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…

Irish Craft Beer Week and Festival

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…

2012-13 Subscriptions Now Open

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…

Review: The Oxford Companion To Beer

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…

Beer of the Year 2012

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…

Joining Beoir

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Meet The Brewer at Against The Grain

Against The Grain (11 Wexford Street, Dublin 2) are running a 'Meet The Brewer' series every Friday for the next 6 weeks (and possibly longer). Go along and meet brewers from Carlow Brewing, Hooker, Fischer and more. The current calendar is: 3rd…

Pre-Budget Submission 2011

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…

Troublemaker 2 – This Time It’s Beoir…

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…

Irish Craft Beerfest 2011

Friday: It starts with a trade session. A good number of people come through the door. Many are pubs looking for new options for their customers. They've picked the right place to come. With the major exceptions of Hilden, Dingle and Clanconnel,…

Review: The Complete Homebrew Beer Book

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,…