https://open.spotify.com/episode/7DuvnnoUnRQMOmbYWAXqXL In the county of Fermanagh, five miles east of Enniskillen and set behind the main A4 Belfast Road is the little village of Lisbellaw. Almost slap bang in the centre of this quaint place sits The Dog & Duck Inn, and in this most unassuming pub/restaurant an independent beer and cider revolution is quietly…… Continue reading What’s Pouring at Outpost Festival?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1dZGlncjWUvA1lycDwTn0Q 2015 was a year when Clarkson, Hammond and May left the BBC, the Ashers gay cake row was in full swing and a co-operative brewery called Boundary set up in Belfast. Fast forward ten years and, in what seems like a couple of blinks, we’re all that little bit older and Boundary is one…… Continue reading Belfast Jubilations
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4CeXKkj2CgMEE3mR19kqhi Hype, hype train, #hypetrain. Whatever you call it, it’s a funny old thing. It’s a bedfellow with something called FOMO or #fomo, depending on your angle of seeing the world. Generally if something is hyped up, you want it and have Fear Of Missing Out. FOMO and hype go together like Mosaic and Galaxy…… Continue reading Can Putty Be Beaten?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5LyLKHn7IJFFE9atohXtUH It appears 2024 was mostly a Year of Collaboration for breweries in Northern Ireland. Beer Hut, Boundary, Modest, Bullhouse, Lacada, Our Brewery, Out of Office, Mourne Mountains, Rough Brothers and likely others I’ve missed were involved in some sort of joint effort this year. The quality of many of these collaboration beers was very…… Continue reading Northern Ireland Golden Pints 2024
https://open.spotify.com/episode/53mkIyLfcdvA2bDdxMEusT It was a time pre-Covid, pre-Ukraine war, pre-Liverpool winning the Premier League. It was also a time when you could get a decent beer in Belfast for well under £7. That time was 2018 and that’s when the last Belfast Beer and Cider festival took place – until now. For reasons we won’t go…… Continue reading Why The Belfast Beer & Cider Festival Matters
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