‘We are gluttons for punishment… We don’t rest easy’
The husband-and-wife team behind face-to face dating agency, Intro Matchmaking, are planning to raise €600,000 for their new alcoholic kombucha brand.
Feargal Harrington and Rena Maycock came up with the idea for Kombeara several years ago, partnering with kombucha brewer Ding Prud’homme, and founder of Beara Distillery, John Power.
The “hard kombucha” is already being brewed in Ballingeary, Co Cork, with Supervalu and Centra owner Musgrave set to list the brand.
Maycock is well-known in the technology space, having founded child-protection software firm Chirp.
Harrington said alcoholic kombucha was a growing trend in California that he hopes will kick off in Ireland.