Drinks. Talks and Tastings at Ballymaloe Lit Fest.

Drinks Talks and Tastings at Ballymaloe Lit Fest

Just to help mark your card, Colm McCan has been in touch with up to date info.

Craft Beers will feature.

Kerrygold Ballymaloe Literary Festival of Food and Wine at Ballymaloe, 15^th – 17th May 2015.

There will also be over 20 wine & drinks talks and  tastings on wine, craft beer, craft cider, gin, whiskey, cocktails, rum, cooperage display, wine theatre and lots more, with participating wine & drinks experts from Ireland and overseas, including:

Jancis Robinson MW, one of the 'most respected wine writers in the world'

Alice Feiring, the New York based award winning natural wine writer 

Garrett Oliver, brewmaster and beer author, editor-in-chief of the Oxford Companion to Beer, and brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery

Caroline Hennessy, co-author of Slainte, the book on Irish Craft Beer and Cider

Desmond Payne, the world’s most experienced Master Gin Distiller 

Irish Craft Beer with some of Ireland's top craft brewers on stage with Caroline Hennessy

Irish Craft Cider with some of Ireland's top craft cider producers on stage with Leslie Williams

Brian Nation, Master Distiller Midleton Distillery

Dave Broom, prolific drinks writer, author of over 10 books on Whiskey including 'The World Atlas of Whisky'

Nick Strangeway, a cocktail legend on the international bar scene

John Wilson, wine & drinks writer, The Irish Times

Raymond Blake, wine editor, Food and Wine Magazine

Mary Dowey, wine editor, The Gloss Magazine 

Leslie Williams, wine & drinks writer, The Irish Examiner

Tomas Clancy, wine & drinks writer, The Sunday Business Post

Tom Doorley, wine & drinks writer, The Irish Daily Mail

Oisin Davis, one of Irelands top names in cocktails

Ger Buckley, 5th Generation Master Cooper, Midleton Distillery

Susan Boyle with her critically acclaimed 'A Wine Goose Chase' combining wine tasting and theatre

And much much more throughout the Litfest weekend 

Please see link here for full programme of events www.litfest.ie

Please contact Colm@ballymaloe.ie for any further information on the wine and drinks events at Litfest.