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…

Kilkenny Cat Laughs…

Every year I travel to Kilkenny with a group of friends to attend the Cat Laughs comedy festival. It has always been a great festival; and add to that some fantastic restaurants and pubs and a good time is had by all. However, there was always…

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…

For The Love Of Hops

When I first received this book I thought that reviewing it would be a doddle; My wife’s uncle is a horticulturist who specialised in hop growing and processing during the 50s and 60s at the Greenmount Agricultural College. However my plan…

Leuven and Brussels, April 2013

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…

Short hops: drinking by DART

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.…

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…

Shakespeare’s Local: Review

The recent surge in craft brewing and specialist pubs in London means that the Borough of Southwark is perhaps not the standalone beer mecca it once was. That said, it remains home to such luminaries as The Rake, Brew Wharf, The Market Porter…

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…