22/10/2026
๐ฅ | A special bottle of โUisce Beathaโ โ the water of life ๐โจ
Next time you're in the Lounge at Carty's Bar & Lounge - Knock, take a look at a little piece of Carty family historyโค๏ธ๐ก
๐ฅ Displayed behind the bar, you'll find a vintage bottle of John Jameson & Son JJ&S Dublin Wh***ey, Ten Years Old, alongside a framed display of its original label and neck label ๐ผ๏ธ๐
๐ But what makes this particularly special isn't just the wh***ey or its age. It's the name printed at the bottom of the label: ๐๏ธ๐
โBottled by James Carty, Knock, Claremorris.โ ๐
James โJimโ Carty was Michael's grandfather, and here, in the lettering of a bygone era, his name has been preserved for generations to come ๐ฐ๏ธ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ But there's a bigger story behind that labelโฆ ๐โจ
๐ฐ๏ธ Long before today's familiar branded bottles filled the shelves, Ireland had a tradition of local wh***ey bottlers ๐ฎ๐ช Publicans, vintners and w**e merchants could purchase wh***ey in bulk, bottle it for sale, and label it with their own business name ๐พ๐ท๏ธ These local bottlers were an important link between the distilleries and the communities they served ๐ญ๐ค๐๏ธ
๐ญ The wh***ey itself came from one of Ireland's most famous distilling names ๐ฎ๐ช John Jameson established his Bow Street distillery in Dublin in 1780, building a business that would become synonymous with Irish wh***ey ๐ฅโจ The JJ&S name on our bottle belongs to that long history, while the words โDublin Wh***eyโ connect it to Jameson Irish Wh***ey historic home at Bow Street ๐๐๏ธ
๐ผ๏ธ Today, the bottle and its framed labels sit together behind the bar in our Lounge ๐ป They're a reminder that pubs have always been about more than what's poured into a glass ๐ฅ They're about family ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ, community ๐๏ธ, conversation ๐ฌ and the stories passed down through generations โค๏ธ๐
๐ From Dublin's historic distillery to a local bottler in Knock, and eventually to its place behind the bar at Carty's โ this little bottle has quite a story to tell ๐ฅ๐
โค๏ธ Some bottles are made to be opened ๐พ Others are kept to remember the people and places that made them special ๐ฐ๏ธ๐ก
Slรกinte! ๐ฅ๐ป๐ฎ๐ช
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