For the fourth year of its existence, Beoir has run a competition to find Ireland’s favourite beer: the one the drinkers enjoyed most and want to see more of, and more like it. Every beer brewed and sold on the island in the past year is eligible, and previous winners have included Franciscan Well’s Shandon […]
The traditionally quiet New Year period was not so for the beer fanatics of Beoir. Circumstances led to two brewery visits being arranged for consecutive Saturdays in January, making for early starts, long days and in one case, actual hard work. Following the success of Beoir#1, the double IPA brewed at Black’s of Kinsale last […]
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 […]
