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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…

Victory for Hilden

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…

A Place at the Table

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…

Mountain Man: Ireland’s Newest Brewery

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…

Growth industry: Irish craft brewery expansions

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…

Spring Seasonals 2013

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…

Irish Craft Beer Village: 13-18 March

From Wednesday 13th March right through the St. Patrick's Day holiday weekend there'll be an opportunity to sample a wide range of Irish craft beers at the Craft Beer Village on George's Dock in Dublin's IFSC. It will be open daily from 12…

Spring Festivals

Now that the days are beginning to get longer it's time to look forward to some of the beer festivals coming your way over the next few months. Cask and Winter Ales Festival, Cork, 15-17 February At the opening event of the 2013 Irish beer…

New IPA from Trouble Brewing

Kildare-based microbrewery Trouble Brewing have just launched the third beer in their regular line-up: Sabotage IPA. This is a 5.5% ABV India Pale Ale which makes extensive use of Galaxy hops, a variety prized for its tropical fruit flavours. Trouble…

Beer of the Year 2013: What’s Your Favourite?

The past 12 months has been a bumper year for Irish beer. Once again, Beoir wishes to take stock of the many wonderful brews available and we need your help picking the best of the bunch. Voting is now open for the 2013 Beer of Year: the only…

‘Tis the season!

With the festive season upon us, several Irish microbreweries have released winter beers for the dark evenings. For the second year in a row, Eight Degrees has a dark spiced beer called A Winter's Ale. This is 7.5% ABV and available bottled…