Derry, Londonderry, Legenderry, Maiden City, Stroke City (God bless broadcasting legend Gerry Anderson for that one), however you refer to that small city in the north west, it’s fair to say its local brewing scene has been doing reasonably well this past few years. The excellent Walled City restaurant and brewery opened its doors in…… Continue reading Maiden Foyle (Mostly)
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
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
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
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