Cooley Distillery is the only independent, Irish-owned whiskey distillery in Ireland, converted in 1987 from an older vodka plant by John Teeling. The Distillery is located on the Cooley Peninsula in, County Louth on Ireland's eastern coast. Whisky (or whiskey) is the name for a broad category of alcoholic beverages distilled from grains, that are subsequently aged in oak casks. ... Distillation is a means of separating liquids through differences in their boiling points. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Vodka bottling machine, Shatskaya Vodka Shatsk, Russia Vodka is typically a colorless liquor, usually distilled from fermented grain. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Dundalk Code: LH Area: 820 km² Population (2006) 110,894 Website: www. ...

The Distillery's main products are Kilbeggan and Lockes whiskeys, as well as Connemara, the only peated whiskey made in Ireland. Other products include Tyrconnell and Michael Collins single malts, and a Michael Collins blended version. Michael Collins is the name of: Michael Collins (Irish leader), the Irish patriot and revolutionary of the 20th century Michael Collins (Limerick politician), a modern-day Irish politician Michael Collins (astronaut), the American astronaut Michael Collins (footballer), an Irish footballer currently playing for Huddersfield Town Michael P. Collins, a Canadian...

What makes Cooley's whiskey distillery distinctive is their use of small copper pot stills with very large necks that causes the spirits to take 50 percent longer to pass through. This, the distillers believe, results in a more refined product. In addition, Cooley brand whiskeys are distilled only twice as opposed to the more traditional Irish method of distilling the spirits thrice.

Once the distilling is complete, the spirits are shipped to Old Locke’s Distillery in Kilbeggan, County Westmeath where it is aged in oak casks. Kilbeggan (Irish: Cill Bheagáin) is a town located in County Westmeath, Ireland. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Mullingar Code: WH Area: 1,764 km² Population (2006) 79,403 Website: www. ...

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