Cork Dry Gin

Cork Dry Gin is an Irish gin. First produced in Cork in the Watercourse Distillery circa 1793. Since 1975, Cork Dry Gin has been manufactured by Irish Distillers, a subsidiary of Pernod Ricard, at their Midleton Distillery. Cork Dry Gin is the largest selling gin brand in Ireland.^[1]

Cork Dry Gin

Type	Gin
Manufacturer	Irish Distillers
Country of origin	Ireland
Introduced	Circa. 1793
Alcohol by volume	37.5%
Colour	Clear

Until recently, bottles of Cork Dry Gin still featured the name of the Cork Distilleries Company,^[2] which had purchased the Watercourse Distillery in 1867 and owned it until its subsequent merger with two other Irish distilleries to form Irish Distillers in 1966.^[3]

References

1. . Irish Distillers. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
2. "Cork Dry Gin". Difford's Guide. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
3. Townsend, Brian (1999). The Lost Distilleries of Ireland. Glasgow: Neil Wilson Press. ISBN 1897784872.

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