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Government funding to the tune of €856,746 has been awarded to a new research project into brewing and distilling.
News of the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine funding was welcomed by Drinks Ireland, the representative body for drinks manufacturers and suppliers in Ireland.
Natively grown cereals
The project aims to develop the knowledge to produce and effectively utilise more natively grown cereals, principally wheat, but also rye and spelt, in the Irish drinks industry.
The four-year project is a collaboration between Teagasc, TU Dublin, UCC and IT Carlow.
The results of the project are expected to underpin greater utilisation of natively produced grain in the Irish drinks sector, as well as identifying higher-value end uses for the waste streams from the sector.
World leaders
Director of Drinks Ireland Patricia Callan said: “Ireland’s drinks industry has the ambition to become a world leader in innovation and sustainability and access to cutting-edge research is critical to achieving this goal.
“This will require Government, academia and industry all working together. This funding announcement by Government represents a major step forward, strengthening our ambition to utilise as many inputs as possible from Irish farmers.
“We wish to congratulate Teagasc, TU Dublin, UCC and IT Carlow on their leadership and foresight in putting together their brewing and distilling research network and we wish to thank Minister Creed for his support for this initiative,” she concluded.
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