The following is the official press release for the first Irish Craft Beer Week, culminating in the Irish Craft Beer Festival at the RDS Dublin from 7th – 9th September 2012. Beoir representatives will be at the festival all weekend to talk beer and brewing with festival-goers. Ireland launches its first ever Craft Beer Week, […]
Subscriptions and renewals are now open for the membership year 2012-13. Membership costs €10 and runs until 30 June 2013. All funds go towards the running of Beoir and its campaigns, as decided by the members themselves. To formally pledge your support to craft beer and cider in Ireland, sign up here. John – TheBeerNut […]
The Oxford Companion to Wine was first published in 1994 and is now in its third edition. It is widely regarded as the authoritative work on wine by both connoisseurs and those in the trade, with contributions from the most well-respected writers in the field of viticulture and oenology. It is, in short, a book […]
Voting has closed on the 2012 Beoir Beer of the Year Awards. We are delighted to announce that Shandon Century Extra Stout from the Franciscan Well Brewery in Cork City has been chosen as the Irish beer drinkers’ favourite beer for this year. Second place was awarded to Windjammer, an amber ale produced by Metalman […]
In keeping with its remit to support native Irish microbreweries and defend drinkers’ rights, Beoir has made a pre-Budget submission to the Department of Finance and Revenue Commissioners. The document sets out a three-point plan for encouraging artisan brewing in Ireland and making it more accessible for customers: An allowance for producers to sell directly […]
After a good four and a half minutes of soul searching, we made the momentous decision to revisit the Troublemaker competition for 2012. We’ve also made a few tweaks to the rules and regulations after feedback from the inaugural competition (winner Rossa O’Neill, pictured right). This time round a greater weight will be placed on […]
The title of this book is ambitious, and the author’s credentials are certainly impressive enough to back up the book’s claim to completeness. George Hummel is a home brewer and writer from Philadelphia. His shop, Homebrew Sweet Homebrew, has been located in the city since 1986 and both his beers and writing have won numerous […]
Having previously told us about Bateman’s of Wainfleet, James Keane was back in England this summer and took the Meet the Brewer tour at the Old Brewery premises of the Meantime Brewery in Greenwich, London. We arrived to Greenwich and we had a look around the Old Brewery bar and restaurant. The premises are shared […]
Professor Charles W. Bamforth is the author of several books on the science and history of beer and brewing. His Lancashire roots, long career in the industry and current role as Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences at the University of California have led to some interesting perspectives: while very much concerned about […]
Trouble Brewing launched their Trouble Maker brewing competition last summer with the closing date for entries at the end of October. All entries were judged by a panel of experts and the winning beer was to be recreated on a commercial scale. Trouble Makers – The Final Showdown took place on November 15, 2010 in […]
