Pubs with World Beers - Dublin City Centre

DBCyc

Hi All,

I am looking pubs in Dublin which have a decent selection of world beers? I know that the Porterhouses and the Bull & Castle have a good variety, but does anyone know of any others around?

Cheers!

BeerNut

You'll get odd ones like Duvel and Chimay in places like Thomas Read, Le Cirk and Solas. Then there's slightly unusual draught options in The Czech Inn and Sin É. Nowhere you can really work through a list of options like Porterhouse and Bull & Castle, though.

Mexico66

:rolleyes:
The Dice Bar on Queen Street and Sin e on Upper Ormond Quay have 4 new imported beers on draught from The Big Hand Brewery. Details from http://www.bighandbrewery.com

DBCyc

Cheers guys Actually I was in The Dice Bar yesterday evening and tried a couple of those Augustijns - not bad at all.

BeerNut

Mexico66 wrote: »

The Big Hand Brewery

Which is, of course, not a brewery at all. While the provenance of the three Belgians is given, I'm told that the Wicked Cider is actually rebadged Weston's.

mayordenis

BeerNut wrote: »

Which is, of course, not a brewery at all. While the provenance of the three Belgians is given, I'm told that the Wicked Cider is actually rebadged Weston's.

what's your point?

BeerNut

Big Hand Brewery: not a brewery. That's all.

oblivious

I have had the Celis White in Sin E, not bad

Mexico66

:)Well on a positive note BeerNut they did set up a new business in the middle of a big recession. By the way I was in their warehouse in East Arran Street a few weeks ago on a Saturday morning when a shipment of beer arrived from Belgium. The beer had all been kegged only 4/5 days before arrival in Dublin and it was being shipped out to the Dice Bar, Sin é and the Cobblestone for consumption that weekend. Also all the empty kegs in the warehouse were dated only a few weeks before that. New beer is coming in from Belgium every few weeks apparently. So maybe they're not brewing beer yet, but they do have the freshest draught beer in Dublin at the moment.
Also Wicked Cider is a cider from another brewery in the UK, but at least it's hands down the best draught cider available in Dublin today.
On that note I'm off for a Sparta Pils on the northside. Think positive for '09 BeerNut.

BeerNut

Thanks Kieran. Hope it goes well for you.

So what's with the "Brewery" in your business name?

Mexico66

:)Well I think the plan is rather than building a brewery and then trying to find customers, like before. The new plan is build a customer base and then start brewing beer.
Whereas all the companies on the list of Irish craft brewers are brewing beer!!!

BeerNut

Mexico66 wrote: »

The new plan is build a customer base and then start brewing beer.

Excellent. I think Sin É is definitely going the right way with that, by offering quality alternatives. But I'm sure I don't need to tell you that it's an uphill struggle in the world's most brand-loyal country.

That said, having a dedicated outlet is a massive advantage in bringing new beer to the market. And between Sin É, Dice Bar, and the Bull & Castle across the river it looks to me that building a market for Irish craft beer is easier than it has ever been. Add in the Porterhouse's bottling line for hire and even bottling isn't going to be the nightmare it was in the Dublin Brewing Company days.

More sliotars from the ditch, anyone?

dereko1969

The Welcome Inn on Parnell Street has a few Czech beers and the Maredsous 6,8 and 10. Also not a bar obviously but Kilkenny Design Centre has Affligem for sale. Anseo on Camden Street has a few interesting bottles too, but at Beernut says Sin É, Dice Bar and Bull & Castle are your best bets, and Porterhouse too with their €4 specials.

DBCyc

Was just in ryans on parkgate street and they have the likes of duvel, westmalle tripel, rochfort and others in the fridge. Also with galway hooker on tap...yum, yum