Food Culture Chats- Drinking Culture!

Midleton Park Hotel, Old Cork Road, Midleton, CO, Ireland
7 September

Santina Kennedy – formerly of Powerscourt Distillery in Co Wicklow, WSET and MA in Gastronomy, is now an independent drinks consultant with a penchant for mixing history, folklore and art with Irish craft drinks.

Carol Quinn – is the archivist for Irish Distillers Ltd in Midleton and a guardian of 150 years of Irish whiskey heritage from Midleton, Cork and Dublin. From dusty ledgers and the everyday accounts of working life of the people who served these distilleries, Carol brings to life the very human experience of those people in making the heritage whiskey brands of IDL the global success story they are.
Justin Green – owner-proprietor of Ballyvolane House and co-founder of Bertha’s Revenge which was Ireland’s first “milk gin”, there is a perfect blending in the brand story of the gins produced at the micro distillery of history, heritage and the taste of place that has been incorporated into the range of gins produced. Many a good story has been shared over a classic G&T…
Barry Walsh – co-founder of Kilahora Orchard in Glounthaune. Barry and his cousin, Dave, located some old wild apple trees on a walk of the land attached to an acquired home and from there traced old maps of the estate to discover an orchard had been on these lands for at least 200 years. In recent years, the cousins have reinstated the old orchard and planted hundred of varieties of apple and pear trees from all over the world as well as developing their premium range of apple spirits, wines and ciders sold all around the world.

Justin Green will bring some Bertha Sloe Gin to sample; Santina Kennedy will bring some Whiskey and other goodies to taste and pair with, and Barry will bring some samples from the range of Killahora Orchards premium craft drinks for the audience to taste.

Event Details

https://feastcork.ie/events/2024/8/23/h3yhdvwjbiyks4sp4ga3lp64ktw0kg-mkn32

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