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Cooley Distillery, Ireland’s only
independent whiskey distiller, has been
named European Distiller of the Year for
the third year running at the 2010
International Wine and Spirit
Competition Awards banquet in London
last night.
This latest accolade follows Cooley’s 10
gold medals haul from the IWSC in July
of this year which brought its total to
100 gold medals over the last 10 years.
This follows on for Cooley’s earlier
success of being named 2010 Distillery
of the Year by Malt Advocate, the
leading whisky magazine in North
America.
To date Cooley has won the European
Distiller of the Year title three times
(2008, 2009, 2010), been named World
Distiller of the Year by the IWSC (2008)
and in 2009 Cooley’s Kilbeggan
15-year-old blended whiskey collected
the prestigious Brown Forman Trophy for
Worldwide Whiskey of the Year.
Jack Teeling, Managing Director,
commented, “To be the best in Europe
three years in a row is a fantastic
achievement for everyone involved in
Cooley Distillery and is an Irish
success story we can all be proud of in
these challenging times. Our success is
based on innovation, a range of world
class whiskeys and lot of hard work.”
The awards were accepted on the night by
Noel Sweeney, Master Blender and Jack
Teeling, Managing Director of Cooley
Distillery, at the 41st IWSC Awards
ceremony at the Guildhall in London.
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