Single Use Bourbon Barrels: The barrels, made from American white oak, are shipped straight from Kentucky, where they were used once to age bourbon. According to US law, bourbon must be aged in brand new charred oak barrels, however the flavor in the wood and char remains long after the first use. As such, there is a large trade where used bourbon barrels are shipped to Ireland and Scotland to age Irish whiskey & Scotch. Often times these barrels are re-used 3, 4, even up to 5 times, each time removing some of that charred oak and bourbon flavor. Single Use Bourbon Barrels, have only been used once for the bourbon, and therefore aging our whiskey in these barrels results in a classically smooth Irish whiskey with the rich finish of America’s bourbon.

The Cooley Distillery is Ireland’s ONLY independently owned distillery and is world renowned for their award winning whiskey. A few recent accolades are below:

2008 World & European Distiller of the Year (International Wine & Spirits Awards) 2009 ‘Best Irish Single Grain’ & ‘Best Irish Single Malt’ (World Whiskies Awards) 2010 Distillery of the Year (Malt Advocate Awards)   Proper drinks: John L. straight up John L. on the rocks John L. and ginger John L. and sweetened iced tea ('The 75')