Lighthouse Drinks · Cork, Ireland
Launching your first label, or moving an established brand off a supplier that has stopped keeping up? We take on the whole programme — liquid, sourcing, packaging, bottling, compliance and export — run through one bonded facility in Cork. New brands built from scratch; existing ranges taken over end to end.
What we do
We are one of the leading private label Irish whiskey suppliers in the world, specialising in eye-catching, well-priced brands for partners across every major market.
You get the best of blended Irish whiskey alongside the finest single malt, single pot still and peated whiskeys, plus other Irish-made spirits. Our brand developers work with you to craft a range that is genuinely differentiated rather than one more label in the pile.
Process
Style of whiskey, target market, price point, volume. We tell you straight away what is realistic.
Samples from our supply network. Blend development where you want something of your own.
Use one of our in-house designs, or develop a bespoke identity with our partner design agency.
Glass, closures, cartons and labels sourced and proofed. Artwork signed off before anything is printed.
Filled, labelled and cased on our own line, then shipped or held in bond until you call it off.
Ready-made
Not every project needs a design agency and a six-month lead time. These are our in-house designs. Take one as it stands, change the liquid and the age statement, or use it as the starting point for something of your own.
Liquid
The hard part of a private label programme is rarely the label. It is getting consistent liquid, in the style you sold in, at the volume you need, on the date you promised it. Preferred blends, malts and pot stills have not been easy to come by through the category’s growth.
We carry our own inventory across a wide range of cask types and hold long-standing supply relationships with distilleries across Ireland. That means we can put samples in front of you quickly and repeat the same liquid on your second run and your tenth.
Markets
We export directly from our own bonded warehouse, which keeps duty suspended until the goods land and keeps one less intermediary in your chain.
Markets list goes here — John to confirm which territories to name publicly, and whether any are client relationships you would rather not advertise.
India is the largest whiskey market in the world by volume, and Irish whiskey has been growing there fast despite an import tariff of up to 150%.
On 27 January 2026 the EU and India concluded a Free Trade Agreement that will bring the tariff on spirits down substantially — reporting on the European Commission factsheet puts the landing point at 40%, phased in. It is a genuine shift in what is commercially possible in that market.
It is not in force yet. The agreement still requires European Council approval and European Parliament consent. Until it does, imports run on normal MFN tariffs. Anyone telling you the savings are available today is wrong, and it is an expensive thing to be wrong about.
Tariff preferences under any FTA only apply to goods that can prove qualifying origin. That is a documentation problem, not a pricing one, and it is where these programmes fall over.
We have been through the Irish Certificate of Origin process with Revenue, including for products where the origin rules did not work and the route had to be redesigned. If you are planning around the India opening, that is worth an hour of conversation before you commit to a spec.
Why Lighthouse
We are not owned by a distillery, so we can find the right liquid for your product rather than the one we have to sell. Deep connections across the Irish industry give us access to everything on the market.
Decades of experience in the international spirits trade. We help you build a distinct, diversified portfolio instead of a single me-too SKU.
ISO 9001:2015 certified Quality Management System. Products carry the appropriate accreditations and G.I. verification from production through to bottling, with genuine “Bottled in Ireland” credentials.
Independently audited Quality Management System.
About
Lighthouse Drinks is an independent producer specialising in bringing the best of Irish whiskey and spirits to the world. From our home in the south of Ireland we supply wholesalers, distributors, retailers and brand owners across the globe.
Independence matters here: we are not owned by a distillery, so we are free to source the right liquid and the right glass for your product rather than the one we are obliged to move.
Our team of whiskey industry professionals and brand experts will take you from ideas on a page to bottled whiskey in your hand.
Unit 3/4, Cork Bonded Warehouses · Little Island Business Park · Cork, T45 YF43
Clients
Partners come to us because we are packaging and sourcing specialists, not just a bottling line. Glass, closures, cartons, labels, barcodes and label compliance are handled in-house alongside the liquid — the part of a launch that quietly goes wrong, and the part we get right.
Testimonials — approved wording to come. Confirmed client so far: Lucky Penny Vodka. John to supply exact quotes for sign-off, plus the second brand name (came through as “the Irish Smith”). Nothing gets attributed to a named customer without their approval.
Contact
Tell us the style of whiskey, the volume and the market. We will come back with an indicative cost per bottle and a realistic timeline.
