Taste the Island - A Celebration of Ireland's Food and Drink - 2019 Buyers Guide

Trail Unique Characteristics of the Trail Download your Trail Guide and Map Carlow Food Trail Carlow may be a small county but when it comes to the quality and range of food both grown and produced there, it packs a powerful punch.With its undulating countryside and rich tapestry of family farms you can just sense it’s the perfect place to produce food. And you’d be right.Whether it’s free range produce fresh from the farm, artisan cheese, local apples or home bakery, Carlow has it all. Now the Carlow Food Trail catalogue brings this great food story together. Not alone has it information on artisan and organic producers, it also details large food manufacturers in the county whose products are available countrywide. From farmers’ markets and farm shops where you can buy delicious award winning cheeses, wholesome free range and organic meat and poultry along alongside locally grown seasonal fruit and vegetables. And not forgetting the booming drinks sector with two Carlow brands – Royal Oak Distillery and the Carlow Brewing Company – now exporting globally. The Carlow Food Trail also presents the many restaurants that make it their business to feature fresh, seasonal and local food on their menus. www.carlowtourism. com/site-assets/ uploads/2018/09/ Carlow-Food-Trail.pdf Ireland’s Whiskey Trail “The IrelandWhiskey Trail is your free touring guide to many of Ireland’s distilleries, best whiskey pubs, hotel bars and specialised whiskey shops – with its free touring maps or App for mobile phones in English, French or German. This trail, with more than 30 different locations to chose from, ensures there is something for everyone on the IrelandWhiskey Trail. Discover the distilleries of Ireland, as well as the finest Irish pubs, hotels and whiskey shops, where you can enjoy the very best in Irish whiskey and Irish hospitality. Relax and share some Irish “”craic”” with informed locals, enjoy the hospitality as you sample an excellent selection of whiskeys before stocking up on familiar and not so familiar brands guided by well trained staff. A call and challenge to smell, see, taste, talk and capture the magic and enchantment of whiskey – The Irish way! “ www. irelandwhiskeytrail. com/the_whiskey_trail. php Pot Stills at Old Jameson Distillery 57 SECT ION 8 – FOOD & DRINK TOURS & TRAI LS