J.J. Corry The Sonas For Master Of Malt
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Lot number: 168-02499
Winning bid: £30
During one trip home to Ireland, Louise McGuane found herself rummaging through an old antique shop. In amongst the dusty shelves of glassware, Louise found an old label from a whiskey bottle. In 2 colour hand drawn type it read “Mature Irish whiskey, bonded & carefully bottled by J.J. Corry. Kilrush Co. Clare.
Kilrush is a small port town just a few miles from Louise’s family farm in Cooraclare. Louise began to research who this old neighbour J.J. Corry was. Her searches through troves of local history revealed him to be an entrepreneur from another era—a Victorian merchant of many things—spirits, tea, bicycles, musical instruments, ammunition and much more. He ran a bustling business on Henry St in the small port town of Kilrush.
She threw herself into understanding the traditional art of whiskey bonding, which had been lost for 100 years. Louise began to bond in 2013, a time when many interesting distillers were firing to life across Ireland.
The Sonas
Taking inspiration from the tranquillity of the Emerald Isle, J.J. Corry The Sonas is named after the Gaelic word for ‘Happiness’. The whiskey itself is a blend of particularly creamy Irish single malt and brilliantly buttery Irish single grain.
Bottled: 2020
50% ABV / 70cl
Bottle Number: 347 / 372
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