https://open.spotify.com/episode/5WLudRTocVl0iYpXGrQahe Picture the scene. Evening time in your living room, curtains drawn, Christmas tree lights on and there’s a gorgeous log fire roaring away in front of you. All that’s needed now to complete that festive circle is a bangin’ imperial stout. The good news for you is that’s there are quite a few out…… Continue reading Tis the Season
Following on from Part 1: Ards is the story of a former Kilkeel brewery that outgrew its original site and moved to a much more impressive setting near Castlewellan. Whitewater Brewery was founded by Bernard and Kerry Sloan in the mid 1990s and 2021 sees its 25th birthday. Much has happened to Northern Ireland’s beer…… Continue reading A Birthday Trilogy. Part 2: Whitewater
A quick round up of some dark beers that hit the Northern Ireland market over the past few weeks. Beer Hut has become one of my favourite local breweries with cracking beers such as Fluffy Bunny marshmallow stout and Boombox double IPA. The Kilkeel outfit has moved into new premises this January, but one of…… Continue reading Dark Dealings
Belfast’s co-operative brewery Boundary has been steadily pumping out the beers recently and combined with the new canning system in place, it’s been all go down the Newtownards Road. Mutual Feelings is a milk stout that made its debut appearance on draught at the city’s ABV Festival in late August before being one of the…… Continue reading Autumn Arrivals
I haven’t written a post about a pub in a while and am now inspired to do so following some very entertaining reads by An Seisiún on the Belfast pub scene regarding its history and current status. There’s something uncomfortable happening to Belfast pubs. There seems to be a plague sweeping the city, a plague…… Continue reading Ugly as Pug
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