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Kilbeggan Single Grain Hits Travel Retail

Kilbeggan 8 Year Old Single Grain. Image courtesy Kilbeggan/Beam Suntory.February 5, 2015 – Beam Suntory and Maxxium Travel Retail are making the Kilbeggan 8-year-old single grain Irish whiskey available in European travel retail outlets for the first time. The move also completes a rebranding for the single grain whiskies produced at Beam Suntory’s Cooley Distillery, which had previously been sold under the Greenore brand name.

Kilbeggan’s 8-year-old is made from 100% corn, matured in ex-Bourbon barrels, and bottled at 40% ABV. No pricing details were announced.

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