Cooley Distillery is the only independent, Irish-owned whiskey distillery in Ireland, converted in 1987 from an older industrial potato ethanol plant by John Teeling. The Distillery is located on the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth on Ireland's east coast.

What makes Cooley's whiskey distillery distinctive is their use of small copper pot stills with very large necks.
These cause the spirits to take 50 percent longer to pass through, and the distillers believe that the result is a more refined product.

Mackmyra Whisky is a Swedish whisky distillery founded in 1999 and began distilling commercially in 2002.
The distillery is located at the Mackmyra Bruk mill in Gästrikland.

The first range of six bottles named Preludium were released throughout 2006 & 2007 instantly selling out. The distillers use a variety of fuels to infuse their barley including: alderwood, juniper twigs and spruce twigs. The materials of the barrels vary too with the majority made from Swedish oak.