Young whiskey company wins award

The Craft Irish Whiskey Co.has won Best Single Malt whiskey in Ireland under the no age statement category from The World Whiskies Awards with its inaugural release The Devil’s Keep. This is the first time The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. has entered the prestigious World Whiskies Awards after narrowly missing the deadline last year in order to allow The Devil’s Keep an extra week in virgin Hungarian oak.

This year the company entered three of its four releases, and not only topped the category with The Devil’s Keep but it dominated it too, receiving a Silver for its latest release The Taoscán, and a Bronze for its third release, The Brollach.

The Devil’s Keep will now go forward to fly the flag for Ireland at the finals of The World Whiskies Awards on 24 March where it will be up against gold standard single malts from over 17 countries worldwide.

The company was founded just four years ago in 2018.

This is the eighth award for The Devil’s Keep, a rare triple distilled, single malt whiskey.

The launch of The Devil’s Keep in November 2020 saw just 333 bottles released.

It was the most expensive inaugural first release in history, and sold at auction for USD $60,000 (almost £46,000 and €51,000), and the oldest triple distilled Irish whiskey in existence, only to be topped by The Craft Irish Whiskey Co.’s second release in February 2021 of the 30 year old The Emerald Isle Collection.

Jay Bradley, founder and CEO said: “I couldn’t be prouder of the impact The Craft Irish Whiskey Co. is having on the whiskey industry and of how our whiskeys are speaking for themselves on the world stage.

“We spared no expense with The Devil’s Keep, from the liquid to the design to the accompaniments. It’s all the sweeter to be recognised this year by the highly regarded World Whiskies Awards and we look forward very much to representing Ireland on 24 March for the world title!”