UP to 50 new jobs will be created if a multi-million-euro redevelopment of Dingle Distillery gets the green light from Kerry County Council next month.

A decision on an application for the development at Milltown, Dingle — which involves demolishing a small section of the existing distillery, the construction of over 1,700 square metres of additional floor area, a new circular, three-storey tower with reception, visitor centre, bar and viewing balcony and extended production and storage facilities — is due by June 13.

It is envisaged the proposed expansion will grow the current workforce by 50 positions. The Dingle Distillery opened its doors in 2012 and produces whiskey, vodka and gin; it recently launched its first core whiskey; Dingle Single Malt.

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In doing so it becomes one of few Irish distilleries to produce a core single malt product made entirely with its own spirit.

Some 50,000 bottles of the triple distilled, non-chill filtered Dingle Single Malt have been produced and will be sold domestically as well as exported to key international markets including the UK, Germany, France, China and, later this year, the US.

The distillery expects to produce 100,000 bottles of Dingle Single Malt, and half a million bottles across the distillery’s portfolio, by 2023.

THE Icons of Whisky Ireland Awards 2021 has announced Dingle Distillery as the winner of Craft Producer of the Year for the fourth successive year.

Established by Whisky Magazine, the Icons of Whisky Awards celebrate the best of Whisky from around the world.

The awards honour all aspects of Whisky, from brewers to bartenders to brand ambassadors, in celebration of the best of each division.

2018 saw the inception of The Icons of Whisky Ireland Awards, and Dingle Distillery has now impressively won Craft Producer of the Year for four consecutive years.

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Dingle Distillery was in excellent company in the Craft Producer category alongside Clonakilty Distillery, West Cork Distillers and other notable distilleries.

The Icons of Whisky Ireland Awards took place virtually this year on Wednesday with awards for America, Australia, Scotland and the rest of the world taking place throughout the week.

Dingle Distillery will now move on to compete at the Icons of Whisky Global Awards, held virtually on March 25.

Dingle Distillery, a sister company of the Porterhouse Brewing Company, opened its doors in 2012.

Elliot Hughes, Managing Director at Dingle Distillery, comments: “When my father OIiver Hughes and his business partners Peter Mosley and Liam LaHart filled the first casks at Dingle Distillery in December 2012, the distillery was one of the first to buck the whiskey revival trend in Ireland, part of a new generation of artisan distilling, with an ethos centred on quality.”

“We’re as passionate about flavoursome, well-crafted spirit today as we were then, and we’re absolutely over the moon to be recognised as ‘Craft Producer of the Year’ by the Icons of Whisky Ireland Awards for the fourth consecutive year.”