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26th February 2020 |
Waterford
Distillery has announced its inaugural
release which will only be available at
a distillery Open Day on 25th April.
 Mark Reynier, who I am sure you will
recall as the man who brought the
abandoned Bruichladdich distillery on
Islay back to life and then sold the
distillery on to Remy Cointreau for a
staggering £58m.
Mark didn't stay out of the whisky
business, or I should say "whiskey"
business for long, in 2014, Mark, along
with partners founded Irish company
Renegade Spirits and proceeded to
convert an old Guinness brewery in
Waterford into a an Irish whiskey
distillery.
Following the conversion from a Guinness
brewery the first distillation at
Waterford Distillery flowed from the
stills in January 2016 and another 4 years on the terroir-driven whisky producer has
announced its inaugural release –
Waterford 1ST CUVÉE: PILGRIMAGE.
As you can imagine the inaugural
Waterford 1ST CUVÉE: PILGRIMAGE is a
limited release and will be available
only at a forthcoming distillery open
day on Saturday 25th April. Tickets to
the event are being sold via Eventbrite.
In the first weekend of the event being
announced, Waterford tells me that 50%
of tickets to acquire 1ST CUVÉE:
PILGRIMAGE have already sold, with the
masterclass level ticket selling out
within 45 minutes of the event being
shared.
THE OPEN DAY
The open day is to celebrate Waterford
Whisky’s coming of age, their Irish
Single Malt Whisky’s debut, and they
wanted to open their gates on Saturday
25th April to those curious to see what
the distillery has been up to these last
five years.
I am told that there will be a festival atmosphere,
irrespective of the weather, the
distillery has invited local food
suppliers, brewers and musicians – and
Waterford Whisky will also be available
to taste for the first time.
1ST CUVÉE: PILGRIMAGE
There are 1,500 numbered bottles of 1ST
CUVÉE: PILGRIMAGE bottled at 50% ABV.
Only 1,000 of these are labelled "I Was
There" and will be available to the
public, strictly limited to one per
individual.
This limited edition, first bottling has
a retail value of €150 and is only
available on Saturday 25th April at the
distillery as part of this event – it
must be collected in person. It is for
those who make the pilgrimage.
To mark this historic moment, the launch
of Waterford Whisky, a limited edition
commemorative bottling has been created
by Head Distiller Ned Gahan. For 1ST
CUVÉE: PILGRIMAGE Ned has brought
together each of the 36 farms that
Waterford distilled in their first year,
each one location, captured in spirit, a
unique Waterford distillate. Together,
they make a complex and multi-layered
single malt – the determined goal of
their intriguing journey, a pioneering
concept for the whisky industry.
Waterford tells me that they will be
announcing their first commercial
releases soon, but in the meantime,
whether you are a whiskey collector or
drinker, if you want to to get hold of
the inaugural bottling of the newest
Irish single malt whiskey you will need
to get yourself a ticket for the
Waterford open day which are available
from
www.eventbrite.ie
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