A bleedin' deadly Dublin Saturday

Up early this morning! First stop was Fallon and Byrne on Exchequer Street to pick up fresh produce (potatoes, chillies, garlic, carrots and a sweet potato) for dinner today and tomorrow. 

Isn't their foodhall amazing?! 

I also picked up a Cajun chicken wrap for lunch. That was delish! The pickled veg on the wrap were perfectly juicy!!!

Next we went to Alchemy Juice Company which is on the first floor of BT2 on Grafton Street.

I chose an Americano and a Slush Puppy smoothie (strawberries, mango, apple, lemon, ginger, cayenne pepper and coconut water) Sean just had their Beat It juice...

Great healthy way to start the day - Their windows overlooking Grafton Street are brilliant for people watching! 

From there we drove to Kish Fish Company in Smithfield to pick up hake, haddock and scallops. Brilliant selection - or so I'm told I didn't actually go in! 

Drove back across town to visit The Cupcake Bloke. Don't the cupcakes for Dublin Pride look FAB?? 

I picked up one red velvet cupcake (a definite favourite!) and some macaroons

Home for a quick change then back out. 

We decided to do the Teelings Distillery Tour (newly opened on Newmarket, Dublin 8) and I'm VERY glad we did!

We booked the 3pm tour but managed to get there early and they had no problem swapping us to the 2:30 tour! 

Our tour guide (I'm very sorry I never caught her name!) was excellent. She is clearly enthusiastic about the place, the brand and also very knowledgeable! I learned why the extra "e" is there... 

You're taken through the history and then the distillation process... 

The heat in here was incredible! 

Then through to the bar for the tasting... Obviously the bit you wait for!! 

The bar is a really nice, bright space and has a great set up! When we walked through the doors the drinks were already set up waiting for us :-) 

With my €14 ticket I got to try their Small Batch and one of their cocktails - the cocktail on that day was a raspberry iced tea (small batch, asperol, ginger and raspberries) delicious and tart and perfect way to cool down after the tour!! 

I found out afterwards that Sean's ticket  got upgraded to the Trinity tasting - he was pretty chuffed about that! 

It's only recently opened but if you're anyway into whiskey (or whisky!) you have got to do the tour! 

Finished off in the gift shop - where all good tours must end! We picked up a bottle of Small Batch and two mason jars. I just had to buy their whiskey in a jar :-) 

After there we had a stroll back to Christchurch and stopped off at Beer Market. This time I tried a glass of Lindemans Peche - a peach fruit beer. Absolutely delicious on a Summer's day... 

Then home for dinner... The hake fillet for my dinner was so good served with sweetcorn and a sauce made from basil, garlic, mint, chilli, rapeseed oil & apple cider vinegar. The basil and mint are currently growing like mad in our little herb patch! It went (too?) well with some Bougrier rose wine...