Micil Distillery launches limited edition Galway Whiskey
This expression of Galway Whiskey uses 100% Irish barley, malted with turf from the Micil family land in Connemara
After more than a century, legal whiskey distillation has returned to Galway with a limited First Release edition of Micil Peated Single Malt. (70cl, ABV 50% RRP €180).
During the 1700s and 1800s Galway had more than 22 legal whiskey distilleries, while Connemara was home to the most Irish of all distilling traditions, illicit ‘fuisce’ made in small copper pot stills.
The launch of Micil Peated Single Malt celebrates this dual history, and is a significant moment in Irish whiskey history.
Limited to just 360 numbered bottles, this whiskey represents the perfect marriage of Micil’s Connemara and Galway City roots.
Taking the learnings of the past, but reinventing them for the future, has created a bold, spicy single malt with hints of soft Connemara peat smoke.
Produced in a small still, with long distillation times and cuts made by taste and sense alone, this wonderful expression of Galway Whiskey uses 100% Irish barley, malted with turf from the Micil family land in Connemara.
Maturation in Pedro Ximénez, Amontillado and Palo Cortado casks imparts intense sweetness and depth to this already exceptional spirit.
Micil’s First Release will go on sale at 10:30am on Friday 26 July online at www.MicilDistillery.com, along with a few bottles available at McCambridges of Galway and The Celtic Whiskey Shop in Dublin.
