Whiskey Master
Distiller Darryl McNally and the Hotelier Adrian McLaughlin partnered with
businessman Carl Harrison to create Ireland’s first irish whiskey – themed
hotel.
The consortium has recently purchased the historic
Londonderry Arms in Carnlough from the O' Neill family investing £1.75 million
in the development of the hotel, which, with its whiskey theme, will be the
first of its kind in Ireland.
The Londonderry Arms once owned by Sir Winston
Churchill is situated in the Glens of Antrim, on the Causeway Coastal route
between Belfast and the Giant’s Causeway.
This establishment hotel is a popular stopping-off
point for tourists with almost 30 per cent of the visitors coming from the US
& Canada in a place where Game of Thrones, the popular fantasy drama
television series created by David Benioff and Daniel Brett Weiss for HBO was
filmed.
Darryl McNally declared his satisfaction to launch
Ireland’s first ever whiskey hotel. The project is to create a retail Whiskey
Chamber from which there will be an offer up to 400 bottles of whiskey and
other items such as whiskey and hotel branded merchandise.
The hotel pub will offer a selection of whiskey
cocktails and whiskey tasting flights planning events that will offer
exceptional whiskey experiences including the Carnlough Whiskey Festival,
Whiskey & Food pairing evenings, Master Distiller Dinners and talks, as
well as bar takeovers from some of the World’s Best Bars.
Whiskey will be an integral part of the hotel,
even down to offering the residents’ nightcaps from a tapped unfiltered cask
strength Limavady Whiskey cask and we will also be offering a turndown gift of
whiskey-infused chocolates bringing the Irish Whiskey community together that
will enjoy the Ireland’s first Whiskey Hotel.
Adrian McLaughlin added that the group is pleased
to recruit staff adding to the current management team of the Londonderry Arms
a general manager, a trainee manager and a marketing manager.
The kitchen will see three new full-time roles and
up to 10 other new roles, in line with the anticipated increase in demand
across the Food & Beverage, rooms and events departments.
Like all good Irish pubs there will be an offer of
traditional Irish music at weekends and classic Irish dishes such as Irish
stew, chowder, locally-sourced salmon and superb aged steaks.
This is a good news story for the region and we are confident that we will be making a tangible difference to the village of Carnlough with the refurbishment that will be completed by Easter 2025.
Link : https://boutiquehotelnews.com/news/hotelier-and-distiller-partner-to-create-irish-whiskey-themed-hotel/
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