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Blackwater Gin

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Welcome To Blackwater Distillery, Waterford

Blackwater Distillery is situated on the banks of the Blackwater River, in the village of Ballyduff Upper in beautiful West Waterford.

Established in 2014, we craft a range of spirits including our award-winning gins, vodka and traditional pot still Irish whisky. Visit us for tours, tastings and masterclasses.

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The Year of Covid & Whiskey

7 months ago

Back in 2018 when we filled our first whiskey casks, I remember saying something like ‘we’ll have a right party…

The Whiskey Makers: Irish Craft Malts

2 years ago

Monday dawned, cold and bright. My car told me it needed a service, as a fug of diesel exhaust hung…

Towards a Grand Cru for Irish Whiskey

2 years ago

I admit it. ‘Grand Cru’ is a pretty shit name for anything Irish. But it gets the idea of a…

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Our newest @aldi_ireland exclusive gin is the perf

Our newest @aldi_ireland exclusive gin is the perfect drink to enjoy in the sunshine 🌞 bursting with flavour the gin doesn’t only taste good but it does good too.

Every bottle of root and branch sold = one tree planted 🌳

Available at Aldi stores nationwide for just €19.99 #DrinkResponsibly

It's not always all work and no play here at Black

It's not always all work and no play here at Blackwater Distillery. We have a very multi-talented bunch here at the distillery! 🎻 #DrinkResponsibly

New look, new awards. Same outstanding Irish gin f

New look, new awards. Same outstanding Irish gin from the banks of the River Blackwater.

#DrinkResponsibly #irishgin #ginlove #Instagin #ginstagram #gintonic #ginlovers

Meet the maker! Say hello to Silvia - our head dis

Meet the maker! Say hello to Silvia - our head distiller for our Root and Branch Gin. Congratulations to Silvia on her very first Gin 👏🏼

Here we can see the tasting phase of this important project. Sylvia is measuring up some Blood Oranges and Pink Peppercorns for a test run in the mini still. It took a few tries to get the recipe just right.

Don't forget: Every bottle = 1 tree planted 🌳

It is the perfect refreshing Gin to add to your collection this summer! 🥂 #DrinkResponsibly

Not that you ever need an excuse to enjoy a delici

Not that you ever need an excuse to enjoy a delicious G&T (especially on a Saturday!), but we have some excellent reasons for you!

👉🏽 HELLO SUMMER - it doesn't get more refreshing than Blood Orange and Pink Peppercorns 🌞
👉🏽 One Bottle = One Tree Planted
👉🏽 Yep, for every bottle YOU buy we'll plant a tree 🌳

So why not try something that not only tastes good but also does good too! 🌎 Available in Aldi Ireland stores nationwide for just €19.99 #DrinkResponsibly

Quite a few years back Blackwater Distillery Phase

Quite a few years back Blackwater Distillery Phase 1 was white spirits ✅

Then we expanded the business for two reasons:
1 - we were out of space
2 - we were (finally) ready for Phase 2 – brown spirits and tourism.

To do all that we needed new stills. They came from Frilli, in Italy, the same people who made Teeling’s beautiful copper pots. We also needed brewing equipment and lots of stainless steel.

We think it turned out alright. Don't you? #DrinkResponsibly

Blackwater Distillery is situated on the banks of

Blackwater Distillery is situated on the banks of the Blackwater River, in the village of Ballyduff Upper in beautiful West Waterford.

We craft a range of spirits including award-winning gins, vodka and traditional pot still Irish whisky. Located within a refurbished 1950’s hardware, our distillery is renowned nationally and internationally for its innovative approach to creating a diverse range of award-winning contemporary Irish spirits 🥃

We have a lot of new faces on here lately. So we t

We have a lot of new faces on here lately. So we thought we'd go back through a few introductions.

In the days before Blackwater Distillery, Peter travelled the world as a TV producer and in his spare time wrote several books about whiskey. Now he runs a distillery, his goal is to produce excellent spirits and bring transparency and honesty to the category. When he’s not working he’s either eating, sleeping or playing the mandolin 🎻