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
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0vOBeiWkoq9c9wjpbYz6oD Some things are great to see – such as the hypnotic Northern Lights dancing over Icelandic skies, Liverpool thumping Man Utd 7-0 and when restaurants pair up with local breweries. There are some brilliant connections between our eateries and brewers, the result is usually having local bottles or cans being offered on the menu…… Continue reading Six Appeal – Our Brewery x Sleepy Hollow
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1UCu8z9y0DwUxoIAkYfre4 Do you have a favourite ‘holiday pub’? A place where you may only visit a couple of times a year or maybe even once every five years? There are many pubs across the UK and Ireland where I’ve visited once or twice and thought, “I love this place, I wish I lived closer to…… Continue reading Doon by the Roadside – The Best in Ireland?
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7FnsGqLI0AMjRXPyjfmwKm The average temperature across the year in Northern Ireland is 10°C so you can understand why this red haired, fair skinned Northern Irishman was feeling the pressure recently when I visited south west Turkey, with its average high over the week in the region of 37°C. Boy, did I need a beer! I really…… Continue reading A Tourist Guide to Macro Beer in Turkey
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