Entries by John

Kegging: An Illustrated Guide

There is uncertainty in the unknown. Kegging a beer sounds easy but to the beginner kegger it can be a little mind-boggling. So many questions come to mind from what gear is needed to how to operate your chosen set up. Well, as they say, “Superior preparation rarely tastes defeat”, so here is my guide. […]

Welcome to Beoir.org

Welcome to the new Beoir.org website. Launched on July 1st, 2010, Beoir is an independent group of consumers which seeks greater choice, quality and value-for-money for beer and cider drinkers on the island of Ireland. Our primary goal is to support and raise awareness of Ireland’s native independent microbreweries and craft cider-makers. Additionally, Beoir promotes […]

Kit vs. Extract vs. All-Grain II: The Stoutening

All did not go according to plan. The post-mortem of the first Kit/Extract/All-Grain blind comparison decided that the brewer’s proficiency with the various methods was affecting the outcome. It was therefore decided that for round 2 there would be three different brewers working to roughly the same recipe, each with a track record of successfully […]

Trouble Maker – Brewing Competition

For those who weren’t at the ICB brewery tour at Trouble HQ recently, we announced a tentative plan to hold a brewing competition. The competition will select a home-brewed beer to be scaled up to a commercial batch size in our Allenwood brewery and be sold at the Franciscan Well Easterfest in 2011. Here’s the […]

Offline Payment Instructions

If you have applied to join Beoir online and have chosen the off-line payment option, or if you simply want to join Beoir without registering as a user of the website, you have a few options.   Credit Transfer To pay directly from your bank account, please use the following details: Account Name: Beoir Account […]

A Visit to Bateman’s of Wainfleet

I made the tour but missed the food – though luckily due to a few people being absent we got our tour given by the very knowledgeable Dave Phillips. The tour starts in the reception and a quick history of the brewery is given. This began with the explanation that the brewery was started by […]

Kit vs. Extract vs. All-grain Brewing

Experiment: To compare the flavour profiles generated from different brewing methodsThe premise for this experiment is to investigate the link between how beers rate in flavour when produced in three different methodsa) Kit beer, where hopped liquid extract is fermented (brewing by numbers)b) Extract beer, where Dried Malt Extract (DME) is boiled with hops and […]

Lager in the Park

TheBeerNut scuttles past me whispering ‘cops’ and I’m 16 again, hanging round with my mates in a world where having a beer is an adventure. I was just about to open the first bottle for an al fresco taste test when the guy who minds the park came in to close for the evening. I […]