Dundalk, County Louth, in the North East of Ireland, is a town with a proud brewing heritage. The historic home of the Harp Brewery, and MacArdle Moore, two famous Irish Brands. Sadly, those breweries are now no longer operational, both acquired by Guinness, and closed by Diageo a number of years ago. However, in the…
Podcast Episode Fifty Five – Larkin’s Brewing Company
In this latest interview we visited Larkins Brewing Company in Kilcoole County Wicklow, just outside Dublin, and right next to one of my favourite golf courses in the country, Druid’s Glen We chat to Cillian about the brewery, how it came about and how it really is a family business. We looked back over their…
Podcast Episode Fifty Four – Whiplash, Do you wanna touch me eventually?
In this long over due episode we look back at our recent beery adventures while supping Whiplash’s collab with Wylam, Do you wanna touch me, and their DIPA, Eventually We looked back over the last month or so, at Hagstravaganza, Big Grill Festival, and AbvFest. Some snaps from these events too Links to places mentioned…
Blurred Lines – The illusion of choice.
To paraphrase my good mate Myles, and his blog name, Drinking got me thinking. I’ve been pondering the state of affairs in the Irish Beer Market. It seems like the butterfly effect, the ripples from the recent announcement by Beavertown that they have partnered with Heineken, has caused a wide range of reactions from boycott,…
Podcast Episode Fifty Three – The Cannonball Run
In this latest episode, we taste the Magic Rock cannonballs, so that’s their regular Cannonball IPA, with their annual specials Human & Unhuman Cannonball. This year sees a new special enter the fray, in the Neo Human Cannonball, a New England DIPA version. We also look back over recent weeks, and look forward to the events taking…
Podcast Episode Fifty Two – An Introduction to Canvas Brewing
Picture the scene, the Beer garden in L. Mulligan Grocers of Stoneybatter, a gorgeous sunny Saturday. What better than to spend a part of the afternoon tasting beers from North Tipperary’s Canvas Brewery along side some specially prepare dishes from the reknowned kitchen of L Mulligan Grocers Taking the rule book of convention, and tossing…
