Irish dairy farmers provide the high quality cream used to produce the whiskey liqueur Baileys.
Launched in late 1974, Baileys Irish Cream is a cream liqueur made by the global drinks giant Diageo. From the outset, Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Limited has been the sole dairy supplier for Baileys. The cream liqueur uses a quarter of a million litres of fresh milk annually, making it the biggest buyer of Irish dairy outside the co-ops.
Some 82 million bottles of Baileys are sold to 180 countries around the world every year making the brand,
The single most successful spirit introduced in the last 40 years.
Baileys global success would be impossible without the high-quality dairy production on Irish farms. The production involves 40,000 dairy cows. Dairy farmer Brochan Cocoman from Kill in County Kildare is one of 1,500 farmers who supply Baileys. Dairy farming is hard work, with unsociable hours.
You need to love it to do it.
Brian Nolan the process plant manager at the Baileys factory at Nangor Road, in Clondalkin, explains 6.5 million litres of fresh cream go into the manufacture of Baileys annually.
Operations director Baileys Colin O'Brien praises the team of scientists continuing to innovate and develop new Baileys products.
Baileys Technical Manager Pat Normile reveals the successful product involves a combination of Madagascan vanilla pods and West African cocoa beans.
A unique recipe which nobody else has access to other than Baileys.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 3 February 2015. The reporter is George Lee.
