It’s all about Ireland this week with St. Patrick’s Day coming up and a Slane Special Edition, only the second ever bottling from one of our favourite producers. But that’s not all! Buy a bottle and you can win a trip to Slane Castle in Ireland.
Slane whiskey was created by Alex Conyngham whose family have been at Slane Castle in Co. Meath since the 17th century. Their house is famed for its rock concerts. The first took place in 1981 and 30,000 people turned up to watch U2 and Thin Lizzy. Since then such names as The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Queen and David Bowie, through to Oasis, Robbie Williams, Kelis, PJ Harvey, Madonna, The Foo Fighters and Eminem have all graced Slane Castle.

Alex Conyngham from Slane Irish Whiskey
40 years of music
To celebrate 40 years of rock ‘n’ roll, Slane has released a special bottling which is only the second ever release from this brand. Yes, we do realise it’s now 41 years but the global pandemic rather put the kibosh on birthday celebrations.
But before we take a look at the new bottling, a brief recap on the history of Slane whiskey. Alex Conyngham’s background is in whiskey rather than music. He worked as a brand ambassador for Jameson in Australia. In 2015, he launched his own whiskey, a blend with an interesting triple-cask ageing technique. In 2018, the brand was bought by Brown-Forman giving Slane access to some extremely high quality wood.
They use a mixture of virgin American oak, heavily toasted and made specifically for Slane at the Brown-Forman cooperage, ex-Jack Daniel’s barrels, and finally ex-Oloroso sherry butts. “That’s kind of influenced by my granddad, because he loved his ex-sherry Irish whiskeys,” Conyngham told us. “The balance between them as we blend back together is where Slane lands.”
At the moment Slane is a blend of bought-in whiskey but in 2018 with help from Brown-Forman, Conyngham installed a distillery at Slane Castle. We’ll have to wait a bit until we taste something from there but in the meantime, there’s a delicious new 40th anniversary bottling to try.
Slane Special edition is inspired by the 45 rpm single so the quotient of new oak casks has been upped from 35 to 45% making this extra spicy. It’s also bottled at punchy 45% ABV compared with the standard’s 40% ABV.

Tasting note for Slane Special Edition
Nose: Bold toasted oak and vanilla spice with subtle hints of orchard fruit.
Taste: Toasted marshmallow and rich dark fruit with layers of oak.
Finish: Warm and lingering with the sweet flavours of smouldering wood
Sounds pretty tasty doesn’t it?
Win a trip to Slane Castle!
Well that’s not all because if you buy a bottle of Slane Special Edition Irish Whiskey or Slane Irish Whiskey, you will be automatically entered into a competition to win a trip for two to Slane Castle in Ireland. All you have to do is buy a bottle!
Here’s what the prize consists of:
-Standard or economy flight travel for 2 people from an airport closest to the winner’s usual residence in the United Kingdom to Dublin Airport in Ireland;
-Standard accommodation one double room in Slane at the Slane Castle for one night for two people (subject to availability and to be arranged by prize provider);
-Complimentary Slane Distillery tour including whiskey tasting for 2 people at Slane Distillery;
-Complimentary dinner for two people on the night of arrival;
-Complimentary breakfast at the Slane Castle on the next morning for 2 people;
-Complimentary transportations to Dublin Airport from Slane on the return leg
-Complimentary Walking Tour at the Rock Farm Slane – for 2 people (subject to availability).
Sounds pretty amazing doesn’t it? All you have to do is buy a bottle of Slane Special Edition or Slane Irish Whiskey and you will be automatically entered. You must be over 18 to enter and a UK resident, excluding Northern Ireland. Competition opens at 10am GMT on 14 March 2022 and closes at 23:59:59 GMT on 20 March 2022.
Full T&C’s below.
Slane Special Edition is available from Master of Malt. Click here to buy.
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Slane Castle Giveaway 2022 T&Cs
IMPORTANT BOOKING AND TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS DETAILED IN PARAGRAPHS 9-10.
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- THE PROMOTER: The promoter is Atom Supplies Limited (company register number 03193057), trading as Master of Malt (MoM) and having its registered office at Unit 1 Ton Business Park, 2-8 Morley Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1RA, United Kingdom.
- THESE TERMS AND PRIVACY POLICY: By entering this competition, entrants confirm they have read, understand and agree that these terms and the MoM Privacy Policy (and the way we process personal data) are binding to them. MoM reserves the right to amend these terms; to hold void, suspend, cancel or amend this competition at any time.
- ELIGIBILITY: This competition is only open to individuals who are 18 years or older and are residents of the United Kingdom, excluding Northern Ireland. Ineligible entries (howsoever received) will be discarded. The competition is not open to any employees (and their immediate family) of the promoter or any of its associated companies. MoM reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and entrants (including an entrant’s identity, age and place of residence) at any time and reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify any individual who, or any entry which, it believes has breached any of these terms, tampered with the entry process or engaged in any unlawful or improper conduct which may undermine the fair and proper conduct of this competition.
- ENTRY/COMPETITION PERIOD: This competition opens at 10:00:00 GMT on 14 March 2022 and closes at 23:59:59 GMT on 20 March 2022.
- HOW TO ENTER: To enter, individuals must within the entry period purchase a qualifying bottle of 70cl Slane Whiskey or 70 cl Slane 40th Anniversary Music Edition (available from 14 March 2022) as available and listed MoM website from the MoM website in accordance with MoM’s standard Consumer Terms of Business (each being a qualifying purchase or qualifying entry). Each being a qualifying purchase or qualifying entry). Multiple entries are permitted!
- WINNER(S): 1 winner in total will be selected at random after the entry period closes from all eligible entries. The selection of the winners made will be final and no correspondence or discussion will be entered into.
- PRIZE PROVIDER: The prize is provided by Brown-Forman Beverages Europe Ltd (Brown-Forman). All travel and accommodation arrangements relating to the prize will be the sole responsibility of Brown-Forman. MoM will not be responsible for any failure or delay in travel and accommodation arrangements.
- THE PRIZE: The winner will win a trip for 2 people (i.e. a winner can bring a guest but your guest must also be 18 years or older) to the Slane Castle and Slane Distillery in Slane, Ireland. The prize is strictly non-negotiable, non-transferable, and cannot be exchanged for any equivalent cash value, cash alternative, or for other items. The prize includes the following:
- standard or economy flight travel for 2 people from an airport closest to the winner’s usual residence in the United Kingdom to Dublin Airport in Ireland;
- standard accommodation 1 double room in Slane at the Slane Castle for 1 night for 2 people (subject to availability and to be arranged by prize provider);
- complimentary Slane Distillery tour including whiskey tasting for 2 people at Slane Distillery;
- complimentary dinner for 2 people on the night of arrival;
- complimentary breakfast at the Slane Castle on the next morning for 2 people;
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- complimentary transportations to Dublin Airport from Slane on the return leg; and
- complimentary Walking Tour at the Rock Farm Slane – for 2 people (subject to availability).
- IMPORTANT BOOKING AND TRAVELLING RESTRICTIONS: Any winner claiming the prize is subject to the following restrictions:
- The prize trip cannot be taken before May 2022 (the premises are under renovations prior to this time).
- The prize trip must be taken between May 2022 to August 2022, excluding public holidays and weekends and subject to availability/booking confirmations.
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- Travel dates and relevant reservations once notified to the winner cannot be changed, postponed, or cancelled.
- OTHER COSTS OR EXPENSES: Any other costs or expenses not listed that may incur in connection with the winners and their guests taking up the prize shall be the sole responsibility of the winners and their guests.
- AVAILABILITY TO TRAVEL: The winners and their guests will be solely responsible for ensuring that they will be available to travel and that will hold valid passports, any necessary visas and travel documents incidental to the fulfilment of the prize on the dates specified.
- CLAIMING THE PRIZE: The name of the winners will be announced on MoM’s blog as soon as practicable upon selection. MoM will make reasonable efforts to contact the winners via email or by telephone as soon as practicable. If any winner cannot be contacted or is not available or has not claimed the prize within 5 days of MoM contacting them, MoM reserves the right to offer the prize to another eligible entrant. MoM cannot accept any responsibility if any winner is unable to take up the prize or fails to claim the prize within the time limit as set out above. MoM may contact the winners for feedback in respect of the competition and/or prize and may use any feedback provided when announcing the results and promoting the Competition or subsequent competitions.
- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Insofar as is permitted by law, the promoter, its agents, employees, and/or representatives shall in no circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate any entrant who participates in the competition and/or the winner and their guest(s) who claim(s) the prize for any loss, damage, personal injury or death whatsoever and howsoever caused, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, for any direct, indirect or consequential losses arising out of or in connection with their participation in this competition, any failure or delays or postponements or cancellations in making the appropriate travel and accommodation arrangements as a result of the winner taking up the prize (including in relation to their guests), except where it is caused by the negligence of the promoter, its agents, employees, and/or authorised representatives. Competition entrants’ statutory rights are not affected.
- BROWN-FORMAN’S PRIVACY POLICY: MoM will be required to pass the winners’ and the guests’ details to Brown-Forman in order for the prize to be fulfilled. Once the details are passed onto Brown-Forman, they will act as data controller of such personal data and will process the personal data subject to their Privacy Policy. Brown-Forman’s current Privacy Policy can be found here.
- GENERAL: These terms shall be governed by English law, and the parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
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