Longueville House Beverages
Manufactures of Quality Craft Apple Ciders & Apple Brandy
from the Blackwater Valley in County Cork, Ireland
Longueville House Cider and Apple Brandy
Longueville House Cider
Longueville House Cider is a premium, handcrafted cider made from the finest apples grown in the orchards of Longueville House in Ireland.
Learn MoreLongueville House Apple Brandy
Savor the exquisite complexity of Longueville House Apple Brandy, a time-honored testament to quality and heritage.
Learn MoreLongueville House Mor Cider
Discover the rich and flavorful Longueville House Mor Cider, a premium beverage crafted from the finest handpicked apples.
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About
As producers and purveyors of small batch, premium, non industrial, artisan ciders & apple brandy, William O'Callaghan, and his father Michael before him, have been fermenting exceptional craft cider and distilling Ireland's only apple brandy for over 36 years using only heritage, heirloom cider apples, namely Michelin (Normandy) and Dabinett (Somerset), grown in substantial, natural orchards in the beautiful Blackwater Valley.
Cider apples differ hugely in taste from cooking, eating or dessert apples. Cider apples are naturally higher in tannins and lower in fructose, which results in a cleaner, crisper cider, and lower in calories than commercially produced ciders.
We are one of four single-origin orchards in Ireland, only using apples in our ciders from our own sustainable orchards. A "blossom-to-bottle" ethos helps ensure sustainability, authenticity, quality, traceability, uniqueness and compliance.
Cider apples differ hugely in taste from cooking, eating or dessert apples. Cider apples are naturally higher in tannins and lower in fructose, which results in a cleaner, crisper cider, and lower in calories than commercially produced ciders.
We are one of four single-origin orchards in Ireland, only using apples in our ciders from our own sustainable orchards. A "blossom-to-bottle" ethos helps ensure sustainability, authenticity, quality, traceability, uniqueness and compliance.
Our Story
It all started when William’s father, the late Michael O’Callaghan, planted 30 acres of sustainable cider apple orchard's in 1985. He became the first person in Ireland, outside the big three established national distillers to get a licence and so became the first person since the 1770's to reintroduce to Ireland the practice of distilling cider.
A proud Corkman and Irishman with a deep love of his county and country, a pioneering spirit and a passionate man on all things Brandy, Calvados and Cognac, Michael was the first man to grow grapes here in Ireland. He was keen to grow grapes to make an Irish wine. Laterally he planted an apple orchard for the purpose of making cider. He then double distilled that cider to make apple brandy - a product most similar to Calvados. In 2010 when Michael died, the grape vines were removed, however the apple orchards continue to flourish and thrive and William continues his father's vision and legacy.
A proud Corkman and Irishman with a deep love of his county and country, a pioneering spirit and a passionate man on all things Brandy, Calvados and Cognac, Michael was the first man to grow grapes here in Ireland. He was keen to grow grapes to make an Irish wine. Laterally he planted an apple orchard for the purpose of making cider. He then double distilled that cider to make apple brandy - a product most similar to Calvados. In 2010 when Michael died, the grape vines were removed, however the apple orchards continue to flourish and thrive and William continues his father's vision and legacy.
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