Malting Company of Ireland

Earlier today, members of the Malting Company of Ireland team (Paul McGillicuddy, CEO & Colm Cahill, Maltings Manager), along with John McGillycuddy, Project Engineer, and Colm Eustace, Project Consultant, received a warm welcome from Dr Achim Hanninger, Technical Director, STAMAG Stadlauer Malzfabrik GesmbH, Vienna.  Thank you to Achim and his team for the informative tour of your new malting facility (completed in 2022). We were extremely impressed with the innovations and technology used in your state-of-the-art build. We are grateful to STAMAG for the opportunity to see the superb results of your team's hard work.  #MALT

This Plastic Free July, The Malting Company of Ireland (MCI) wants to let you know about our proud partnership with Dublin City University's innovative Grain 4Lab team. Under the leadership of Dr Jennifer Gaughran, Brian Freeland, PhD, Samantha Fahy, Dr Susan Kelleher and Dr Keith Rochfort, the project is developing a solution to tackle the use of fossil-fuel-based single-use plastic in Irish research laboratories. The solution involves using waste from Ireland's brewing and distilling industry and transforming it into polylactic acid (PLA) to manufacture compostable bioplastics and create consumables such as Petri dishes for lab use. This project could prevent large quantities of single-use plastics from Irish labs going to incineration and landfills while creating compostable alternatives for lab materials. MCI is honoured to participate in this project, which will help provide a pathway to a true circular bioeconomy for bio-plastic production in Ireland. #plasticfreejuly

Wishing our distributors at the Rahr Brewers Supply Group a very Happy 4th of July! The Malting Company of Ireland is proud to serve the craft brewers and distillers of the USA. Through our continued relationship with RahrBSG, we offer our range of quality Irish malts produced from the very best Irish 2-row spring barley. Our malt is the backbone of several famous Irish beers & whiskeys and continues to be a firm favourite for many brewing houses and distilleries on both sides of the Atlantic! https://lnkd.in/eiHhfbsN #malt  #maltingbarley

As PRIDE month draws to a close here at the Malting Company of Ireland, we are taking concrete steps to ensure our team is equipped with the knowledge and support to back the LGBTQ+ community during PRIDE month and throughout the year. We are providing every staff member with the opportunity to take the CPD-accredited training 'Supporting our LGBTQ+ work colleagues' with the HR Suite, Ireland.  #PRIDE  

MCI's Chris O'Flynn enjoyed yesterday's crop walk at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's (DAFM) seed trial facility in Ballyderown, Co Cork. Seed trials help to improve the agronomic performance of future barley crops. The Malting Company of Ireland welcomes this opportunity to continue our participation in developing new and improved barley varieties. Congratulations to all at the Irish Seed Trade Association and the DAFM for a great event. We are proud to work with you to help create sustainable barley on Irish soils. #agri-food

2024 has already been quite the year for tasting awards across our Irish Distillers brands, with 92 medals won to date!   Highlights include Redbreast 21 Year Old being named as the World’s Best Single Pot Still at the World Whiskies Awards, achieving 4 Platinum Awards for the first time ever at the San Francisco World’s Spirits Competition (SFWSC) for Jameson Bow Street 18 Years, Redbreast 12 Year Old, Redbreast Lustau Edition and Redbreast 27 Year Old and winning 3 Double Gold medals for Powers John’s Lane, Redbreast 21 Year Old and Knappogue Castle 21 at the International Spirits Challenge.    These medals are universally recognised indicators of exceptional quality and craftsmanship, and we’re so proud of the passion and dedication our team contribute to our brands to achieve such recognition.   As we celebrate these accolades and look forward to upcoming awards results, we raise a glass to our continued success with Jameson as the world’s most awarded Irish whiskey, and Redbreast as the world’s most awarded single pot still Irish whiskey. Sláinte!     #IrishWhiskey #IrishDistillers #TastingAwards2024

Thank you to Ciara McArdle for the insightful tour for the Malting Company of Ireland team at the Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard site. It was wonderful to see the final stage of the journey, which began with our growers' harvested barley, continued with MCI's expert malting processes, and culminated in the creation of Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard's world-renowned whiskeys. #malt #Dairygold #Tirlán #irishdistillers #pernodricard

Today, we are celebrating #WorldFoodSafetyDay at the Malting Company of Ireland. 'Our in-house lab ensures we consistently meet the highest food safety standards. We regularly train our team to comply with our strict HACCP processes. Delivering the finest malt to our customers is a core value at MCI, and food safety is at the heart of our production processes. ' -Leonora Lane, Laboratory Manager, Malting Company of Ireland. 

This year, the World Environment Day's theme is "Land Restoration, Desertification, and Drought Resilience." Today, the Malting Company of Ireland would like to thank the Irish grain growers & suppliers, Dairygold Co-Operative Society Ltd and Tirlán, who continue to make strides in their ambitious sustainability initiatives. Dairygold's biodiversity programme has seen farmers across Munster plant over 100,000 native trees, while Tirlán has worked with farmers to deliver 100,000 native trees and hedgerows as part of their Operation Biodiversity. Thank you to our shareholders for your superb work ensuring a sustainable future for tillage farming in Ireland. Our Land. Our Future. #GenerationRestoration

The Malting Company of Ireland team were delighted to welcome Fergal O'Connor, Chairperson of the Togher Tidy Towns, for the official presentation of the WeedHex tool. We are so happy to support their tireless efforts in our community, keeping spaces litter-free and planting flowers and shrubs to create beautiful areas for all to enjoy.