of Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey, said it will invest in a state-of-the-art pot still whiskey and malt whiskey distillery.