Irish Whiskey is famous throughout the world and not only is it a very popular drink on its own, it’s also used in Irish Coffee, hot whiskies (punch) as well as a number of cakes and puddings. Distilled from the finest barley, it’s not really a drink to knock back…it’s best to savour every last drop of this golden nectar. Irish whiskey basically means ‘whiskey made in Ireland’. The word whiskey comes from the Irish term ‘uisce beatha’ meaning water of life’ So whether it be single malt, single grain, pure pot …
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Simple, healthy and hassle free, these words probably best sum up Irish cuisine. So you’ve arrived in Ireland and you cannot wait to sample the local food and drink. The cuisine is mainly traditional and wholesome home cooked foods. The focus in Irish cooking was always to use fresh, locally sourced ingredients and to make enough to feed everyone - Irish families were traditionally quite large. We’re not dealing with spicy food here - but you’ll taste something so different, so unique that it won’t be matched anywhere else in …
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Guinness is brewed with Irish-grown barley, hops, brewers yeast and water. But we all know that there’s a bit more to the story than that… For further details please read on…     Also known as a ‘meal in a glass’ or ‘liquid bread’ some people joke that Guinness is one of the major food groups in Ireland. But at only 198 calories per pint the joke is on them as it’s actually lighter than most other beers with slightly less calories per 100ml than orange juice or semi-skimmed milk. Though …
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