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The Ardara Distillery
The Ardara Distillery
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A sleek, dark metal building featuring a massive gridded window front reflecting a warm interior. The structure sits on a manicured lawn with a rocky pond edge in the foreground and a dramatic purple and pink twilight sky above. A sleek, dark metal building featuring a massive gridded window front reflecting a warm interior. The structure sits on a manicured lawn with a rocky pond edge in the foreground and a dramatic purple and pink twilight sky above.

Awards

Front view of a clear glass bottle filled with amber-colored Ardara Single Malt Irish Whiskey. The black label features a teal dragonfly logo and white text. The bottle is set on a rustic wooden table with a warm, out-of-focus background.

Ardara Single Malt Irish Whiskey

  • The Spirits Business – Global Irish Whiskey Spirits Masters 2025 – Gold
A bottle of The Legendary Silkie Irish Whiskey standing on a rustic wooden table next to two crystal glasses filled with whiskey, ice, and orange slices, set against a dark, moody background with green foliage.

Legendary Silkie

  • World Whiskeys Awards 2021 – Best Blended Irish Whiskey
  • Ultimate Spirits Challenge 2021: 96 Points, Chairman’s Trophy, Top 100 Spirits & Great Value Award, 
  • ASCOT Awards 2021 Gold Winner
A close-up shot of a bottle of The Legendary Dark Silkie Irish Whiskey. The black upper label features the gold logo of a mythical silkie and the product name in cream and gold lettering. The lower cream-colored label states it is a "Product of Ireland" and describes it as a smoky blend of double and triple distilled peated single malts. Beside the bottle sits a crystal tumbler partially filled with amber-colored whiskey, set against a dark, moody background with subtle wisps of smoke.

Dark Silkie

  • San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2021, Double Gold, Best in Class, 
  • ASCOT Awards 2021, Double Platinum, Best in Class. 
  • Silkie was awarded 93 points (Gold Medal) by the Beverage Testing Institute in 2020 – Heralded as one of the most exciting Irish Whiskey releases of 2020, 
  • Beverage Testing Institute 2020, Gold,
A close-up shot of a bottle of "The Midnight Silkie" Irish Whiskey. The label is black with blue and gold text, featuring a gold silhouette of a mythical silkie (mermaid-like creature). The label notes it is a "smokiest blend of single malts" finished in Virgin Oak and Imperial Stout casks. Wisps of smoke drift around the bottle, which sits next to a partially filled crystal tumbler.

Midnight Silkie

  • San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2022, Double Gold, Best in Class
A high-angle, top-down lifestyle photograph of a dark bottle of An Dúlamán Irish Maritime Gin resting on a textured gray surface. The bottle is surrounded by two elegant coupe glasses filled with a light-green cocktail, each garnished with a single dark green leaf. Dehydrated botanicals, a silver bar spoon, and a long, thin garnish stem are scattered artistically around the drinks, creating a moody and sophisticated coastal aesthetic.

An Dúlumán Gin

  • San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2022, Double Gold, Best in Class

Honoured at spirits awards across the world

From peated whiskeys to maritime gin and smooth vodka, each creation carries distinction.

A gold hexagonal award badge from The Spirits Business for the Global Irish Whiskey Masters Gold 2025, featuring a white star and swoosh graphic.
A square gold and black award badge for the World Whiskies Awards 2021. The graphic features the text "World Whiskies Awards" in bold black letters at the top, followed by "Category Winner" in a slightly smaller font below.
A gold rectangular award logo for the World Vodka Awards 2021, designating the winner for Best Irish Infused & Botanical.
A gold circular award medal for the Irish Whiskey Awards 2019, designating the recipient as an Irish Vodka Gold Medal Winner.
A circular gold award seal for the Bartenders' Brand Awards 2020, featuring the words "Gold" and "Design" repeated around the outer border.
A circular gold award seal for the China Wine & Spirits Awards 2018, featuring two overlapping gold medals and the text "CWSA Double Gold."
  • Amazing distillery experience. Got to see the their own processes and standards, and learn about the special local ingredients that they solely use in their recipes. Offer some larger bottle options to go as well as smaller sampler options.
    Josh L.
  • Offer some larger bottle options to go as well as smaller sampler options. Amazing distillery experience. Got to see the their own processes and standards, and learn about the special local ingredients.
    L. Josh
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