Rademon Estate Distillery was founded in 2013 by Fiona and David Boyd-Armstrong and is located in Co. Down. The estate dates back to 565AD, with the estate house dated to 1667. David and Fiona started out making a world class gin which launched in 2014 under the Shortcross brand. It takes its name from Crossgar nearby, which directly translates in Gaelic as "the short cross". Whiskey distillation began back in 2015.
The 7yo Single Malt from Shortcross is a double distilled, peated whiskey - 55ppm at time of mashing. Rademon Estate run very long fermentation times, in the magnitude of 160-180 hrs. This expression was matured exclusively in Cognac and Orange Liquer casks, a first for the Irish whiskey industry. It is non-chill filtered, natural colour and is bottled at 46% abv.