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…

A Visit to the Meantime Old Brewery, London

Having previously told us about Bateman's of Wainfleet, James Keane was back in England this summer and took the Meet the Brewer tour at the Old Brewery premises of the Meantime Brewery in Greenwich, London. We arrived to Greenwich and we had…

Review: Beer is Proof God Loves Us

Professor Charles W. Bamforth is the author of several books on the science and history of beer and brewing. His Lancashire roots, long career in the industry and current role as Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences…

Is Irish Pale Ale a new style?

Is there a new beer in town? A purely Irish drink from the Irish craft breweries that we can claim as our own? The BeerNut first described Galway Hooker with "The makers claim 'Irish Pale Ale' is a new genre, which I was a bit sceptical about…

Confessions of a Trouble Maker

Trouble Brewing launched their Trouble Maker brewing competition last summer with the closing date for entries at the end of October. All entries were judged by a panel of experts and the winning beer was to be recreated on a commercial scale.…

The Year in Beer

Coinciding with the growing number of microbreweries in Ireland, and the pubs that serve their beers, there’s also an increasing number of special events around the country where Irish craft beer can be tried. Often, the brewers use these…

Kit vs. Extract vs. All-Grain III: Battle of the Blondes

After the inconclusive previous rounds of testing for Kit v Extract v All-Grain (round 1; round 2), it was decided to have a third round, for the purpose of answering such crucially important questions as: 1) Can you tell the difference between…

The Irish Red Paradox

It's a style that is quintessentially ours, yet is recently evolved from a foreign progenitor. It has been a mainstay of dumbed-down Irish macrobeer for decades, yet has seen a revival at the hands of newer craft breweries. Just what is the…

Shepherd Neame: And the Ultimate Question?

I am a somewhat frequent visitor to Kent so I thought I should take the time to visit Faversham and the oldest surviving brewery in the world, particularly since I do enjoy many of their offerings and eagerly await the start of each new season…

Old Pub List

[Pending the updating of the new Directories, this is the old ICB pub list]   Co. Antrim Bittles Bar, 70 Upper Church Lane, Belfast Whitewater bottles The Botanic Inn, Malone Road, Belfast Belfast Ale (Cask) The Bridge House (JD Wetherspoon),…

Welcome to Beoir.org

Welcome to the new Beoir.org website. Launched on July 1st, 2010, Beoir is an independent group of consumers which seeks greater choice, quality and value-for-money for beer and cider drinkers on the island of Ireland. Our primary goal is to…