It was originally bottled by Gilbey's, a Dublin spirits merchant using distillate sourced from Jameson's Bow Street Distillery.

[1] These whiskeys were aged at least six years in Gilbey's own sherry casks at its bonded warehouses on Dublin's Harcourt Street.

[1] In 1968, Irish Distillers opted to phase out the supply of bonded whiskey to merchants such as Gilbey's.

[17] Redbreast is one of a handful of single pot still whiskeys in existence today and one of only two to have been produced almost continuously since the early 1900s (the other being Green Spot).

[18] As a result of falling demand, most Irish whiskeys were either reformulated as blends or discontinued.