With £100,000 raised in just eight days, this round of funding is now closed. Congratulations Boundary Brewing! The recent Irish craft beer boom has seen no shortage of novel methods of raising the funds necessary to get a new brewery off the ground. Those of us with bottles of Beoir#1 DIPA will remember Black’s of […]
On the 14th and 15th of November Beoir will host a meeting of the European Beer Consumers Union for the first time. 30 delegates from eleven different countries across Europe will gather in Dublin for two days of debate and discussion covering a number issues of relevance to beer drinkers. Among the topics is the […]
My review of Iorwerth Griffiths’s small 2007 volume, The Complete Guide to Beer and Cider in Ireland, expressed the hope that growth in Ireland’s craft beer scene would mean the next edition would be more of a coffee table size. A successor has finally been published and while it’s not a large-format work it does […]
Dublin 12’s leading beer bar, Sheary’s of Crumlin, is celebrating Irish Craft Beer Week 2014 with the arrival of a range of new beers on Sunday 31st August. The award-winning draught line-up includes Eight Degrees Amber-Ella, Galway Hooker Pale Ale and Rascal’s Ginger Porter. White Gypsy’s Trent bitter will have the honour of being the […]
The first Big Grill Festival is coming to Herbert Park, Dublin this weekend, 15-17 August. Proper barbecue food has become incredibly popular of late and this is a chance to try the best Dublin has to offer all in one place. A variety of Irish brewers will have beers available at the event, including Eight […]
Starting 11th July and running on most Friday evenings through the next two months, the Dungarvan Brewing Company will be holding a series of tasting sessions at the brewery. Participants will learn about the ingredients of beer, the brewing process and the many flavours and aromas of craft beer via a tutored tasting. The event […]
This table has been created as an at-a-glance guide to the various beers and ciders produced by companies based in Ireland. A tick denotes that this brand’s products qualify as Irish Craft Beer or Cider, that is: produced on the island of Ireland by an Irish company which makes less than 40,000hL per year of […]
We all know the story: in 1971 a group of Englishmen on a walking holiday in Kerry created a beer drinkers’ protest group to fight the rise of industrialised beer in Britain. 35 years later, a pair of young Scottish home brewers set out to shake up the staid UK beer scene with a daring […]
Update: The results are in! Click here to view. On 23rd May Ireland will go to the polls to elect 11 members of the European Parliament, to serve a five-year term representing the citizens of Midlands-North-West, South and Dublin. Decisions taken by the parliament over its next term will affect voters in a wide variety […]
The annual springtime celebration of independent Irish beers and spirits begins across the Porterhouse estate from 10th April, running to the 27th. During this period, beers will be available from Rascal’s, N17, Kinnegar, Metalman, Hilden, Galway Hooker, Carlow, Trouble, Mountain Man and more. It will also see the return of The Porterhouse’s own much-loved Chocolate […]
