Micil Peated Single Malt; A very special expression of true Galway spirit!

After more than a century, legal whiskey distillation has returned to Galway with a limited First Release edition of Micil Peated Single Malt. Read all about it here...

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During the 1700s and 1800s Galway had over 22 legal whiskey distilleries and 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!

This whiskey takes 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 and limited to 360 numbered bottles, 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.

Headed up by co-founders Pádraic Ó Griallais and Ross Tobin, Micil Distillery is Galway’s first legal distillery since 1911. Production is led by Pádraic’s brother Jimín, sixth generation Connemara poitín distiller and direct descendant of Micil Mac Chearra, the family’s original distiller. The Micil family have been crafting exceptional Irish spirits in Galway for over 170 years, representing Ireland’s longest unbroken family distilling tradition.

Micil now offer a great “support local” option with corporate gifts and christmas parties in the distillery. Visit micildistillery.com or contact tom@micil.ie to organise.

All photos by Ciarán MacChoncarraige.