The week beginning Sunday 1st September is Irish Craft Beer Week, culminating in the biggest annual celebration of Irish craft beer, the All-Ireland Beer and Cider Festival at the RDS from Thursday 5th to Sunday 8th September. Farrington’s pub in Dublin’s Temple Bar will be hosting a number of events in the early part of […]
Black’s Kinsale Craft Brewery is one of the newest arrivals on the rapidly growing Irish craft beer scene, founded by Beoir member Sam Black. So far one beer has been produced under the brand — Kinsale Pale Ale — which already has a medal under its belt, winning bronze at the recent Alltech Dublin Craft […]
A summary of some of the beer festivals coming up in late summer 2013. Burren Brewery Craft Beer Festival, Lisdoonvarna, 2-4 August Based at the Roadside Tavern in Lisdoonvarna, three days of live music, food from the Burren smokehouse and beer from the onsite Burren Brewery. www.roadsidetavern.ie Annascaul Beerfest, Annascaul, 2-5 August A charity […]
Hilden Brewing Company have won a major international award for their Twisted Hop pale ale. The first Dublin Craft Beer Cup was held at the Alltech Gathering Craft Brewing and Distilling Conference at Convention Centre Dublin. The two day conference culminated with the announcement of the gold, silver and bronze medal winners from among a […]
It’s heartening that so many of the winners of the 2013 Irish Restaurant Awards are familiar from the Beoir Directory and app as stockists of beer and cider from Ireland’s small independent producers. Over the last ten years we have seen a major change in how the nation views and values food, with a consequent […]
Today we officially welcome the newest member of Ireland’s craft brewing scene: Mountain Man of Macroom, Co. Cork. The first beer released is called Green Bullet, a 4% ABV pale ale packaged in 33cl bottles. Pending wider distribution and the official launches in Cork, Dublin and Sligo (see our calendar for details), Green Bullet can […]
2013 looks to be a bumper year for Irish craft brewing. With Mountain Man launching shortly, to be followed by Holy Mountain, 9 White Deer and several others, the prospective is one of greater choice than ever before for the beer consumer. The established microbreweries, meanwhile, are struggling to keep up with demand, and two […]
I report on my recent trip with TheBeerNut to Leuven for the (main) purpose of acting as Beoir delegates at the 47th EBCU (European Beer Consumers Union) meeting. I was unable to fly to Brussels until the evening of Thursday so by the time I arrived at the first venue of the weekend (M-Café) the […]
It seems that every few months there’s news of a new Dublin pub stocking Irish craft beer, either as a specialist or alongside the mainstream offerings. Trying to keep up with them all, especially the suburban outliers, is an impossible task. However, a couple were on my must-visit list and I set aside a Saturday […]
Some new seasonal beers recently arrived, and on the way, from Ireland’s craft breweries: Voyager IPA by Galway Bay Brewery Expected to come in around the 6% ABV mark, this IPA has been thoroughly hopped with Pacifica and Pacific Jade. Available exclusiverly on draught in the Cottage Group pubs in Dublin and Galway. Kindred Spirit […]
