Limavady Irish Whiskey x Tribal Burger | BWW 2023 Food Pairing

Name: Belfast Whiskey Week 2026
Start: 2026-07-24
End: 2026-08-01
Location: Belfast

Filed: 15 Jul 2023
By: Belfast Whiskey Week
Read: 5 min
Ref: BWW/23/004

There are few combinations in life as quietly perfect as a great whiskey and a great burger, and on Tuesday 25th October 2023, Tribal Burger and Limavady Irish Whiskey proved that point with some conviction. As part of four days of Belfast Whiskey Week taking over this much-loved Belfast institution, the evening brought the story of the Roe Valley right to the heart of the city — uisce beatha from the north coast meeting the kind of food that demands you sit down, slow down, and pay attention.

About This Event

Tribal Burger will play host to Limavady Whiskey this year, as part of 4 days of BWW taking over this Belfast Burger Joint. Get to meet Limavady Whiskey and hear a little about the project, while enjoying a few cocktails and straight serves of this highly recommended Irish Whiskey. Pairing good food with good whiskey is a no brainier, and particularly on an evening when the Festival is in full throttle. Limavady Irish Whiskey are in the process of building their own distillery up in Limavady, and at present, the have a huge amount of casks in their privately owned bonded warehouse, waiting to bottle for private collectors and investors and for yourselves. Peckish? Don’t fool yourself – fill yourself… Timeslot: 6pm-9pm Start Time: 6pm Duration: 2hrs Venue: Tribal Drinks: 4 Drinks Type: Food Pairing Disclaimers Please note that individual dietary requirements are not being catered for with any food at this event. Each Brand/Distillery and Collaborative Partner have agreed to our Min/Max Pour Policy. Please Respect this, and enjoy your festival responsibly. Festival Participants who are deemed to be too inebriated, or are not respecting themselves, will not be permitted into events and venues. ALL Hosts/Ushers/Collaborators and Venue Staff have the right to refuse participants without question and recourse. Please Drink Responsibly. All events are only available to those 18 years old and over. Do not purchase tickets if you are under the age of 18. Be prepared to produce ID if required. Venue staff & ushers may ask you to provide ID when showing your valid tickets. You may be refused enter to events if you can’t prove your age. Some venues may change, if they do, you will be notified. All events are subject to changes out of the control of the festival organisers. Any issues, please contact us @belfastwhiskeyweek on socials, or via email on marketing@belfastwhiskeyweek.com or 07773675179 (8am-8pm) to discuss. NO Refunds will be given. Please only buy tickets if you are prepared to attend the event. Tickets are transferable. If you are going to transfer tickets please email, marketing@belfastwhiskeyweek.com

Looking Back

Tribal Burger has earned its place in Belfast's food culture the honest way — through quality, consistency, and a refusal to take itself too seriously. It was the ideal host for Limavady Irish Whiskey, a brand whose own story carries that same grounded confidence. Named after the historic market town on the banks of the River Roe in County Derry, Limavady is a single barrel Irish whiskey, bourbon-matured and finished in Pedro Ximénez sherry casks — a combination that brings a rich, dark-fruited depth to what is already a beautifully composed spirit. In the company of proper burgers, that PX finish felt like it was made for the occasion.

The format ran from six to nine on the Tuesday evening — two hours of guided pours, cocktail serves, and conversation with the people behind the project. Attendees received four drinks across the session, a well-judged spread that allowed the whiskey to show different sides of itself: straight serves that let the bourbon-matured core speak clearly, alongside cocktail expressions that opened the spirit up to a wider audience. The Limavady team were generous with their time and their seanchas — the brand is still in a formative chapter, with their own distillery in the making up in Limavady and a substantial stock of privately held casks maturing quietly in their bonded warehouse. There was something compelling about hearing that story told in person, glass in hand.

What distinguished this event — and what Tribal Burger's BWW residency consistently delivered — was the refusal to treat food as mere backdrop. The pairings weren't prescriptive or overly cerebral; they were just good things put alongside other good things, trusting the guests to make their own connections. Limavady's PX finish, with its notes of dried fruit, toffee, and warm spice, found easy harmony with the smoky, yielding richness of a well-built burger. If you'd attended the Jameson evening at Tribal Burger earlier in the week, you'd have noticed how the venue adapted its energy to each brand — looser and more expansive with a household name, more curious and exploratory with a younger marque like Limavady.

It's worth noting that Limavady's presence at BWW 2023 extended well beyond this single event. Their involvement across the festival week — from cocktail sessions to the Belfast Whiskey Expo — gave visitors multiple points of entry into what is genuinely one of the more interesting Irish whiskey projects currently in development. You can explore their range here, and if the distillery's progress has you curious about what's happening across the north of Ireland, the Belfast Whiskey Week Whiskey Map gives a broader picture of the tír and its producers.

Sláinte to Limavady Irish Whiskey and Tribal Burger for an evening that felt entirely of its place — north coast spirit, Belfast craft, and the particular warmth that comes when the festival hits its full stride on a Tuesday night in October. Events like this one are the duchas of Belfast Whiskey Week: rooted, generous, and quietly unforgettable.