Reports and reviews of festivals and events attended by Beoir members.

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…

Great British Beer Festival 2008: Tuesday Trade Session

Having read a couple of nightmare accounts of the Great British Beer Festival I hadn't been planning on going any time soon. CAMRA's headline event is held in the vast Earl's Court exhibition hall and the sessions closer to the weekend are famous…

Great British Beer Festival 2008: Friday Public Session

Thirds of a pint are the way to go at the Great British Beer Festival. The huge number of beers available puts pay to your dreams of trying them all, but a well thought out strategy and a third of a pint measure can help you make the most of…

Tara’s Beer House Homebrew Competition 2008

Ask not what your country can do for you... There are times in our lives when we have to step up to the plate and do our duty. We may not like it, but sometimes it has to be done for the greater good. So it was in Tara’s Speciality Beer…

Bierhaus Cork Summer Beerfest 2008

The second Bierhaus Beerfest was held over the weekend of Friday 20th to Sunday 22nd June 2008. It was run in conjunction with the Shandon Street Festival which is a community festival held on the Saturday. While Dave, owner of the Bierhaus,…

3 Days, 400 Breweries, 1800 Beers

When the lads from Galway Hooker were installing their brew in the Bull and Castle, I quizzed them about their inspiration for producing an IPA. Ronan told me about their experience at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver and said…

Oktoberfest 2007 in Cork

The October Bank Holiday week-end has traditionally been known as the Jazz Weekend in Cork (are you goin' jazzin' boy?), but over the past few years I have also visited the Franciscan well this weekend. This year the Oktoberfest was my main…

Festival Virgin: Hilden 2007

"Day return to Hilden, please." The girl at the ticket window looked confused. "Where?" "Hilden. It's near Lisburn." "To Lisburn?" "No. Hilden." "One moment please" and she scurried…

Franciscan Well EasterFest, 7-8 April 2007.

The Franciscan Well’s Easter beer festival has proved, by all accounts, to be a very popular beer festival, gathering most of the craft brewers of Ireland under the one roof (or marquee). This was to be my first visit to the festival,…