Cooley Distillery company news 
Comment - Spirits - Flavoured whisk(e)y: A Spirited Move
10 May 2012
Our whisk(e)y specialist, Ian Buxton, has had his head turned this month by a glut of flavoured whiskies. Or, 'spirit drinks', if you're a European.
US: Beam Inc to consolidate new brands - analyst
4 May 2012
Beam Inc will focus on developing its brands, after completing a spate of acquisitions that are expected to boost next year's bottom line, an analyst has said.
just The Preview - Beam Inc Q1
3 May 2012
Beam Inc will report its first-quarter results today (3 May). Here, just-drinks takes a look at the highs and lows for the company in the three months to the end of March.
GERMANY: William Grant & Sons hands Tullamore Dew distribution to Campari
26 April 2012
William Grant & Sons has switched distributors in Germany for its Tullamore Dew Irish whiskey brand.
just The Preview - Pernod Ricard H1 & Q2
14 February 2012
Pernod Ricard is set to report its half-year and second-quarter results on Thursday (16 February). Here, just-drinks takes a look at highs and lows for the company in the three months to the end of December.
just The Facts - US Spirits: Irish Whiskey Outsells Single Malt Scotch
2 February 2012
There can't be too many key spirits markets where Irish whiskey outsells single malt Scotch, but the US has just become one. Here, just-drinks brings you some key facts from the 2011 sales figures for spirits in the US.
just the Preview – Beam Inc Q4 & FY
1 February 2012
Beam Inc is set to release its Q4 and full-year results on Friday (3 February). Below, we take a look at the highs and lows for the company in the three months to the end of December.
Preview of the Year 2012 – Part III: Spirits
31 January 2012
The spirits category is up next in this, the third part of just-drinks' first management briefing of 2012. Here, Spiros Malandrakis and Jeremy Cunnington, alcoholics drinks analysts at Euromonitor International, ponder the future for the stronger stuff.
Comment - Irish Whiskey Goes Plural
18 January 2012
Beam Inc's acquisition of Cooley Distillery puts Irish whiskey entirely in the hands of drinks industry 'big hitters' and looks set to spur an unprecedented level of investment in the category.
IRELAND: Beam Inc completes Cooley Distillery buy
17 January 2012
Beam Inc has closed its acquisition of Cooley Distillery and has already earmarked the firm's Kilbeggan brand as a potential vehicle for capitalising on strong demand for Irish whiskey.
Review of the Year 2011 - Spirits
22 December 2011
Part three of our final management briefing of the year looks back at how 2011 has treated the spirits industry.
Video - Cooley Distillery chairman on Beam Inc buy
22 December 2011
Click below to watch an interview, conducted by Clontarf TV, with Jack Teeling, the founder and chairman of Cooley Distillery, in which he discusses the sale of the company to Beam Inc last week.
Comment – Beam Cooley buy gives Diageo, Pernod Ricard further hurdle to cross
19 December 2011
Even before Fortune Brands switched to become solely a spirits player, divesting itself of its golf and home & security divisions earlier this year, the US company seemed quite proud of not behaving like a potential takeover target.
IRELAND: Beam agrees $95m deal to buy Cooley
16 December 2011
Beam Inc is to buy Cooley Distillery, the only remaining independent whiskey distillery outside Pernod Ricard and Diageo's operations in Ireland, for close to US$95m.
IRELAND: Tullamore Dew distillery edges closer for William Grant & Sons?
13 December 2011
William Grant & Sons has confirmed it is in unspecified discussions regarding a new distillery in Ireland for is Tullamore Dew Irish whiskey brand.
Product Launch - IRELAND: Cooley Distillery’s Single Pot Still Poitín
1 December 2011
Cooley Distillery’s Single Pot Still Poitín
SWEDEN: Inver House Distillers distribution moves to Berntson Brands from Stellan Kramer
28 September 2011
ThaiBev's International Beverage Holdings, owner of Inver House Distillers, has switched distributor in Sweden from Stellan Kramer to Berntson Brands.
SWEDEN: Cooley Distillery drops Maxxium, Philipson & Soderberg for Berntson Brands in Sweden
30 August 2011
Cooley Distillery has switched distributor for its Irish whiskey brands in Sweden.
Comment - Spirits - Irish Whiskey: Green Shoots Keep on Growing
19 April 2011
A change in permitted terms for Irish whiskey in the US has been turned from a problem into an opportunity by the market leader, Pernod Ricard's Irish Distillers. Whilst Richard Woodard is happy to applaud the unit's handling of the matter, could this not be used as a springboard, he asks, for the category as a whole to really hit the gas?
IRELAND: Cooley Distillery eyes partners for Irish whiskey boom - interview
8 October 2010
Cooley Distillery is on the lookout for partners as strong global demand for Irish whiskey has generated greater interest in the sector, the group's managing director has told just-drinks.
just the Round-Up - The week in drinks
8 October 2010
The top ten stories published on just-drinks this week:
Comment - Spirits - Tullamore Dew: If You Build It...
23 September 2010
Scanning some of the reaction to last week’s news that William Grant & Sons is selling its recently-acquired Irish liqueur brands to Gruppo Campari, the first word that springs to mind is “blarney”.
Product Launch - Cooley Distillery's Kilbeggan Distillery Reserve Malt Whiskey
21 June 2010
Cooley Distillery's Kilbeggan Distillery Reserve Malt Whiskey
UK: William Grant & Sons silent on distillery talk
5 May 2010
William Grant & Sons has declined to comment on speculation that it may build a distillery for its newly-acquired Tullamore Dew Irish whiskey brand.
Research - Super-premium options could hold key to non-Scotch growth
5 March 2010
To say that Scotch whisky holds sway in the super-premium whisky sector would be a supreme understatement. Sales in the upper price tiers among whisky distillers in the US, Canada and Ireland are dwarfed by those from Scotland. But a new IWSR/just-drinks report suggests that this is beginning to change.
US/IRELAND: Cooley strikes travel retail distribution deal
5 January 2010
Irish whiskey manufacturer Cooley Distillery has signed a distribution agreement with Haleybrooke International for the North American travel retail market.
IRELAND: Cooley unveils Connemara rebranding
1 September 2009
Ireland’s Cooley Distillery has unveiled new branding for its Connemara Peated Single Malt Irish whiskeys.
Research - Good times ahead for Irish Whiskey
1 July 2008
The entry of Diageo into the Irish whiskey market has further enlivened a sector already growing steadily thanks to the efforts of the other major global spirits force, Pernod Ricard. And a new report from just-drinks suggests there is more growth ahead for Irish whiskey.
IRELAND: Cooley launches Greenore 15-year-old
15 May 2008
Independent Irish whiskey distiller Cooley Distillery has launched a 15-year-old small-batch bottling of its Greenore Single Grain Whiskey brand.
Just the Answer – Bushmills
6 March 2008
Diageo’s acquisition of Bushmills Irish Whiskey from Pernod Ricard in 2005 heralded a major change for the brand. As Shivaun Lucey, global brand director, Bushmills, stresses in this month’s Just the Answer, there is a wealth of difference between being a secondary brand to a market leader and being the only Irish whiskey marketed by the world’s largest spirits company. Olly Wehring spoke with Lucey about the brand’s future as part of Diageo.
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