Pernod Ricard’s Irish whiskey arm will halt manufacturing at Midleton Distillery in County Cork from April till summer season.
A spokesperson for the corporate mentioned: “Irish Distillers can verify that Midleton Distillery is adjusting its manufacturing schedule for a routine, periodic evaluation.
“This evaluation demonstrates our skill to be agile with our manufacturing cycles and has been enabled by improved operational effectivity and state-of-the-art manufacturing amenities.
“The distillery will briefly pause manufacturing in early April 2025 and can recommence in the summertime to assist the sustainable international progress of its portfolio of Irish whiskeys.
“We stay totally dedicated to the manufacturing of Irish whiskey at Midleton Distillery and have communicated this adjustment to our employees, suppliers, clients and contractors to allow ahead enterprise planning.”
The transfer means Pernod Ricard has joined Diageo and Brown-Forman in pausing whisky manufacturing, with Diageo doing so at considered one of its Kentucky distilleries yesterday (7 March), and Brown-Forman mothballing Scotch distillery Glenglassaugh earlier this 12 months.
Though each Pernod Ricard and Diageo cited a rise in manufacturing effectivity as the explanation for the halt, the pauses appear to recommend provide is exceeding demand throughout spirits companies in all three main whisky nations.
Irish Distillers hopes to steer ultra-premium whiskey progress world wide, based on its worldwide advertising and marketing director Joao Rozario. The arm is led by Nodjame Fouad, who took on the function in 2022.
The pause hasn’t stopped Irish Distillers’ model Jameson from releasing new expressions and launching partnerships.
Jameson, the world’s greatest Irish whiskey model, noticed its volumes rise by 3% however web gross sales had been flat in the course of the first half of Pernod Ricard’s 2025 monetary 12 months (July-December 2024).
Eire’s whiskey exports surpassed €1 billion (US$1.04bn) in 2024.
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