Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
Do / Food Events / Irish beer & cider
by Caroline · Published August 24, 2012 · Last modified September 5, 2017
I’m doing a few Irish craft beer demos over the next couple of weekends with the Theatre of Food crew. This weekend I’m off to the Dublin Tall Ships festival with my partner-in-beer, Kristin...
Demos / Do / Irish beer & cider / Work
by Caroline · Published July 31, 2012 · Last modified September 5, 2017
If you’re around West Cork over the August Bank Holiday weekend, you might just want to take yourself along to Liss Ard 2012, a festival of music, literature, drama and (very importantly!) food. I’ll...
Do / Irish beer & cider / Life
by Caroline · Published January 31, 2012 · Last modified September 5, 2017
2011? Phew! A crazy, crazy year. Still, after a relatively calm January, I’ve finally had a chance to gather together my favourite food memories of the last 12 months. *** Eight Degrees Beer: the...
Bake / Demos / Irish beer & cider
by Caroline · Published December 14, 2011 · Last modified December 1, 2020
Last week I was up in Dublin for the National Crafts & Design Fair in the RDS, doing a couple of demonstrations on the Cooks Academy stage in the Food Emporium. The title of my demo was Baking with...
Bake / Demos / Irish beer & cider / Work
by Caroline · Published December 9, 2011 · Last modified December 1, 2020
Update March 2015: These started off life in 2011 as Knockmealdown Porter Brownies but, when it came to putting this recipe in Sláinte: The Complete Guide to Irish Craft Beer and Cider, my co-author...
Bake / Demos / Irish beer & cider / Work
by Caroline · Published December 6, 2011 · Last modified December 1, 2020
Last week I was up in Dublin for the National Crafts & Design Fair in the RDS, doing a couple of demonstrations on the Cooks Academy stage in the Food Emporium. The title of my...
A few Eight Degrees Brewing and beer-related updates… We all – the Husband’s parents are visiting at the moment – gathered around the radio on Sunday morning to hear the Aussie do us proud...
Culture File on RTÉ Lyric FM / Irish beer & cider / Radio / Work
by Caroline · Published August 25, 2011 · Last modified June 15, 2016
When I travelled to the first Irish Cloud Festival which took place in Skibbereen at the end of June, I was wearing two hats. The car was loaded up with cases of Sunburnt Irish...
