https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UCu8z9y0DwUxoIAkYfre4 Do you have a favourite ‘holiday pub’? A place where you may only visit a couple of times a year or maybe even once every five years? There are many pubs across the UK and Ireland where I’ve visited once or twice and thought, “I love this place, I wish I lived closer to…… Continue reading Doon by the Roadside – The Best in Ireland?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7FnsGqLI0AMjRXPyjfmwKm The average temperature across the year in Northern Ireland is 10°C so you can understand why this red haired, fair skinned Northern Irishman was feeling the pressure recently when I visited south west Turkey, with its average high over the week in the region of 37°C. Boy, did I need a beer! I really…… Continue reading A Tourist Guide to Macro Beer in Turkey
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1rCyIDVsor77RloR2TPTlQ Ah the heady days of 2011, I remember them well: Darren Clarke won the Open golf, Game of Thrones premiered, Gaddafi and bin Laden exited this world and Ards Brewing came into being. The Greyabbey outfit is one of Northern Ireland’s oldest craft breweries and although it falls well behind 1996 for Whitewater and…… Continue reading Stash Killing: Ards Brewing
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1EKYdg3eDqKLcmeuXvKiAm It’s been a very long time since I’ve said those words and thankfully I’ve not had cause to utter them in the recent past either. What I mean is “Any Carlingford?” Incredibly, that request was not fulfilled during a recent stay in the beautiful coastal town of Carlingford in County Louth. Apart from the…… Continue reading Any Carling?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4DusIUiIoLyxm6ekK7Qp9M Do you know how many gazillions of pints of that well known Irish stout are consumed across Ireland on Saint Patrick’s Day? I’ll tell you, it’s a multitudenumberlessgazillion. That’s many gazillions. Ahead of our national drinking day saint’s day, I thought I’d highlight a few stouts from microbreweries across Northern Ireland which you should…… Continue reading A Different Stout for Saint Patrick’s Day
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