News
General news from Bertha’s byre and the Ginsmiths within.-
Cork and Kerry Food Market
Busy day at Cork City Hall on 4th November sharing Bertha love with the good people of Cork. The Cork and Kerry Food Market is a showcase of over 70 artisan producers from all over Cork & Kerry with tastings & demonstrations of an incredible variety!
Lovely quirky film of artisan food and drink producers from Cork & Kerry commissioned by Cork County Council for the Cork & Kerry Food Market. Bertha plays a starring role. Stunning film-making by @kachmarsky.
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SLOE BERTHA
SLOE BERTHA - a warming tipple made by infusing wild sloes with Bertha’s Revenge Gin. The wild sloes are picked from the hedgerows around Ballyvolane and beyond when they ripen in the autumn. We then steep them in Bertha’s Revenge Gin for several months and add some sugar syrup at the end to sweeten.
A bit like a good dog, SLOE BERTHA is a welcome companion when taking to the great outdoors over the winter. A few sips of SLOE BERTHA will renew flagging enthusiasm when cold, wet and watching a match from the sidelines. Equally, it will serve to gird the loins when facing the final hill of the day. Away from the sporting field, SLOE BERTHA may be enjoyed as a digestif or as a key ingredient in our Hedgerow Martini.
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RTE Lyric FM Culture File Podcast
Listen back to this podcast on Culture File on RTE Lyric FM. Justin was a guest on Culture File and chatted with Luke and Neil Clancy about Bertha’s Revenge Gin as well as the ancient and modern uses of whey alcohol.
‘Culture File: The old new world of whey alcohol. Milk-based alcohol has ancient roots and is very common, so why are we coy about it wonders Justin Green.’
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Droimeann Cattle Society
A cattle breed society was established on 5/11/2015 dedicated to preserving the Droimeann cattle breed. Currently a programme of genomic testing is being undertaken as a means of scoring cattle in terms of breed purity and co-ancestry so that an effective breed improvement programme can be developed. The aim of the society is to promote the breed and assist existing breeders while attracting new members interested in the breed.
Bertha’s Revenge Gin is aptly named after ‘Big Bertha’ the world’s oldest cow. Bertha was a Droimeann and lived near Sneem in the Kingdom County of Kerry until the ripe old age of 48. She is in the Guinness Book of World Records for being the oldest cow and also holds the record for having the most number of calves - an eye-bulging 38!
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Blas na hEireann 2017 Irish Food Awards Gold for Sloe Bertha
We are just back from magical Dingle in the Kingdom County of Kerry. We are delighted to report that Bertha’s Revenge Sloe Gin won Gold at the Blas na hEireann Irish Food Awards 2017.
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Bertha on Ice
We would like to share this wonderful pic and thank @ReluctantFOOdie for sending the pic of ‘Bertha on Ice’ or ‘Revenge is best served cold’. It was taken in the Newfoundland coast in Canada.
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Ballyvolane House News Autumn/Winter 2017
Lots going on at Ballyvolane House over the next few months: Taste Cork Week, Turtle Bunbury talks about his latest book ‘1847’, Faulty Towers comes to Ballyvolane (prepare for total chaos), Festive Feasting in the run-up to Xmas and lashings of Bertha tipples along the way!
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Great Taste Awards Star 2017 for Bertha
We are delighted to announce that Bertha was awarded a star at the Great Taste Awards 2017 in London. We are udderly delighted.
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Taste Cork Week - 'Meet the Makers' lunch & distillery tour at Ballyvolane House
As part of Taste Cork Week which runs from 16th to 22nd October 2017, we are hosting a ‘Meet the Makers’ Tour, Chat and Lunch with Antony & Justin the distillers of Bertha’s Revenge Gin, Scott the brewer at Eight Degrees Brewing and Daniel the cider maker of Stonewell Cider at Ballyvolane House on Wednesday, 18th October 2017.
The event will kick-off at 12noon with a B&T (Bertha & Tonic) and as soon as everyone has arrived, guests will be given a tour of the house, gardens and gin distillery. Lunch will be served at 1pm in the dining terrace where guests can meet and chat with the makers over lunch. Tipples produced by all three makers will be served during lunch.
We would urge you to book early to avoid disappointment. It promises to be a wonderful event where guests can ‘Meet the Makers’ enjoy a good lunch, sample some stonking tipples and make merry. We hope you can join us!
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Bertha's Revenge - a contender for the World's Best Martini 2018
