Does the future of Northern Irish beer now pour from a can? Thankfully the snobbery once associated with cans of beer is fast disappearing as many Irish, British and of course American breweries have been pumping out some top quality brews for quite a while – just think of Whiplash, Yellowbelly, Cloudwater, Beavertown, Magic Rock,…… Continue reading Cans, Contracts and Modern Reds
…is MashDown Brewery from Banbridge. You’ve maybe already heard of it, you may even have had a collaboration brew from them. Shore, a dulse stout that also involved Portrush’s Lacada Brewery, Dead End Brew Machine from Glasgow and North Coast Smokehouse was released last autumn. A collaboration that happened after a Lacada co-owner got chatting…… Continue reading 2018’s First Newbie…
‘Bout ye? Here we are again at the back end of the year when the focus is on the Golden Pint awards. The more years I’ve done these the more I’ve realised you can pick and choose or even add categories if you wish. So for the first time I’ve merged my Best of NI…… Continue reading Northern Ireland Golden Pints 2017
We’ve quite a few relatively new local beers on the market so I’ll try to round up just some of what’s good out there from Northern Irish breweries ahead of the Christmas holidays. I was very excited to see Belfast’s Boundary launching one of my favourite styles, a Dubbel. This 6.7% ABV Belgian Trappist style is a…… Continue reading Seeing You Over Christmas
Northern Ireland beer company number 32 (according to my rough figures) has launched its wares onto local shelves so what’s a man to do when passing McGlone’s off licence in Dunmurry? One of each please, and a 5p bag if I must. Why do I keep forgetting to put my beer carrier back into the boot…… Continue reading Number 32?
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