Rye River Brewing Co

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Nada if you've got the dinero's to back it up, tis an expensive hobby :P

Saruman wrote: »

I just felt the need to clarify this bit. Niall didn't come on here to cry about people not liking his beer. He specifically came on here to put a stop to the ridiculous and unfounded claim that they were too big to be considered a micro brewery.
He said his beer isn't for everyone and doesn't expect only positive feedback.

In fact, I would go so far as to say that people not liking their beer is something they expect because the McGargles target audience isn't and never was exclusive craft beer drinkers. That's what their other brands like Grafters and Rye River itself are for. This is what he told me when they first launched at the Alltech festival a few years ago. This was before their own brewery was ready and the beer was contract brewed in the UK until their own brewery was ready. At this time, all of the beers were diacetyl bombs and tasted like the fake butter you get on theatre popcorn. Once they moved production to their own brewery, the beer got a lot better.

Now, moving away from that comment and to this thread in general.
I'm not a fan of McGargles beer, I tend not to drink it but I will do so from time to time. I don't like the branding and I would rather a more flavoursome beer. However, I see no reason for myself or anyone to attack a company that's doing nothing wrong. They have talented brewers and can produce more flavoursome beer when they choose. To grow their business, they need to concentrate on the brands that sell, their bread and butter if you like. Even Porterhouse couldn't survive if they stopped producing their bland lagers like Temple Brau and Chiller as they account for most of their beer sales. Many craft breweries rely on at least one accessible, unexciting beer to pay the bills so they can continue to experiment and produce fun beer. For Rye River, that's the McGargles brand.
For New Belgium in Colorado, that's Fat Tire, a pretty bland pale ale to my palate.

Rye River

• They are a microbrewery under Irish law.
• They are considered an Irish Craft Brewery by Beoir as a result.
• They are not the largest Irish microbrewery.
• They produce beer that thousands of consumers enjoy every day.

Nothing more needs to be said about them. If you like it, drink it. If not, there are over 60 other Irish breweries to choose from. I'm sure people can find something they like.