Help Us Find Europe’s Best Airports & Railway Stations for Beer!

Are you a beer-loving traveler? Have you ever been pleasantly surprised by a great beer selection while waiting for a flight or train? At EBCU (European Beer Consumers Union), we want to find out which European airports and railway stations…
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Copenhagen and Sheffield Voted Best for Beer in Transit

The European Beer Consumers Union (EBCU) has announced the results of its European Travel Beer Survey, celebrating the best places to enjoy a quality beer while in transit. April 2025 – Brussels The European Beer Consumers Union (EBCU)…
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Review: Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland

A comprehensive history of beer in Ireland is something I’ve been hearing demand for for as long as I’ve been paying attention to the local industry. It has finally come into being thanks to the specialist Irish food and drink publisher…
New bottles from Eight Degrees Brewing
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Eight Degrees returns to bottling

Since its introduction earlier this year, the Re-Turn deposit system for cans has had a number of knock-on effects on the beer market. Several breweries and distributors have expressed frustration with the expense and bureaucracy of the scheme,…
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Trains and Beers: Three Irish Cities in One Day By Rail

I’ve always liked trains. This is probably because I grew up in Carlow town right beside the Goods rail siding and I spent many hours watching Goods trains shunting. It was some time later before I developed an interest in craft beer!   In…
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New website, who dis?

Welcome to the new Beoir website. Here's what you need to know. The development required a complete rebuild and, while all user accounts were migrated across, the security set-up means that passwords were not. So, to log in to the site,…

Review: The Devil’s in the Draught Lines

Christina Wade’s book is subtitled “1,000 years of women in Britain’s beer history” and is the Campaign for Real Ale’s contribution to restoring women to their place in the history of beer, with an emphasis on the UK. There’s no…

What should beer labels say?

With all the coverage recently about what the labels on alcoholic drinks should or shouldn't say, one side that nobody thought to ask is us, the consumers. Everyone recognises that we need to be informed about the products we buy, but exactly…

Beoir’s Best Brewery 2023

The Beoir awards have been running annually for over a decade now. It is the only beer awards scheme in Ireland voted for by the drinkers ourselves and the integrity of the system is a vital part of how it works. Winners can know that their…

Beer, Health and Wellbeing

Editors' note: Prof. Claus-Christian Carbon is an academic at the University of Bamberg, Germany, with an interest in the social aspects of beer. He is also an executive member of the European Beer Consumers Union. This article is on the important…