Taste The Island Buyers Guide

More popular Breweries & Distilleries worth a visit County Brewery Name Contact Phone Website About Antrim Bushmills Distillery +44 (0) 28 2073 3218 www.bushmills.com It’s said to be the oldest licensed distillery in the world. It’s certainly Ireland’s oldest working one. Take a tour and see for yourself how this global icon is made. You’ll visit the Mash House, Still House, Cask Store and Bottling Hall, find out about the role of the River Bush and the importance of Madeira barrels and Spanish sherry casks. Carlow Carlow Brewing Company Seamus O’Hara +353 (0) 59 9720509 www.carlowbrewing. com Meet the Carlow Brewing Team, one of Ireland’s original craft brewers, and walk through the brewing process with our brewers. The brewery tour will take you on a journey through Ireland’s indigenous craft brewing history and share the secrets behind brewing O’Hara’s award-winning beers. Cork Franciscan Well Brewery Shane Long +353 (0) 86 8512848 www. franciscanwellbrewery. com Visit one of the city’s oldest and best-loved craft brewers in the heart of Cork, where the Franciscan Well team have their own micro-brewery, pub and pizzeria with organised tours, tastings and demonstrations of the fine art of craft brewing. Cork Black’s Brewery and Distillery Sam Black +353 (0) 87 9180433 www.blackbrewery.com Founded in 2013, this Kinsale operation offers tours of their brewery and distillery followed by tastings in their new custom-built taproom to try their extensive range of craft beers, small batch gin, spiced Irish rum and single malt whiskey. Cork NEW West Cork Brewing KevinWaugh +353 (0) 86 3565166 www. westcorkbrewingco.ie Located on Baltimore’s picturesque shores, this brainchild of three childhood friends – Dominic, Henry and Kevin – was launched in 2014 at Dominic’s family-run hotel, Casey’s of Baltimore. Their brewer guides visitors through their traditional process of brewing and bottling by hand using fresh spring well water, before enjoying a sampling of beers. Donegal Kinnegar Brewery Libby Carton +353 (0) 74 9158874 www.kinnegarbrewing. ie Visits to the brewery offer visitors a complete overview of the brewing process, beginning in the malt loft and continuing through the brew house, the fermentation process, the conditioning cellar and finally to packaging. 106 SECT ION 12 – DI ST I LLERI ES & BREWERI ES