As predicted, the awards are rolling in for The Brollach! In August 2021 The Spirits Business hosted The Global Luxury Masters, recognising and rewarding exceptional luxury spirits from around the world. With a 45% increase in entries from 2020 and 116 submissions from 36 companies, competition for the Silver, Gold, and Master medals in each category was formidable.
So we’re delighted to announce that The Brollach was awarded a Master medal in the Irish Whiskey – Single Malt – Ultra Premium category. Despite the outstanding competition, The Brollach was awarded the highest accolade in this category, while our inaugural release,The Devil’s Keep, scooped a Gold. The award was judged in a blind tasting by a panel of expert judges and spirit specialists who remarked on its “silky texture, raisins, hint of furniture polish” notes and felt it was “nicely complex and well balanced”.
While we know how special The Brollach is, it’s hugely important for us that this is recognised independently. Another award from an influential and well-regarded awards body is confirmation that The Brollach is set to follow in the footsteps of The Devil’s Keep and The Emerald Isle in making history. The Spirits Business has also put The Brollach in their Top Ten Award-winning Irish Whiskeys, amongst such stalwarts as Redbreast, Tullamore Dew and Midleton.
The Brollach’s win holds special personal significance for founder Jay Bradley, who created the release in honour of his father, master craftsman Shay. Crafted to honour both his own heritage and that of Irish whiskey, The Brollach harks back to the era in which Irish whiskey was considered the pinnacle of luxury, asserting its potential to achieve the same status today. White Oak American Bourbon and French Oak Madeira casks imparted a rich, balanced palate and a mellow finish of caramelised banana, fully realised through the double distillation process. With just a handful of its 661 bottles remaining, The Brollach is well on its way to joining the Devil’s Keep as a sought-after rarity.
Despite winning numerous honours for our whiskeys, this month we soared to new heights, seizing both Gold Awards and the illustrious Master Medal at two of the most important whiskey awards worldwide. In an exciting development, The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. has been recognised by our industry with two important achievements. This month, we obtained […]
In a never seen before hat trick, The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. has won Gold, Platinum and a rare Limited Edition award at the prestigious A’Design Awards. The company now enters the history books as the only whiskey company to ever win Platinum, making The Emerald Isle the best design of the year.
The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. and Jay Bradley swept the board at the 2022 Best Business Awards, winning all three awards entered. F&B Networker picked up on our medal haul in their recent article and you can read more here. Winning Best Innovation, and Disruptor of the Year for The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. and […]
This year’s World Whiskies Awards was a glittering event held at the Honourable Artillery Company in London on Thursday, 24 March. Attended by a veritable who’s-who of the whisk(e)y industry, this annual event is the most highly regarded amongst those in the know, and nerves were at a high; this was the award our founder, […]
Whiskey experts and purveyors, Great Drams have picked up on our recent win at The World Whiskies Awards. In case you missed it, The Devil’s Keep won the category of Best Single Malt in Ireland with no age statement, a fitting testament to our belief that age statements have no bearing on a whiskey’s quality. […]
We’re delighted to announce that The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. has won Best Single Malt whiskey in Ireland under the no age statement category from The World Whiskies Awards for our inaugural release The Devil’s Keep! After narrowly missing the deadline last year in order to allow The Devil’s Keep an extra week in virgin […]
Placing it among the top 10% of all entries, The Devil’s Keep has been awarded two stars by Great Taste, the largest and most trusted accreditation scheme for fine food and drink. This independent body judges food and drink of the finest quality, awarding 1, 2 or 3 stars. To receive two stars places The Devil’s Keep in the […]
Oracle Time has selected The Brollach as one of its ‘8 Drinks that Keep Summer on Our Minds’, amongst a veritable who’s-who of world-class drinks including Taittinger Comtes De Champagne Rosé 2007, Royal Beluga Caviar & Louis Roederer Brut, and Château De Pommard Clos Marey-Monge Trio 2019. Highlighting the ‘nose of mocha and marmalade with a creamy honey […]
Our inaugural release, The Devil’s Keep has another Gold to add to its collection. Hot on the heels of winning Gold from the A’Design Awards and the IWSC Competition, The Devil’s Keep has just been awarded a coveted Gold from The Luxury Masters competition hosted by The Spirits Business. Competition was exceptionally high this year, with 116 submissions […]
Last month, The Spirits Business named The Brollach one of their top 10 Irish whiskeys in the annual 2021 Irish Whiskey Masters competition. A celebration of the flourishing Irish whiskey market, the competition was held to assess the best bottles Ireland currently has to offer. The judging panel included experts from across the whiskey world […]