-Shortcross Rye & Malt Irish Whiskey Launches –

Following on from the launch of its inaugural Shortcross Single Malt Irish Whiskey – which was awarded best New Irish Whiskey at The Irish Whiskey Awards – Rademon Estate Distillery has announced its second release –Shortcross Rye & Malt Irish Whiskey. 

Double distilled on copper pot stills, including one of the smallest whiskey stills on the island of Ireland, Shortcross Rye & Malt Irish whiskey has been proudly distilled, matured and bottled at Rademon Estate Distillery in County Down.

This carefully crafted edition has been created with a unique mash bill of 100% Irish malted rye and malted barley and aged in a combination of virgin chinkapin oak and ex-bourbon barrels.

Non-chill filtered, all natural colour with an ABV of 46%, Shortcross Rye & Malt Irish whiskey is available now via the Rademon Estate Distillery website, priced at £65 / €80. 

Commenting on Shortcross’s second whiskey release, Co-Founder and Head Distiller, David Boyd-Armstrong says: “When my wife Fiona and I founded Rademon Estate Distillery back in 2014, distilling whiskey was the dream. Last year this was realized with the launch of Shortcross Single Malt Irish Whiskey and we’re so proud to launch another uniquely Shortcross whiskey with the release of Shortcross Rye & Malt Irish Whiskey.

“With Rye & Malt, we’re continuing to lay down whiskey that has a distinctive taste profile. We strive to create as much flavour as possible in each stage of our whiskey making process and using water from the historic well on our estate, this release combines a mash bill of 100% Irish malted rye and malted barley to create a whiskey with spicy and peppery notes.”  

Shortcross Single Malt Irish Whiskey was the first new whiskey to be released from a Northern Ireland distillery in over 100 years, and 2022 will see further new releases from Rademon Estate Distillery. 

Shortcross Rye & Malt Irish Whiskey is available now, priced at £65 / €80, online, at the Rademon Estate Distillery shop and independent Off Sales. To purchase visit:rademonestatedistilleryshop.com/collections/shortcross-irish-whiskey/products/shortcross-rye-malt-irish-whiskey-1

Download the Balmoral Show App ahead of the Balmoral Show in partnership with Ulster Bank.

The app is a handy pocket tool to help guide you on your visit around the Show featuring trade stands and key attractions. To stop you missing out on the action, it also features the Show timetable of events across the action packed four days.

Users will also be able to live stream action from the Main Arena and Sheep Shearing Fold as well as highlights from the Cattle Rings and Horse Rings.

The app is now available for download on Apple Store and Google Play. Simply search for “Balmoral Show” and download!

The Balmoral Show in partnership with Ulster Bank will return to Balmoral Park from Wednesday 11^th May to Saturday 14^th May 2022. All tickets must be purchased online or through the App. Early Bird tickets will be available until Tuesday 10^th May. To purchase tickets to the Show, visitwww.balmoralshow.co.uk.

For the latest updates on the Show visitwww.balmoralshow.co.uk or follow Balmoral Show on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.  

The home of Shortcross Gin, and now Shortcross Whiskey, Rademon Estate Distillery, located in the beautiful County Down countryside just outside of Crossgar, has just launched its inaugural Shortcross Whiskey tours. 

In late 2021, Rademon Estate Distillery released the first Irish whiskey to be wholly distilled and released by a new Irish whiskey distillery in Northern Ireland since the 1920s. The first release – Shortcross Single Malt Irish Whiskey – was named Winner of Best New Irish Whiskey at The Irish Whiskey Awards – and Shortcross is soon to launch its Rye & Malt whiskey, a carefully crafted edition of Shortcross Irish Whiskey that’s been double distilled on Rademon’s copper pot stills, which are still some of the smallest whiskey stills on the island of Ireland.

Opening the doors of its beautiful distillery, the Shortcross Whiskey Discovery & Tour experience is available to book now. Tours commence from Thursday 14^th April and will run every Friday and Saturday. A fully immersive guided tour of the distillery and whiskey making process, the Shortcross Whiskey Discovery & Tour experience costs £49.50 per person and is lead by Head Distiller and Rademon Estate Distillery co-founder, David Boyd-Armstrong.

Guests will see and experience first-hand the sights, sounds, tastes and aromas of a fully operational craft distillery. The tour, lasting 1.5 hours, includes sampling Shortcross whiskey from the cask, a guided tasting and a complimentary Shortcross branded whiskey glass to take home.

Shortcross Whiskey Discovery Tours commence on 14^th April and run every weekend, costing £49.50pp. Tasting tours are priced at £20pp and there’s also Gin Discovery and Gin Tasting Tours. To book, visit www.rademonestatedistillery.com

Team Noisy in Belfast is on a mission to lead the snacking market with healthier snacks, adventurous flavours, sustainable materials and noise. Encouraging customers to SHOUT about their Health and Noisy lifestyle. 

Noel Allen, Founder, Noisy Snacks, said; “We are really excited to be launching our new brand refresh which is all natural flavours, HFSS approved and 100% recyclable packaging at the Natural Food Show Europe in London. It’s a fantastic show with a great reputationand we are very proud to have such a fantastic support from Invest NI to attend the event. In a local setting our snacks deliver a real punch with our adventurous flavours, low in calories and high protein. Keeping consumers Noisy and healthy throughout the day offering a truly unique snacking experience.”

HEALHTIER SNACKS WORTH SHOUTING ABOUT…

With extra flavouring added encouraging consumers to shake their snack to wake it as the snacks provides a noisy, explosive mouth sensation. Launching in an easy on the go single serve 25g pack size and a shareable 100g/150g pouch pack. The fully recyclable packs must be shaken loudly before opening to wake the flavour inside. The range is all natural, vegan friendly, a good source of protein and has very clear labelling for allergies and recycling processes. The range includes: • Noisy Snacks 25g Pulled Pork Flavoured Broad Beans: Get misty eyed over pulled-pork tenderly slow-cooked by loving hands, and infused with a complex blend of fresh herbs, sticky brown sugar and salt. The crunch, hint of spiciness and saltiness of our broad beans make them a moreish sensation. Available in 2x flavours including Award Winning Beef Brisket RRP £1.20​ • New Noisy Snacks 25g Piri Mango Flavoured Coated Chickpeas: Triggered by the crisp explosion of Chickpea, a tangy Piri spirals off your tongue carrying notes of paprika, herb and lemon; and served with the sweet mercy of mango. Available in 2x flavours including New Chip Shop Curry RRP £1.20• Noisy Snacks 100g Beef Brisket Flavoured Broad Beans: Award Winning Beef Brisket flavoured snack. Cuddle up with rich and tender beef marinated and then slow cooked for a sensuous mouthfeel. The crunch, hint of spiciness and saltiness of our broad bean make them a moreish sensation. RRP £3.00• New Noisy Snacks 100g Chips Shop Curry Flavoured Coated Chickpeas: The sharp, pungent aroma of vegan curry shouts, ‘Devour me!’ while a sweet ripeness fills your mind with memories of curry chips on the way home from school. Noisy Snacks’ Chickpeas are precious orbs of flavour that, (once inside the mouth), tend to ‘pop’ in the most satisfying fashion. RRP £3.00• Noisy Snacks 150g Pickled Onion Flavoured Peanuts: Munch. Crunch. Silence. For being such a noisy flavour, our Pickled Onion Peanuts leave many hungry snackers speechless. Air roasting our quality nuts marinades each kernel for a full-bodied flavour trapping flavour inside the crunch. RRP £3.00

Noisy Snacks is dedicated to creating delicious healthier snacking experiences that are memorable and fun. Noisy Snacks put taste first with bold flavours and an experience that engages people’s taste, feel, sight and smell.

Noisy Snacks – Healthier Snacks Worth Shouting About

HFSS Approved ✓ 

Vegan ✓

Low Kcals ✓

High Protein ✓

Adventurous flavour ✓

All Natural Flavours ✓

100% Recyclable Packs ✓

Sustainable Materials ✓

Established in 2018, by founder, Noel Allen, Noisy Snacks develop and sell award winning, innovative, healthier snacks that offer a fun way of snacking on the go or at home while using all FIVE Senses.

Finnebrogue Artisan in Downpatrick is launching a range of plant-based sauces under its Better Naked brand in Tesco stores this week. 

It is Finnebrogue’s first entrance into the sauce category – and its range of four new flavours are plant-based, gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free; and made without any artificial additives or preservatives. 

The flavoured table sauces include two mayonnaises – Burger Mayonnaise and Southern Fried Mayonnaise; and two ketchups – Hoisin Ketchup and Roasted Red Pepper & Chilli Ketchup.

The sauces have launched at 497 Tesco UK stores and complement an already award-winning plant-based range, which includes imitation pork, chicken, beef and fish products.

The Better Naked sauces have been created to meet the ever-growing demand for better tasting plant-based sauces that are made without any artificial additives or preservatives. They are also made without egg or dairy. 

Both mayonnaises are low in sugar.

The Better Naked Southern Fried Mayonnaise is a new flavour, not seen before in the plant-based sauce category. Seasoned with herbs, it brings a spicy and creamy addition to goujons, sandwiches, wraps and tacos.

The Better Naked Burger Mayonnaise arrives just in time for spring and summer BBQs. The tangy and creamy mayo is made with gherkins, tomatoes, mustard and dill. 

Both ketchups are low in fat and saturated fat. 

The Roasted Red Pepper & Chilli Ketchup is a fiery and sweet sauce, rated medium on the chilli scale. It is also allergen-free and a perfect accompaniment to a range of dishes including chips, wraps, burgers and salads.

The Better Naked Hoisin Ketchup is aromatic and sticky, perfect for dipping spring rolls or enhancing the flavour of stir-frys and Asian dishes.

The sauces will retail at £2.00 (250g). 

Declan Ferguson, Research, Development and Technical Director at Finnebrogue Artisan, explains: “Our mantra has always been to look at what is wrong with food and then figure out how to make it the best it can be, without being bound by the way it has always been done.

“We’ve looked at the range of plant-based sauces currently on the market and thought too often there are compromises being accepted on taste and too many artificial additives being used in the production process, such as Potassium Sorbate.

“We’ve therefore applied our years of experience in making great tasting food without artificial additives and produced a range of new sauces – with no egg, no dairy, no gluten and absolutely no artificial additives – that taste absolutely delicious.

“The new mayo flavours in particular are the result of many months of research, trials and taste tests to ensure they were packed with flavour and offered something fresh to plant-based foodies up and down the country.”

‘Pure taste, clean conscience’ reflects the ethos behind the Better Naked Sauce range. The sauces prioritise flavour. They are nutritious – made without any nasties. They are made using sustainably sourced ingredients; and they are affordable – competitively priced against leading sauce brands.

Finnebrogue is the UK’s leading artisan food producer. Their mantra is to make food the best it can be, without being bound by the way it has always been done. It produces a portfolio of plant-based imitation pork, beef, chicken and fish products under its Better Naked brand. 

Finnebrogue’s Better Naked brand is the biggest brand of bacon in Britain having launched four years ago. It remains the only mass-produced bacon to be made without nitrites, the curing chemicals used in most other bacon and hams that have been linked to colorectal cancer by the World Health Organisation. It iis also a private-label supplier of sausages and burgers to several British supermarkets – and farms its own deer and wagyu cattle from the Finnebrogue estate in Co. Down.