Another festival? Boom, as Klopp would say. Following last weekend’s ABV festival in Belfast, this time it was the turn of the Irish Craft Beer Festival at the RDS in Dublin. Hotel and train tickets booked, Mrs W and I were there on the Friday. It’s a fantastic opportunity to see so many brewers in…… Continue reading Another Weekend, Another Festival
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
Last month I had the great fortune to be able to take a weekend away with Mrs W to Drumshanbo in Lounty Leitrim. And lo and behold there’s only a brewery in the town – ahem. Opportunity grasped, we headed along to Carrig Brewing for an impromptu visit. Oisin and head brewer Daniel made us…… Continue reading Carrig Brewing Co
Manchester based Cloudwater’s much-hyped DIPAs (Double IPA) have become a bit of a thing over the past six months or so. I don’t know if they deliberately under-produce or have their marketing machine cranked up to 11 but fair play, they sell out in minutes. I didn’t get to try the original DIPA but to…… Continue reading Battle of the Cloudwater DIPA
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
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