Amber Beverage Group expands into high-growth Irish whiskey sector with Walsh Whiskey acquisition

The global producer and distributor of alcoholic beverages, Amber Beverage Group (ABG), has announced that it has acquired the Irish Whiskey company, Walsh Whiskey, for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition takes effect from 11 November 2021 with the existing management and staff remaining in place. Walsh Whiskey, founded in 1999 by husband-and-wife team, Bernard and Rosemary Walsh, […]

A First for Irish Whiskey Writers’ Tears – Icewine Cask Finish

· Special collaboration with Inniskillin Winery in Niagara, Ontario, Canada’s original estate winery, yields a unique expression of the Writers’ Tears Single Pot Still & Single Malt vatting, bottled at 46% ABV · Release of limited edition of 3,500 super-premium bottles destined for Canada, US, Ireland 7, October, 2021 – Carlow, Ireland: Walsh Whiskey, producers of Writers’ […]

Writers’ Tears Launches First Single Pot Still Whiskey

· First Writers’ Tears single pot still was matured in Bourbon, Pedro Ximenez Sherry and Florio Marsala Casks · First release of 5,800 super-premium bottles destined for Ireland, UK, France, Germany & Holland 16, September, 2021 – Carlow, Ireland: Walsh Whiskey co-founder, Bernard Walsh today revealed the latest milestone in his quest to produce the perfect taoscán [tay-scawn]/drop of whiskey. The missing […]

Release of 2021 Vintage – Writers’ Tears Cask Strength Whiskey

· 11th Release of the super-premium Writers’ Tears Cask Strength whiskey is limited to 6,000 bottles worldwide (1,500 USA & 4,500 RoW) Carlow, Ireland – 9, June 2021: The 2021 vintage of Writers’ Tears Cask Strength whiskey, the 11th edition of the super-premium expression from Walsh Whiskey, has been released. It is a unique cask strength whiskey crafted through a rare vatting of aged Single Pot Still and Single Malt Whiskey. Both whiskeys are triple distilled, natural […]

Writers’ Tears Pops a Cork to Celebrate New Chapter

New closure, bottle and label enhancements underscore super-premium positioning of the internationally acclaimed range of 6 Irish whiskeys Ground-breaking website introduces firsts to the Irish whiskey category Carlow, Ireland – 4 November, 2020: Writers’ Tears, one of the Irish whiskeys that has symbolised the category’s global renaissance in the last two decades, has revealed a […]

IRELAND’S WALSH WHISKEY JOINS THE HOTALING & CO. PORTFOLIO IN THE U.S.A

. *Expanding Hotaling & Co.’s Portfolio of Super-Premium World Whiskies* *Award-Winning Writers’ Tears & The Irishman Reflect Ireland’s Golden Eraof Whiskey Distilling* *Hotaling & Co. to Become Sole U.S. Importer* (SAN FRANCISCO, June 2, 2020) – Hotaling & Co., leading importer and distiller of super-premium artisanal spirits, is proud to announce a further expansion of its […]

Classic Review: Writers’ Tears Copper Pot

The third whiskey to be featured in the Classic Review series is Walsh Whiskey’s Writers’ Tears Copper Pot. There were a number of reason why I selected this whiskey to be reviewed as a classic whiskey. Writers’ Tears become a highly popular, widely available whiskey since its launch 11 years ago. As a sign of […]