Award-winning Dublin brewery Rascals has teamed up with Molloy’s Liquor Stores for an exclusive and seasonal launch: Fairy Ale of New York, a craft beer inspired in the famous Christmas tune. This is not...
O’Hara’s Brewery Winter Star is a spiced rye pale ale which features a natural spiciness ideal fro the season. The brewery has recently launched its 2016 edition of the beer which is available by itself or as...
Summer was all about refreshing session ales and mouth-watering sours, then indoors season brought us rich, flavourful and perhaps a bit stronger brews. It has been a busy year for Irish craft beer lovers, with plenty...
Last summer the Irish Brewers Association (IBA), the representative voice for the brewing industry in Ireland, released its annual Beer Market Report for Ireland. It showed that beer production increased 6%. This is the...
Perched on High Street, between Dublinia and St Audoen’s, stands a pub with one of the most unique selections of craft beer in Ireland. As you approach from Christ Church, it is merely heralded...
Irish craft beers and brewers are on a journey of self-discovery and adventurous experimentation, inspired by craft brewing styles and trends in Europe and America. They have an enthusiastic audience with Ireland being the fourth largest consumer...
It’s that time of the year again, when the leaves start to change, the air becomes crisp with the chill, and pumpkin spice rules supreme. Pumpkin beers may seem like a modern invention with...
Once upon a time, there was a young Irish pirate who was too handsome for his own good, a notorious highwayman from Drogheda who some compared to Robin Hood, and rumour had it, the mere...
Beer is at the forefront of the minds of many in October, with Oktoberfest drawing crowds looking to celebrate Germany’s finest. Here in Ireland however, we have an incredible range of craft beers being...
Leading Irish Craft Beer brewer Franciscan Well launched its canned beer range yesterday 21st of September at Camden Exchange. Now craft beer lovers will be able to enjoy Franciscan Well Rebel Red, Friar Weisse and Chieftain...
While wine lovers will have plenty of choice at O’Briens Wine biggest wine sale of the year, this week they got even more great news, as they are releasing offers for both Irish Craft Beer...
“The wall speaks for itself”, said Alan Quane, CEO of Sullivan’s Brewing Company, referring to the main one at the taproom, brewery and visitor centre that the company opened in Kilkenny last Tuesday, 30th...
Craft Beer / Drinks / Features / Whiskey
“Irish Whiskey is now having its best moment in the last 150 years”, said John Teeling recently during the launch of the book The Whiskeys of Ireland, by Peter Mulryan. He added that “in...
Twenty Irish breweries will gather at Cork City Hall this September 22-24 for the Great Irish Beer Festival; including every Cork operator, the Irish Malting Company and Irish Distillers, and lecturers from UCC. The festival...
With the boom in Irish microbrewers over the last few years, it’s great to see generally the strengths in depth of the brewing pool. So when the opportunity presented itself to travel up to...
Beer is made up of four major components: water, yeast, malt, and- you guessed it- hops. So what exactly are hops and what in the world are they doing in (and to) your beer?...
We are giving away two tickets for Ireland’s largest craft beer festival, which returns to the RDS for its 6th year from September 8th-10th. With over 300 beers, ciders and whiskeys up for tasting,...
Wheat beers are a very diverse crowd. From the sweet rich German classics to the sharper American versions, it is a category with something for everyone. On this occasion, we tried O Brother Who What...
Lionel Ritchie’s song names this limited edition craft beer made by award winning Rascals Brewing Co. in partnership with Molloys Liquor Stores and sold exclusively at their shops. Launched just in time for the UEFA Euro 2016...
A Google Images search of the phrases “craft beer expert”, “craft beer brewer” and “craft beer drinker” will leave you with the idea of a scene formed mainly by bearded guys with tattooed arms and hipster haircuts (or...