Events
Catch us on the hoof at Gin Festivals, Events, Galas & Exhibitions that you’ll find Bertha’s Revenge appearing at throughout the year!-
Irish Salmon Challenge with Glenda Powell
Or friend and fly-fishing legend Glenda Powell is launching the FISH-LIVE-LEARN with Glenda Powell Irish Salmon Challenge for the coming season. As keen conservationists and anglers ourselves (when time allows), we are delighted to support this event and we have donated a magnum of Sloe Bertha which the winner will receive along with lots of other fabulous prizes.
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Happy Thanks Giving
Wishing all our friends, customers, stockists, distribution partners across the USA a very Happy Thanksgiving Day.
Thank you for your wonderful support of Bertha!
Justin & Antony
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Bertha at Ballymaloe Craft Fair
Ballymaloe Craft Fair - 17th to 19th November
Bertha’s Revenge Gin has taken a stall at the Ballymaloe Craft Fair this weekend. It’s the perfect opportunity to do all your Xmas shopping and it is a fantastic day out for all the family. There will be a dizzying array of stall holders selling all sorts of curiosities from antiques, Irish crafts, food trucks to artisan gin.
Justin will be there throughout the weekend, sharing gin tipples and the ‘full herd’ of Bertha’s Revenge Gin will be on sale.
Hope to see you there!
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Ballyvolane House Autumn/Winter Newsletter
Delighted to share our latest newsletter from our home Ballyvolane House…
We are looking forward to hosting the Christmas Market and Santa Experience in November, Festive Dining in the run-up to Xmas, Faulty Towers chaos and get into the Festive Spirit with Bertha’s Revenge Gin.
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Taste of Cork & Waterford Christmas Market at Ballyvolane House
We are delighted that The Taste of Cork and Waterford will be hosting their annual Christmas Market and Santa Experience at our home, Ballyvolane House on Saturday, 25th and Sunday, 26th November 2023. Market stalls selling all manner of gifts, crafts and stocking-fillers including Bertha. There will be food trucks too.
This is a local community event and is being organised by the wonderful Castlelyons Community Council. All information and booking links are published on the Castlelyons Parish Facebook Page.
Hope to see you there!
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Feast - East Cork Food & Drink Festival 2023 - Climate Conscious Food
Join us on Friday, 8th September 2023 for a Climate Conscious Food panel discussion, a long-table lunch and a tour of Ballyvolane House and gardens. This event is part of the Feast - East Cork Food and Drink Festival 2023.
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Cork on a Fork Festival
Cork City’s most delicious week is back! Cork on a Fork Fest, a city wide celebration of Cork food and dining, returns for five days of feasting and fun from 16th-20th August 2023. Supported by Cork City Council, in collaboration with Failte Ireland, Ireland’s Ancient East, Visit Cork, Cork Business Association, and Cork Airport.
Justin Green from Ballyvolane House Spirits Company will share a fascinating behind the scenes story of the locally produced Bertha’s Revenge small batch Irish milk gin, and a tasting at the Crawford Art Gallery.
2pm, Friday, 18th August 2023
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National Heritage Week 2023 | Garden Open Day | Food Trucks | Guided Tours
As part of National Heritage Week 2023 which runs from 12th to 20st August 2023, join us at Ballyvolane House for our special National Heritage Week Open Gardens, Pop-up Café, Food Trucks and guided tours of the house and grounds on Thursday, 17th August 2023.
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All Together Now 2023
Justin will be heading to All Together Now 2023 at Curraghmore Estate this coming Sunday, 6th August to participate in the chaos that is Grub Circus. Ring Master Joe McNamee has assembled an incredible line-up of events, characters throughout the weekend.
Justin and Bertha’s Revenge Gin will feature in an event called A TRULY IRISH COCKTAIL.
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National Biodiversity Week Ireland 2023
National Biodiversity Week Ireland 2023 Ireland runs from 19th to 28th May.
We are always trying to improve our biodiversity here at Ballyvolane House and we have around 20 hectares of woodland and four lakes which provide pristine and safe habitats for birds, red squirrels, amphibians and pollinators. We preserve and protect these biodiversity friendly habitats and we have created some new ones too. We have added some waterfowl nesting tubes (see photo above) to our lakes which provide safe nesting boxes for moorhens and mallard. We have also recently sown 4.5 hectares of winter bird food (mix of spring wheat, linseed, white mustard, phacelia and oilseed radish) which will sustain and feed an abundance of our resident songbirds throughout the winter months. We have erected numerous bird nesting boxes and bat boxes around the estate too. We also planted 300 native trees last year.