I would imagine that Northern Ireland’s beer scene has never experienced the like of it before. Five years ago we had 5 micro/nanobreweries. At the start of 2015 we had the impressive total of 15 breweries selling beer. Now at the end of the year that stands at 26. Eleven have appeared in the past…… Continue reading 2015’s New Brewers
At my last count there are now 25 breweries from Northern Ireland. Or are there? It’s difficult to keep up with the wave of new beers and breweries coming from Northern Ireland over the past few weeks and it’s great to see but not all NI breweries are in NI. I’ve no problems where a…… Continue reading Northern Ireland’s Contract Breweries
Northern Ireland’s exploding with breweries at the moment – at the last count I made it 7 have started up in 2015 with another couple more on the horizon. The latest venture to officially launch are Mourne Mountains Brewery in Warrenpoint. The men behind it are owner and local man Connaire McGreevy, and master brewer…… Continue reading Northern Ireland’s Newest Brewery … so far
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
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