A couple of Galway Bay beers that have been around for a few weeks now on the blog. Apologies for my lack of posts recently, but hey y’know, life and all that. GB started canning some of their specials such as Goodbye Blue Monday and Perfect Union at the end of 2017, and more recently they…… Continue reading Big Fish, Little Fish, Cardboard Box
DIPAs aka Double IPAs aka Damned Tasty Beasts. I know that’s DTB but cut me some slack here. If you’re an IPA fan then there’s a good chance (if you haven’t tried already) that you’d love a double IPA. Hoppier and stronger than a standard IPA, double IPAS are widespread across the Irish market at…… Continue reading DIPA Delights Pt 1
With the Cloudwater double IPA monthly release (now at v11) coinciding with the return of the now legendary and award-winning Of Foam and Fury by Galway Bay Brewery, I thought I’d line them up for a head-to-head and throw in a couple of similar others – McGargles Big Bangin IPA and Stone’s Ruination double IPA.…… Continue reading Double the Fun
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
Here it is again, the end of year thought process as to what were my favourite Northern Irish beers. I’ve written another blogpost here about the new NI breweries that opened in 2015 and another post on my overall Golden Pints of Ireland so I’ll not go into detail about that here, hence to say there…… Continue reading My Best of Northern Ireland 2015
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