Tipperary Boutique Distillery
Situated in the beautiful setting of the Golden Vale in Ireland, the distillery is located on their own farm in Tipperary.
The distillery comprises four copper stills (the largest being only 1,000 litres) installed in May 2020, a mash tun, four fermenters, and hand bottling equipment.
This is a true craft distillery dedicated to distilling their own homegrown barley to create both Irish single malt whiskey and Irish single pot still whiskey, alongside white spirits such as gin.
History
Jennifer Nickerson, Stuart Nickerson, and Liam Ahearn founded Tipperary Boutique Distillery Limited in 2014. After spending the past few years releasing independently bottled single malt Irish whiskeys, they were ready to release their first homegrown, single estate single malt Irish whiskey.
With the new distillery now creating spirit from their homegrown barley, the stage is set for even more world-class Irish whiskey.
Jennifer Nickerson
Managing Director
As a chartered accountant and tax advisor, Jennifer oversees the daily management of Tipperary Boutique Distillery.
Jennifer grew up beside many of the Scottish distilleries her father managed and has a passion for whiskey. She has been successful with Tipperary’s independent bottlings, being awarded Tipperary’s Best Young Entrepreneur in 2017, was a finalist in AIB’s Start-Up Academy 2017, participated in Going for Growth’s 2019 Starting Strong initiative, and was Whisky Magazine’s 2019 Irish Whiskey Brand Ambassador of the Year.
In 2020, Jennifer worked with the team to oversee the construction of Tipperary’s first distillery in more than 150 years.
Stuart Nickerson
Whiskey Consultant
As an internationally acclaimed whiskey expert, Stuart has spent over 40 years working with Scotland’s most famous whiskies and now specialises in providing technical advice to start-up distilleries. After graduating as a Chemical Engineer from Heriot-Watt University in 1979, Stuart worked with Arthur Bell & Sons in Dufftown, Pittyvaich, Blair Atholl, Inchgower, and Bladnoch. He has managed Highland Park Distillery in Orkney, Glenrothes, Glenfiddich, Balvenie, Kininvie, and Girvan Grain distilleries. In 2008, Stuart purchased Glenglassaugh Distillery on behalf of overseas investors, refurbished it, and brought it back into production after 22 years.
Stuart brings all that experience to Tipperary and advises on their fermentation and distillation processes, wood choice, and maturation decisions.
Liam Ahearn
Chief Agricultural Consultant
Liam’s family has been farming the land at Ballindoney Farm and tending crops for over 200 years. Arable farming is in their blood, and they have a special connection to the land. Liam is responsible for the home-grown raw ingredients used in the production of their future whiskey: only the best Irish barley and the purest water from the land at Ballindoney Farm are used in the production of Tipperary Boutique’s premium whiskies.