{"id":14989,"date":"2017-09-06T09:20:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T08:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=14989"},"modified":"2017-09-06T09:22:34","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T08:22:34","slug":"beer-cider-spirit-and-cheese-festival-at-the-slieve-donard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/09\/beer-cider-spirit-and-cheese-festival-at-the-slieve-donard\/","title":{"rendered":"BEER, CIDER, SPIRIT AND CHEESE FESTIVAL AT THE SLIEVE DONARD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some of County Down\u2019s finest food and drink artisanal producers will be at the Slieve Donard Resort and Spa, Newcastle on Saturday 30th<\/sup> September for the annual Slieve Donard Beer, Cider, Spirit and Cheese Festival.<\/h1>\n
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BEER, CIDER, SPIRIT AND CHEESE FESTIVAL AT THE SLIEVE DONARD\u0085Hazel Magill, Head Chef at Slieve Donard Resort and Spa and General Manager, Stephen Meldrum are looking forward to welcoming some of County Down\u0092s finest food and drink artisanal producers to the hotel on Saturday 30th September for the annual Slieve Donard Beer, Cider, Spirit and Cheese Festival.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Drinks exhibitors at the festival this year include Whitewater Brewery, Tempted Cider and Kilmeggan Cider, Shortcross Gin and Echlinville Distillery, home to Dunville Whiskey and Echlinville Gin along with local food producers including Kearney Blue Cheese and Fivemiletown Creamery.<\/p>\n

This year there will also be a new addition at the Festival with a Slieve Donard Street Food Stall with some delicious local treats to taste.<\/p>\n

Stephen Meldrum, General Manager at the Slieve Donard Resort and Spa, said:\u00a0 \u201cWe are thrilled to announce the return of the Slieve Donard Beer, Cider, Spirit and Cheese Festival following the inaugural event in 2016 which was a huge success.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Festival will showcase many of County Down\u2019s finest brands who will be there to talk about what they do with such enthusiasm that it\u2019s impossible not to get totally drawn in.\u00a0 On top of that there will be lots of food and drink to sample to ensure a good time is had by all.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe at Hastings Hotels are huge supporters of working with the finest local food and drink producers and we can\u2019t wait for guests to come along and see for themselves just why the Slieve Donard holds them in such very high esteem\u201d, concluded Stephen.<\/p>\n

This fabulous food and drink event, supported by both Newry, Mourne and Down District Council and Tourism Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

Tickets for the event cost \u00a314 per person, which includes three drinks tokens and a souvenir glass, and are available from the Slieve Donard reception or by calling the hotel on 028 4372 1066<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Some of County Down\u2019s finest food and drink artisanal producers will be at the Slieve Donard Resort and Spa, Newcastle on Saturday 30th September for the annual Slieve Donard Beer, Cider, Spirit and Cheese Festival. Drinks exhibitors at the festival this year include Whitewater Brewery, Tempted Cider and Kilmeggan Cider, Shortcross Gin and Echlinville … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14989"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14989"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14993,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14989\/revisions\/14993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}