Powerscourt and Fercullen
Type: Distillery and brand
Powerscourt is the distillery on the Powerscourt Estate at Enniskerry in County Wicklow; Fercullen is its Irish whiskey brand. The company dates distilling to 2018 and identifies Altiva Management Inc. as the business’s new owner following receivership, although the acquisition’s exact completion date is not reliably established.[1][6]
At a glance
| Field | Verified record |
|---|---|
| Country and locality | Ireland; Powerscourt Estate, Enniskerry, Co. Wicklow, A98 A9T7.[6] |
| Distilling since | 2018, according to the company.[1] |
| Ownership | Altiva Management Inc., according to the company’s statement dated 25 March 2026; the effective date is not reliably established.[1] |
| Ultimate parent | Not reliably established. |
| Operating entity | The exact legal entity holding the leasehold and operating the distillery is not reliably established. |
| Fercullen origin | Powerscourt is the brand’s home distillery; the origin of individual expressions is not reliably established.[1][6] |
| Fercullen launch | Not reliably established. |
| Previous companies | Powerscourt Distillery Limited and Powerscourt Distillery VC Limited.[4][5] |
| Business status | Both companies in receivership; the operating business has continued trading, according to the company. Checked November 2026.[1][4][5] |
| Distilling status | Cannot confirm current production. Checked November 2026.[1] |
| Visitor access | Open with stated conditions; walk-in tours are subject to capacity. Checked November 2026.[6] |
| Site status | Standing, described by the receiver as an operating distillery and visitor centre.[2] |
| Equipment | Copper pot stills; the company says Forsyths designed and built the distillery.[6] |
| Main brand | Fercullen Irish Whiskey.[1][6] |
| Official website | Powerscourt Distillery.[6] |
What Powerscourt and Fercullen are known for
The estate setting, copper pot stills and Fercullen name are the starting points for understanding Powerscourt. Its own account connects the whiskey with both the estate and the distillery, while its visitor offering brings the public into the same site at Enniskerry.[6]
Those two names describe different things. Powerscourt identifies the distillery and business; Fercullen identifies the whiskey brand. Keeping that distinction clear matters particularly here, because the documented history of distillation at Powerscourt does not establish the origin of every whiskey sold under the Fercullen name.[1][6]
The company website names Fercullen The Gates, 21 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey and Fercullen 15 Year Old Single Grain. These are useful reference points for recognising the range, rather than a basis for assigning one flavour profile to everything bearing the name.[6] The verified record supports their names and stated categories, but supplies no recorded tasting on which to base this profile’s own sensory descriptions.
The distillery and its production record
Powerscourt says it has been “Distilling since 2018”. That is the supported starting point for its production history, rather than an exact first-spirit date. The separate incorporation dates of the companies behind the business belong to its corporate history, not to the date whiskey production began.[1][4][5]
The company attributes the distillery’s design and construction to Forsyths and describes copper pot stills. Those are the equipment details established in the record used here.[6] They identify the documented production apparatus without supplying a still count, individual still sizes or a wash-still and spirit-still split.
There is also an important distinction between the history of production and production today. The company’s statement that the business remained open and continued trading through receivership establishes commercial continuity; it does not, by itself, establish that the stills were running on the date of the latest check.[1]
A timeline of the business and distillery
| Date | Documented event |
|---|---|
| 4 August 2016 | Powerscourt Distillery Limited was incorporated, according to CRO data reproduced by Solocheck.[4] |
| 16 November 2017 | Powerscourt Distillery VC Limited was incorporated, according to the same source family.[5] |
| 2018 | Beginning of distilling, according to Powerscourt.[1] |
| 26 June 2025 | Mark Degnan of Interpath was appointed receiver.[1][2] |
| January 2026 | The acquisition agreement with Altiva Management Inc. was announced.[1][2][3] |
| 25 March 2026 | Date on the company news page identifying Altiva as the new owner.[1] |
The timeline separates formation, distillation, receivership and the ownership announcement. None is interchangeable with another: incorporating a company does not date its first distillation, and announcing an acquisition does not supply its completion date.
Fercullen: the range and the origin question
Fercullen is presented by Powerscourt as its Irish whiskey brand, with Powerscourt as its home distillery.[1][6] For readers examining a bottle, however, brand identity and the place where its contents were distilled are separate questions.
| Expression named on the company website | Description in the listed name |
|---|---|
| Fercullen The Gates | No age statement or whiskey style established by this name alone.[6] |
| 21 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey | Single malt Irish whiskey; 21-year age statement.[6] |
| Fercullen 15 Year Old Single Grain | Single grain; 15-year age statement.[6] |
The receiver’s account mentions bulk whiskey bought from Cooley Distillery, but does not connect that stock with an individual Fercullen expression.[1] It therefore cannot support a bottle-by-bottle sourcing list. Nor should the presence of the Powerscourt name be treated as proof that every component of every expression was distilled there.
That distinction is the useful takeaway when reading about the range. The verified record identifies the brand’s home, named expressions and a documented bulk-whiskey connection, but not the distillery of origin for each expression. A more specific attribution needs evidence naming the particular whiskey, rather than an inference from the brand’s address or ownership.
Receivership and the Altiva acquisition
Mark Degnan of Interpath was appointed receiver on 26 June 2025. The company records reproduced by Solocheck show receivership filings for both Powerscourt Distillery Limited and Powerscourt Distillery VC Limited, rather than establishing that these were simply alternative names for one company.[1][2][4][5]
The announced transaction concerned business assets. The stated package included bulk whiskey, all brands and intellectual property, and a transfer of the leasehold interest in the operating distillery and visitor centre. The receiver retained the remaining bulk whiskey for disposal.[1][2] That scope matters: a transfer of assets is not evidence that the former companies themselves ceased to be in receivership.
The acquisition announcement appeared under a 22 January 2026 header on Powerscourt’s website, followed by Interpath’s release on 23 January and the buyer’s adviser’s account on 28 January.[1][2][3] Powerscourt’s page, dated 25 March 2026, identifies Altiva Management Inc. as having successfully acquired the business.[1]
The completion wording is inconsistent. Powerscourt and Interpath also refer to completion being expected in the coming weeks; Interpath includes a quotation saying it had been completed, while DLA Piper’s January account describes the transaction as awaiting completion.[1][2][3] Accordingly, Altiva is identified as the owner on the company’s account, but the completion date is not reliably established.
Subsequent receiver’s abstracts for both former companies have an effective date of 25 June 2026.[4][5] Those filings document the receiverships, not a dated observation of distillation or visitor activity. The operating business’s continuity rests instead on the company’s statement that it remained open and continued to trade.[1]
Story box: from first distilling to a new owner
| Field | Record and claim-source mapping |
|---|---|
| story_title | Distilling, receivership and a new owner |
| founding_story | The distillery is on Powerscourt Estate in Enniskerry, County Wicklow. Source: Powerscourt’s own website. Powerscourt dates distilling to 2018, but the exact first distillation date is not reliably established. Source: Powerscourt’s own account. The founder and first licence or record date are not documented in the sources checked. |
| turning_point | Mark Degnan was appointed receiver on 26 June 2025. The subsequent announced transaction concerned the distillery’s operating assets and brands. Source: Interpath’s receiver statement. |
| documented_record | The announced asset package included brands, intellectual property and the leasehold interest in the operating distillery and visitor centre. Source: Interpath’s asset description. |
| last_checked | 5 November 2026. |
Visiting Powerscourt
The documented visitor destination is the distillery at Powerscourt Estate, Enniskerry, with Eircode A98 A9T7. The company lists visitor access and says walk-in tours are subject to capacity.[6] That makes its current official tours page the appropriate starting point for planning.
Before travelling, check the current booking arrangements, accessibility information and age rules directly with the distillery. Do not treat an undated tour listing as confirmation of availability on a particular day, and distinguish access to the visitor centre from a guaranteed place on a tour.
Where to go next
- Cooley Distillery: Connemara and Tyrconnell: background on the distillery named in the bulk-whiskey record.
- Glendalough: another name to explore within the Irish distillery and brand guide.
- Boann: a separate distillery profile for continuing your reading.
Sources
[1] Powerscourt Distillery. Powerscourt Distillery: New owner. Company statement, page dated 25 March 2026, with announcement header dated 22 January 2026.
https://powerscourtdistillery.com/powerscourtdistillery-newowner/
[2] Interpath. Interpath secures sale of Powerscourt Distillery to Altiva Management Inc with new investment. Receiver’s statement, 23 January 2026.
https://interpath.com/?p=7279
[3] DLA Piper. DLA Piper advises Altiva Management. Buyer’s legal adviser’s statement, 28 January 2026.
https://www.dlapiper.com/en/news/2026/01/dla-piper-advises-altiva-management
[4] Solocheck, reproducing Irish Companies Registration Office data. Powerscourt Distillery Limited, 587065. Company record and filing history, checked November 2026.
https://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Company/Powerscourt-Distillery-Limited-587065
[5] Solocheck, reproducing Irish Companies Registration Office data. Powerscourt Distillery VC Limited, 615410. Company record and filing history, data updated 4 November 2026.
https://www.solocheck.ie/Irish-Company/Powerscourt-Distillery-Vc-Limited-615410
[6] Powerscourt Distillery. Home, Our Distillery and Tours. Undated company website pages, footer 2026.
https://powerscourtdistillery.com/
https://powerscourtdistillery.com/ourdistillery/
https://powerscourtdistillery.com/tours/
This desk-researched profile uses the supplied verified fact sheets and their claim-to-source mappings, checked by the site’s researchers in November 2026.
Last checked: November 2026