Skellig Six18, an Irish whiskey and gin producer, will debut in the US market on March 3rd at the Irish Cask and Craft festival in Dublin, Ohio.
Ohio Liquor, the state’s alcohol sale and distribution overseer, will host the festival at Chateau Wine & Spirits. Skellig will be at the forefront in this festival, and will also have two other launch events. The Cincinnati Launch Event – March 1st, and the Cleveland Celebration – March 2nd.
Three offerings will be featured: Skellig’s Triple Cask Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey, Small Batch Irish Whiskey, and Irish Artisanal Gin.
Skellig Six18 gives the inspiration for their unique offerings on their website:
“We’re inspired by the storytellers, the adventurers and the hard workers, of stories of travel and invention, of graft and perseverance. The journeys that take us to the far corners of the world and bring us right back here to the Skellig Coast. Those individuals who push themselves through tenacity, determination and grit to achieve their life’s purpose, putting one foot in front of the other. The birds off the Skellig coast, who brave the elements crashing in off the Atlantic, they plummet but then they soar. Those that teach us important lessons about life, who are humble in their achievements but who strive for opportunity and greatness.”
The final scene of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was shot on Skellig in July 2015. Additional filming took place in September 2015 for the next film in the series, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. The remains of the Skellig Michael monastery appear in the film, representing an ancient Jedi temple.
“Our Distillery & Visitor Experience is located right here on the Coastline, in Cahersiveen where the mountains meet the sea. The same wild landscape that motivated sixth-century monks to build their monastery 11km out in the Atlantic Ocean. From a small landing cove on granite rock, they crafted six hundred and eighteen steps to reach their monastery on the top of Skellig Michael.
This feat, their journey, inspires Skellig Six18 today.
Guided by the same stars our ancestors used for navigation and exploration, we are creating liquids that are unique to Ireland’s first-ever “Hope Spot”, a place considered integral to the health of the Ocean.
This Place has been one of personal pilgrimage for centuries, from the 6th-century monks who built those 618 steps to start their Characterful Journey, to location scouts for internationally acclaimed films, such as Star Wars, who chose here as a location for Ahch-To, the site of the first Jedi Temple. Thousands of migratory seabirds return year after year to breed and rear their young on these wild, inaccessible cliffs. They all recognise this place as the wild sanctuary its inhabitants have known it to be for many generations.”
