In recent statistics provided by the Distilled Spirits Council, super-premium Irish whiskey grew 54.4 percent in 2015 and high-end premium Irish whiskey rose 13.7 percent. This adds to the continued growth of the Irish whiskey category, both high-end and super-premium, growing 589 percent and 3,054 percent, respectively since 2002. In 2015, more than 3.2 million, 9-liter cases of Irish whiskey were sold in the U.S., which generated $664 million in revenue for distillers, according to the Distilled Spirits Council.