Irish gin-maker Copeland Spirits has signed a 125-year lease on a site for its new distillery and visitor centre. Irish gin-maker Copeland Spirits has signed a 125-year lease on a site for its new distillery and visitor centre. Following recent planning application approval, Copeland will move its operations from its current Saintfield premises to the harbour town of Donaghadee. The new development will transform the site of an old community hall and picture house; and the finished distillery will overlook the Copeland Islands and lighthouse from which the brand takes its name. The now 26-year-old Irvine said that, since the brand's launch just over two years ago, establishing a distillery and bringing production closer to the Copeland Islands has been the main ambition.

Source: Irish Independent February 21, 2019 02:26 UTC