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Old Butter Roads Food Festival 2019
The Old Butter Roads Food Festival 2019 (May 24th to June 1st) returns for the third year running and, this time, the flagship event will be the Old Butter Roads Food Festival (May 24-26) taking place over two days in the award-winning O’Mahony’s Gastropub & Courtyard, in Watergrasshill, where food writer Joe McNamee’s Grub Circus curates and hosts a family-friendly programme of fun food-related events for all ages as well as assembling a range of top guest speakers and contributors including Irish food legend Darina Allen, for the Old Butter Roads Food Symposium. As always, The Old Butter Roads Food Festival 2019 will showcase the splendid food produce, hospitality venues and tourism and leisure activities to be found along the trails of Cork’s historical Old Butter Roads region and delivered by the members of the Old Butter Roads Food Trails network.
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Tatler Magazine UK 'Take to the Eire' by Travel Editor Delilah Khomo
Cracking article entitled ‘Take to the Eire’ by Tatler’s Travel Editor Delilah Khomo. She says ‘What backstop? With grandeur, glamour and literary gems, the Emerald Isle sparkles this summer’, It’s in the June edition of Tatler Magazine UK. Delighted Ballyvolane House and Bertha’s Revenge Gin are featured and in such fine company too. Slainte and thanks Delilah!
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Gin Masterclass at Gin Experience Dublin 2019
We are really looking forward to being at Gin Experience Dublin on 12th & 13th April at Dublin Castle. We will be co-hosting a gin masterclass with our good friend Patrick Shelley from Ornabrak Single Malt Gin.
Hope to see you there.
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Bertha Sessions - Live Music & Curry Supper
Bertha Sessions live-music and curry supper this coming Friday, 5th April. We are delighted to bring you The Rambling Siulers, a talented Irish duo will perform live.
Brilliant value with tickets at €25 per person which include entry to the gig and a one-course curry supper.
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World Gin Awards 2019 - Bronze Medal Design for Bertha's Revenge Gin
Bertha’s Revenge Gin won a bronze medal for design at the World Gin Awards 2019. We are absolutely delighted and our thanks go to the judges.
We would like also to extend our thanks to Rod Springett a dear friend, who designed our logo and label. It’s reminiscent of a 1930’s style wood cut and captures the spirit of Bertha perfectly. We love it and we are delighted the judges did too.
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Gin Experience Dublin 2019
We will be bringing Bertha to Gin Experience Dublin this year. The event is being held at the iconic Printworks building at Dublin Castle and is on 12th and 13th April 2019. More than 40 producers and over 130 gins from both home and abroad will come together to fill Dublin Castle with passion, expertise and of course gin tipples.
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10 GIN BRANDS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2019 by the GastroGays
“It’s #Ginuary once again and we’re sharing so much gin content on our social media platforms, from daily snapshots and shout-outs to tips and round-ups to tempt all manner of gin imbibers. Meanwhile, we discovered so many new gins, distilleries, tonic brands and more throughout 2018 that we want to share them. Here are the ones – in no particular order – who impressed us at various points during 2018 and the ones we suggest to look out for in 2019!” by Patrick & Russell AKA The GastroGays. Thanks gents!
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Bertha in Rwanda, with Bóthar
Bertha is in Rwanda, with the charity Bóthar
Ballyvolane House Spirits Company have bought a heifer in calf, named her Bertha in honour of Bertha’s Revenge, their award-winning Irish milk gin, and sent her to rural Rwanda through Irish charity Bóthar to a family in need.
An in-calf Irish dairy heifer named Bertha recently made the 7,000 km journey from Roscrea to Rwanda, waved off fondly by her proud sponsors, Bertha’s Revenge producers Antony Jackson and Justin Green.
As part of a combined land and airlift, 20 Bóthar cows departed Roscrea Mart in Co. Tipperary to start their new lives in Rwanda, traveling to Rosslare and on to Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, where they were loaded onto a cargo plane for their overnight flight to Kigali.
Both Antony and Justin are excited about the difference ‘Bertha 2.0’ would be making in the small village of Rwamagana, Eastern Rwanda. “From speaking to CEO Dave Moloney in Bóthar, we know that Bertha will change someone’s life,” said Antony Jackson. “We are delighted to be able to honour our gin’s namesake in this way. Bóthar has been sending cows for the past 27 years and we are thrilled that Bertha’s Revenge can play a part in making a difference to a family who really need our help.”