Taste the Island Buyers Guide 2020

Day 1 Morning MICRO BREWING BY THE GRAND CANAL AT KILDARE BREWING COMPANY www.lock13.ie Learn about the brewing process and taste the local malts, hops, water and yeast before entering the brewery. Visitors will be shown the milling room, water treatment, mash tun, kettle, whirlpool, plate heat exchanger and then finally the fermenters where the yeast is added to create alcohol. At the end of the tour, visitors are given a tasting of their core range of beers. Lunch Travel time and distance from Kildare Brewing Company to Burtown House: 31 minutes – 36km THE GREEN BARN AT BURTOWN HOUSE www.burtownhouse.ie/green-barn-shop The Green Barn is easily accessible as a quick lunch stop, or for a more relaxed luncheon style affair or for dinner on Saturday night. The restaurant opens out onto an exterior terrace, and again into a series of courtyard spaces that each tell a different story and create a different ambience. Afternoon Travel time and distance from Burtown House to Blackstairs Eco Trails: 43 minutes – 52.4km BLACKSTAIRS ECO TRAILS FORAGINGWORKSHOP www.blackstairsecotrails.ie A relaxing hands-on foraging workshop, spending time in the woods, fields and hedgerows looking for wild safe foods, including fungi, fruits, nuts and berries. Learn how to make beech leaf liqueur, sorrel tabbouleh and find wild greens for salads. Turn your hand to making wild garlic pesto and delicious salads from the wild. Dinner Travel time and distance from Blackstairs Eco Trails to Lennons@Visual: 37 minutes – 31.6km LENNONS @VISUAL, OLD DUBLIN RD, GRAIGUE, CARLOW www.lennons.ie Lennon's, located on the Lower Ground Floor of the Visual Arts Centre in Kilkenny with quality contemporary food and cocktails served in a relaxed setting.When visiting Butcher Restaurant you are sitting 9 miles from Summerhill Farm, Thomastown, where they rear traditional breeds including purebred Hereford, Galloway and Aberdeen Angus. Overnight Travel time and distance from Lennons toWoodford Dolmen Hotel: 10 minutes – 3.6km THEWOODFORD DOLMEN HOTEL www.woodforddolmenhotel.ie Spend the evening in the comfortable surroundings of the Dolmen Bar soaking up the local atmosphere, what better way to end a perfect day. The Plum Tree Bistro serves dishes prepared with fresh, local produce, including herbs from their head chef's herb garden. I RELAND’ S ANCI ENT EAST 83