Make no mistake, I love Portrush. It’s where the family would take day trips when I was a child and it’s where I now take my family for the same – driving the dodgem cars and sliding down the helter skelter at Barry’s amusements, eating a 10% meat (probably) sausage supper in a chippy and…… Continue reading Portrush – Land of Barry’s, Chips & Beer Festivals
They said I was mad. Well that’s not really true, though Mrs W did look at me weirdly in the dark when I proposed the idea at 1am one February night. That idea being motorbiking to all of Northern Ireland’s physical micro/nano brewery sites in a short designated period (later to be decided at 36…… Continue reading I Would Ride 500 Miles But I Won’t Ride 500 More
The first Belfast Craft Beer Festival took place recently at Custom House Square. Run by the same folk who are responsible for the Irish Craft Beer Festival at the RDS in Dublin, it was good to see another festival in our capital. Great to have so many Irish brewers from both north and south of…… Continue reading Old Kid on a Different Block
The Northern Ireland public go to the polls on 5th May to elect a new Stormont assembly but do politicians actually listen or respond to the ordinary man and woman in the street? At this time when they’re knocking on doors and pleading for your vote, why should you vote for one candidate over the…… Continue reading When Beer and Politics Collide
It’s been an interesting couple of months in the Northern Ireland beer scene. Newcomer Bullhouse Brewing near Newtownards launched its first two beers, Boundary had its first birthday, Lacada released a cracking limited edition stout and there’s also a hot chocolate from Mourne Mountains? Bullhouse is so called as the brewery used to be…a bullhouse.…… Continue reading A St. Patrick’s Day alternative
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