INTRODUCING BEÁR BIA - A PODCAST CELEBRATING THE UNISON OF IRISH FOOD & DRINK, BROUGHT TO YOU BY DEE LAFFAN & OISÍN DAVIS

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 INTRODUCING BEÁR BIA - A PODCAST CELEBRATING THE UNISON OF IRISH FOOD & DRINK, BROUGHT TO YOU BY DEE LAFFAN & OISÍN DAVIS

Few would argue that local foods taste best when enjoyed with local drinks and Ireland is no exception. Pairing our native food and drinks is an integral means to further develop our Irish culinary culture and is also a great way to bring people together. These are the key tenets behind the Beár Bia podcast. Its creators, Dee Laffan and Oisín Davis are on a mission to highlight all the amazing food & drink producers in Ireland and to celebrate them in unison with each other.

It can be accessed on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. 

How does it work?

Each episode will have a different focus - whether it be pairings from a particular county, from an event, a bar or restaurant, a specific ingredient or cooking method, or themed around a food or drink brand.

We invite Irish food & drink producers for a round-the-table, fun-filled tasting, and discussion. Brewers chatting with cheesemakers, distillers hanging out with chefs, etc - all of it recorded, filmed & photographed for the podcast.

Our first episode focuses on the garden county as we paired two different Wicklow drinks with two different Wicklow foods. We picked up some amazing Ridgeway wagyu beef, which was cooked and served by Barry Walllace of Dash Burger, and paired it with Wicklow Wolf Brewery's Solstice Tropical Sour. The other pairing featured Ballyhubbock Farm's sheep's milk halloumi cheese alongside a cocktail made with raspberry wine from Wicklow Way Wines and Powerscourt Distillery's Fercullen Falls whiskey.

The first season of Beár Bia will feature 12 episodes and will be broadcast fortnightly.