The Big Bear Cider Mill is a craft cider producer based in Essex and run by a team motivated by their passion for cider, and their desire to take the business to the next level. The Big Bear make quality craft cider from pesticide free, traditional cider apple varieties, grown in thriving orchards created from [...]
The Pearse Lyons Distillery is today celebrating the general release of the exclusive Pearse 5-Year-Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey. The single malt carries the first new five-year age statement to appear on an Irish whiskey in more than 25 years. The limited release whiskey was produced on two small-batch copper pot stills, and aged in bourbon casks. Presented in 4,000 [...]
The first “Caipirinha Month” is happening throughout Ireland this summer. The Embassy of Brazil in Ireland, in association with Fubá Cachaça and its distributor Dalcassian Wines & Spirits, are bringing together the best cocktail bars in Ireland on a month long celebration of Brazil’s quintessential cocktail, Caipirinha. Selected bars will engage with the Irish public [...]
Fifteen VFI members have been shortlisted for this years KNORR Great Carvery competition. After strong entries from the length and breadth of the four provinces, the 2018 KNORR Great Carvery competition will crown winners in two categories - Great Carvery Hotel of the Year and KNORR Great Carvery Pub of the Year. Speaking about this year’s [...]
The Irish Brewers Association (IBA) has welcomed the passage of the Breweries and Distilleries Bill in the Seanad, which will allow craft brewers and distillers to sell their products on site to visitors, without the need to acquire a full licence. This follows the successful passage of the bill in the Dáil last week. The [...]
Irish consumers are paying more excise tax on their glass of wine than anyone else in the European Union, and it’s not just consumers that are getting burned; restaurants, bars and off-licenses are suffering too, according to the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI). When consumers sit in a bar or beer garden to enjoy [...]
Archway, the newest addition to the Franciscan Well portfolio, is teaming up with Eatyard on the 28th and 29th of July to create GREATYARD, a celebratory weekend of great music, great food and of course, great lager. Located at Ireland’s coolest food market in Richmond Street South, Dublin, Archway are inviting people to transform their weekend from [...]
Bar of the Year announces the Southern Comfort People’s Choice Award. Recognising the Best Bars in Ireland as voted by you – the public! Select your favourite bar by province from Dublin, Leinster, Munster, Connacht/Ulster. All bars have been site inspected and shortlisted by our industry judges and now the voting [...]
Teeling Whiskey has announced the details of the second edition of ‘Dublin Rising’, a special event series that is being held to mark the coming of age of its award-winning distillery and the arrival of its Single Pot Still, the first Dublin distilled whiskey to be launched in over 40 years, later this year. Taking [...]
New Zealand Winegrowers has opened applications for the 2019 Sommit Scholarship for Sommeliers from the UK, Ireland and mainland Europe. First launched in 2015 with Sommeliers Australia, the scholarship is now a global initiative with the European sommeliers joining scholars from Australia, Asia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA in 2018. The New Zealand Wine [...]
