Topic: A Sip of Knowledge with Louise McGuane, Founder of J.J. Corry Irish Whiskey

Hosts: Liz Rhoades, Lew Bryson, & Martin Duffy

What You’ll Learn: Join a trio of drink industry veterans in weekly conversation on whiskey, spirits, distilling, marketing and the current state of the drink industry. This week, Louise McGuane, founder of J.J. Corry Irish Whiskey, joins the group.

About Louise McGuane: 

Louise McGuane left Ireland in 1995 and went on to pursue an international career in the drinks industry living and working in New York, Paris, London and Singapore. She returned home in 2016 to found J.J. Corry Irish Whiskey on her family farm back in Cooraclare. Louise brought back the lost art of Irish Whiskey Bonding, and became the first whiskey bonder in Ireland in over 50 years. She sources whiskies from new and old distilleries all around the Island of Ireland and her goal is to build the most diverse library of Irish Whiskey. She matures and blends award winning whiskies which are now exported all over the world. She is Ireland’s only solo female founder in the Irish Whiskey Industry. 

About the Hosts: 

• Liz Rhoades, founder of Spirit Safe Consulting, former research scientist for DIAGEO, distilling consultant, spirits writer for The Whiskey Wash & presenter.

• Lew Bryson, former managing editor for Whisky Advocate Magazine for 20 years, whiskey author, beer/whiskey writer and presenter.

• Martin Duffy, former DIAGEO Master of Whisky for the Midwest, DIAGEO Reserve Brand Ambassador for The Republic of Ireland, North American Brand Representative for Glencairn Crystal.