News
General news from Bertha’s byre and the Ginsmiths within.-
Great Taste Award 2018 for Bertha
We are delighted to share the good news that Bertha was a awarded a Star at the Great Taste Awards 2018 in London.
Organised by the Guild of Fine Food, The Great Taste Awards are widely regarded as the benchmark to recognise fine food and drink as it is the world’s largest blind-tasted food awards.
Thank you!
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Droimeann Cattle Society launches Herd Book at Ballyvolane House
The launch of the Droimeann Cattle Society Herd Book was held at Ballyvolane House on Wednesday, 22nd August 2018. There was a terrific turnout to support this historic event. It is a monumental occasion as it is the first cattle breed to be recognised in Ireland since 1927. The society are doing really important work to help preserve one of the rarest of the Irish rare-breeds. There are between 200 and 300 Droimeann cattle surviving in Ireland today. RTE’s Ear to the Ground filmed the event which will be aired in November. Thank you to everyone for coming & supporting the launch.
Bertha’s Revenge Gin is named after the most famous Droimeann of them all - Big Bertha, the world’s oldest cow. Fittingly, our distillery is located in an old cow shed in the farm yard at Ballyvolane. Ballyvolane translates into gaelic as ‘the place of leaping heifers’.
Happy happy day!
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Feast - East Cork Food & Drink Festival 2018 - Bertha’s Revenge Gin Distillery Tour & Lunch
As part of FEAST - EAST CORK FOOD & DRINK FESTIVAL, we are delighted to be hosting a Bertha’s Revenge Gin Distillery Tour, Tasting and a long-table lunch at Ballyvolane House on Thursday, 6th September 2018.
Date: Thursday, 6th September 2018
Time: 12noon distillery tour. 1pm lunch.
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Bertha wins 'Silver Outstanding' at the International Wine & Spirit Competition 2018 London
We are chuffed to bits that Bertha’s Revenge Gin won a Silver Outstanding Award at the International Wine & Spirit Competition 2018 in London. The International Wine & Spirit Competition awards excellence to wines & spirits in over 90 countries, encouraging recognition for quality products since 1969.
Bertha’s Revenge Gin was the highest ranked Irish gin in the awards for 2018.
We are delighted and we would like to thank the judges and our small team here at the distillery. We are celebrating!
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Bertha partying at All Together Now Festival at Curraghmore Estate
Justin is heading to ‘All Together Now’ at Curraghmore House on Sunday, 5th August and will be showing and sharing Bertha’s Revenge Gin Reviver tipples with the audience at the Grubb Circus curated by food writer and journalist, Joe McNamee. Fantastic line-up and looking forward to it enormously!
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Bertha & Tonic (B&T)
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Ballyvolane House - Ireland's Best Guest House, Home of Bertha's Revenge by The GastroGays
We are delighted to share this wonderful blog by the Gastro Gays ‘Ballyvolane House - Ireland’s Best Guest House, Home of Bertha’s Revenge’. It is beautifully written and the house comes alive with their stunning pics too. Thank you so much gents. It was a pleasure having you here.
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ChewTheFat Podcast on Bertha by the GastroGays
Listen back to this wonderful ChewTheFat podcast episode 3 by Patrick and Russell AKA The Gastro Gays. We chatted about our gin journey so far. Thanks gents for featuring Bertha.
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Old Butter Roads Summer Feile 2018
The Old Butter Roads Food Trails is super excited to be organising the 2nd year of the Summer Féile and this year looks to be even better than last year. Festivities kick off on Saturday May 05 with the Blarney/Cork Féile which will also include the official launch of The Féile.
The Old Butter Road Summer Féile is a month long festival that will be launched with an event at Church of the Resurrection, Blarney. The Féile will be officially launched by renowned food writer Joe McNamee . The Old Butter Roads Food Trails Producers and Restauranteurs will also be in attendance. Both Ballyvolane House and Bertha’s Revenge Gin are proud to be members of the Old Butter Roads.
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Poacher's Gin & Tonic Club - All Munster Gins Edition
A totally unique experience where we bring together some of the finest gins of Munster and pair with them Ireland’s first and only premium tonic waters. Enjoy full serves of two varieties from Blackwater Distillery from Waterford, Dingle Gin from The Dingle Whiskey Distillery in Kerry and we will be showing Bertha’s Revenge Gin with Poacher’s classic and citrus tonic waters. Ambassadors from the brands will be on hand to share details of how all the spirits and tonic waters are made and how they can best be enjoyed!
