The County Antrim based Bushmills Distillery, and its owners
Proximo, have announced the opening of a new £37 million state-of-the-art distillery.
The Causeway Distillery, is part of Proximo's £60 million
investment in its Irish single malt distilling and ageing facility at Bushmills, over the past five years.
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| Bushmills opens new £37m Causeway Distillery |
The new 39,000 sq ft distillery, takes its name from the
Giant’s Causeway, the legendary landmark just a stone's throw away, which has
inspired Bushmills' whiskey-makers for centuries. The designers have sought to
pay homage to this natural wonder on the distillery’s doorstep with a visually
arresting structure made of local basalt and limestone, incorporating
interlocking and geometric features.
With Bushmills' single malts experiencing increasing demand
across the globe, the key challenge in extending operations to the new
distillery has been to maintain the brand's essential taste and character. To achieve this, Bushmills has combined
generations of knowledge and experience with the technical excellence of the
new distillery and its processes.
The new Causeway Distillery deploys the latest thermal
technology, which reduces energy usage by 30%, and state-of-the-art distilling
innovations that have boosted material consumption efficiency by up to 10%.
Commenting on the news, Colum Egan, the Master Distiller at
Bushmills, said: “We are obsessed with exceptional whiskeys - the ingredients,
the processes, the wood, the ageing. Our second distillery represents a great
step forward in ensuring generations to come will enjoy our renowned signature
triple-distilled single malts alongside the innovations of the future.”
The investment in the Causeway Distillery marks Proximo’s commitment
to accelerating the growth of the Bushmills portfolio, which saw an increase of
over 10% in 2022 - passing one million case sales for the first time in its long
legacy.
Posted by Steve Rush