I’d been wanting to get up to Walled City Brewery in Derry/Londonderry/whatever for quite a while and finally managed it one recent Sunday afternoon. Not just any Sunday but the Sunday after the Club MTV concert right outside the brewery in Ebrington Square. I’m quite ashamed to say that as someone who used to follow…… Continue reading Maiden Visit to Walled City Brewery
Six months ago I wrote a blogpost detailing what Northern Ireland beers were available to the public. As with any post of that nature, it becomes obsolete very quickly as brewers produce new beers or new breweries come into existence. The rate of expansion of Northern Ireland’s breweries has been so phenomenal over the first…… Continue reading Northern Ireland Breweries – mid 2015 update
One minute it’s 1993, I’m in Ballymena’s Tullyglass nightclub on my 18th birthday, downing pints of snakebite (half Harp/half Strongbow, yes really) with my mates and before I can say “education, career, marriage, mortgage and kids” – it’s 2015 and I’m turning 40. How the heck did that happen? Thankfully I’ve discovered better tasting beer…… Continue reading How Did That Happen?
A new brewery has emerged from the Glens of Antrim. No, not Glens of Antrim Ale, the other one. “Eh?” Yup, that was also my reaction when I became aware of it. Barrahooley Brewery based just outside the small village of Martinstown has been flying so low under the radar it was in danger of…… Continue reading A County Antrim Hooley with a Kiwi
With the possibility of seven new Northern Ireland breweries entering the market soon, this new year could be a cracker for those of us who like our local beer. The first official new arrival of 2015 is Knock Out Brewing. Based on an East Belfast industrial estate, head brewer Joseph McMullan is quietly reserved, yet…… Continue reading First New NI Brewery of 2015
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