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Distillery Tour: Premium Irish Whiskey in Clonakilty
4.9
95 Ratings
Clonakilty
A sensory adventure awaits, experiencing the sights, sounds, and aroma of a distillery creating premium Irish Whiskey, Gin & Vodka, in the beautiful West Cork town of Clonakilty.
A sensory adventure awaits, experiencing the sights, sounds, and aroma of a distillery creating premium Irish Whiskey, Gin & Vodka, in the beautiful West Cork town of Clonakilty.
Duration:
1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Clonakilty Distillery, Visitor Experience & Gift Shop - Immerse yourself in the sights, sounds, and smells of our working distillery, guided by our expert tour guides. Delve into the process of Irish Whiskey production, before tasting the finished product! This one hour distillery tour concludes with a tutored tasting of Clonakilty Whiskey.
- Clonakilty Distillery, Visitor Experience & Gift Shop - Immerse yourself in the sights, sounds, and smells of our working distillery, guided by our expert tour guides. Delve into the process of Irish Whiskey production, before tasting the finished product! This one hour distillery tour concludes with a tutored tasting of Clonakilty Whiskey.

What's Included
- Fully guided tour of our working distillery
- Cinematic journey flying over our family farm
- Alcoholic beverages
- Fully guided tour of our working distillery
- Cinematic journey flying over our family farm
- Alcoholic beverages
What's Not Included
- Under 18’s are not served alcohol.
- Under 18’s are not served alcohol.
Location
Clonakilty Distillery, Visitor Experience & Gift Shop
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(95 Ratings)
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Anne
Jun 24, 2025
Worth the visit - very informative site tour. Nice details about the history of the business and the process of whiskey making. Enjoyed the tasting
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Venture779729
Jun 6, 2025
Not to be missed - Nice to have made this exciting tour with a perfect guide. A voucher is given with the tasting for a purchase in store if desired. Not to be missed
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137nicob
May 26, 2025
Don't miss this - We visited the Clonakilty Distillery on Saturday, 17 May 2025, and were welcomed by James. We had 2 flights of their whiskey selection and extra flight of some of the premium whiskeys. We've really enjoyed it and James was very friendly and shared a lot of interesting information with us. We would recommend to visit this place when you're in Clonakilty.
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74mk
May 16, 2025
Modern distillery - Modern distillery with shop. Large selection of different whiskeys, but also gin and vodka is produced there. The tour is well structured and with good advice and explanation a whiskey selection (3-5 varieties) was tasted afterwards.
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Albertsalichs
Sep 29, 2024
Excellent guided visit and tasting experience - Clonakilty Distillery is located in the homonymous town, in Southwestern Ireland. It is a very modern distillery. We did a guided tour in the facilities and they are very new and wonderful. Also, the guide explained to us the manufacturing process of whiskey, which was very interesting. Also, we could learn a lot and at the end, we could do an excellent tasting experience.
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Merete
Aug 7, 2024
Highly recommended! - Great visit with knowledgeable staff with heart for the distillery. A great tour that gave insight into the process of making whisky. The samples were varied and gave an impression of how the storage is used to give the different whiskies character. I have been on a tour in one that the big distilleries in Dublin, this was so much better! In a special class!
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Michelle
Apr 28, 2025
Nice tour, beautiful whiskey and James was a fun and interesting tour guide - Smaller than I thought but that didn’t take away from what was a very interesting tour with a super engaging and knowledgeable guide, James. The highlight was the whiskey tasting and the ad hoc stories that James was telling us.
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Stephen_h
Dec 31, 2024
Good tour, prefer the product though! - Good tour, not an awful not to the distillery in fairness but interesting non the less. The product is far more interesting than the tour!
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Fredpatricks
Oct 5, 2024
Speciality taste of West Cork! - Experience the love of people, taste wonderful whiskey, stories, and meet the small colorful town of Clonikilty . Their representative guide is well informed of the whiskey process and the impectable clean , enjoyable 90 minute tour is informative, enjoyable and entertaining. Ireland hosts its tourists with true respect and the people truely love to meet you. They share their history and passion for what they do.
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Gary
Aug 6, 2024
Modern distillery tour in Clonakilty - A modern whiskey distillery in Clonakilty. It is situated in the town with some beautiful views out the window of the town as a backdrop. The tour started out in a museum-like display of the area and the history of the family who owns the distillery. The tour featured two videos, a walk-through to see the distilleries, and a tasting. They store the whiskey for three years in barrels on the family farm on a cliff above the Atlantic ocean. They are proud of the family farm and the pure water that they use in the process.
Like many of these tours, it was led by a member of the tour team who has learned the process, but never actually distilled whiskey. I’ve only been on one tour so far where the tour guide actually was distilling whiskey. Having said that it was a thorough and pleasurable tour.
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