Irish Craft Beer Village 13th-17th March

irish_goat

The Irish Craft Beer Village is back again this month folks. This year it's being moved into the CHQ building so hopefully will be a bit warmer anyway.

Good list of breweries coming and I'll let you'se know what specials they're bringing as soon as I know
http://www.irishfest.ie/beer.html

The Food Market opens daily from 10am - 8pm and entry is always FREE.

The Craft Beer and Whiskey Bar Village opens at 5pm on Thursday, runs daily from 12.30 until 10pm for Friday (with bar opening at 4pm), Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Free admission before 6pm on Thursday and Friday. Admission is €5 at the door after 6pm and all day Saturday, Sunday and Monday.

revz

Does anyone know if it will be a similar set up price-wise/glass-wise as the one in the RDS?

Much preferred the RDS festival set-up, as opposed to the €3.33 per small plastic glass set-up the Alltech festival had going on

Looking forward to it!

irish_goat

revz wrote: »

Does anyone know if it will be a similar set up price-wise/glass-wise as the one in the RDS?

Much preferred the RDS festival set-up, as opposed to the €3.33 per small plastic glass set-up the Alltech festival had going on

Looking forward to it!

Last year it was €5 a pint, although stronger ABV beers such as O'Hara's DIPA and Kindred Spirit whiskey stout were €7 a pint. I'm not sure about glassware but I'm assuming it'll be plastic pint glasses as well as they have trouble getting licensing for actual glass.

Not sure how the CHQ set up is going to be but I think there'll hopefully be more space for brewer talks etc.

Ravelleman

Surely there'd be no issues with glass given that it is being held indoors and not on that island-like structure this time.

That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if it was plastic just to spite popular opinion.

Passenger

irish_goat wrote: »

Last year it was €5 a pint, although stronger ABV beers such as O'Hara's DIPA and Kindred Spirit whiskey stout were €7 a pint.

Is that standard pricing or is each brewer fixing their own prices do you know? It would be handy if they just put the pricelist on their website.

noby

Passenger wrote: »

Is that standard pricing or is each brewer fixing their own prices do you know? It would be handy if they just put the pricelist on their website.

This is a centralised bar rather than the individual brewery bars as in the RDS, so that would be standard pricing.

Not G.R

If ever there was a reason for an improptu fourm beers...

irish_goat

Ravelleman wrote: »

That being said, I wouldn't be surprised if it was plastic just to spite popular opinion.

The organisers are big beer fans and are just as annoyed about the plastic rule as everyone else.

Pricing in the RDS is standardised too, most beers there cost 1 token per pint half pint and it was only the stronger ABV ones that brewers charged more for.

irish_goat

Beer list

O'Hara's Stout
O'Hara's Red
O'Hara's Natural Blond
O'Hara's IPA
O'Hara's Amber
O'Hara's Nitro Red
OH/Pinta (Poland) Collaboration Oatmeal Stout
O'Hara's Bottle Double IPA
O'Hara's Bottle Leann Follain
O'Hara's Bottle Curim

Hilden Bottle Belfast Blonde 4.3%
Hilden Bottle Headless Dog 4.2%
Hilden Bottle Twisted Hop 4.7%
Hilden Bottle Titanic Quarter 4.2%

Metalman IPA

Galway Hooker IPA

White Gypsy Semoy (4.5% abv Belgiam Ale)

Trouble Dark Arts
Trouble Sabotage
Trouble Deception

Kinnegar Red - Devil's Backbone

Kinnegar Bottles Yannaroddy Coconut Porter
Kinnegar Bottles Scraggy Bay IPA

Dingle Lager

Porterhouse Lager (Hersbrucker)
Porter House Bottles Oyster Stout
Porter House Bottles Hop Head

Eight Degrees Amber Ella
Eight Degrees - Bottles Knockmealdown Porter
Eight Degrees - Bottles Howling Gale Ale

Mountain Man Bottles Green Bullet
Mountain Man Bottles Hairy Goat

Independent Brewing Co Independent Pale
Independent Brewing Co Independent Red

Blacks Kinsale Black IPA keg
Blacks Kinsale - Bottles Kinsale pale ale

Carrig Carrig Lager

Bo Bristle American Style Amber
Bo Bristle IPA


Cider

Stonewell

Tempted

ciaran76

Any Hop randalls going to make an appearance?

irish_goat

ciaran76 wrote: »

Any Hop randalls going to make an appearance?

Good idea, I'll see if I can get one.

Creamy Goodness

amber ella.

it's times like these that I'm glad I work in the IFSC :pac:

also the White Gypsy Semoy and the O'Haras oatmeal stout collab seem intriguing too.

Lovely Bloke

irish_goat wrote: »

O'Hara's Nitro Red

why, why, why, why, why?

Why?

drumswan

Not a very exciting line up really, hopefully some specials announced or something

irish_goat

Ok sorted for a Hop Randall, gonna borrow the B&C's so big thanks to them.

Sooo, suggestions folks. Wouldn't mind trying out a stout with coffee beans and maybe vanilla and cocoa nibs myself.

BeerNut

Curim and Citra

irish_goat

BeerNut wrote: »

Curim and Citra

No draught Curim though.

BeerNut

D'oh! Natural Blonde, so.

Ravelleman

irish_goat wrote: »

Sooo, suggestions folks. Wouldn't mind trying out a stout with coffee beans and maybe vanilla and cocoa nibs myself.

No Otterbank?

irish_goat

Ravelleman wrote: »

No Otterbank?

None left unfortunately, they've only done one batch so far.

Ravelleman

irish_goat wrote: »

None left unfortunately, they've only done one batch so far.

They seemed like a small operation alright.

ciaran76

irish_goat wrote: »

Ok sorted for a Hop Randall, gonna borrow the B&C's so big thanks to them.

Sooo, suggestions folks. Wouldn't mind trying out a stout with coffee beans and maybe vanilla and cocoa nibs myself.

Chicory or coconut would be nice too.

Lovely Bloke

ciaran76 wrote: »

Chicory or coconut would be nice too.

Yeah, maybe a Yannaroddy with coconut.

I love this. Ciaran sticks up an idea and within hours it's implemented.

I reckon Ciaran is due at least a pint.

ciaran76

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

Yeah, maybe a Yannaroddy with coconut.

I love this. Ciaran sticks up an idea and within hours it's implemented.

I reckon Ciaran is due at least a pint.

But I want to be able to taste the coconut !:P

Heroditas

Independent Brewing Pale Ale - please tell me it'll be out of a keg/cask!

Redsoxfan

No O'Haras Helles?

irish_goat

Redsoxfan wrote: »

No O'Haras Helles?

None but we'll have Carraig, Creans and Hersbrucker lager at least. Not even sure if Helles is in production at the minute.

Heroditas wrote: »

Independent Brewing Pale Ale - please tell me it'll be out of a keg/cask!

Not sure tbh, I think they might only have bottles for now.

Heroditas

Meh! Any excuse to drink the stuff.

BeerNut

irish_goat wrote: »

Not sure tbh, I think they might only have bottles for now.

They had keg at Alltech.

Heroditas

BeerNut wrote: »

They had keg at Alltech.

That's it! I'm going!

BeerNut

Heroditas wrote: »

That's it! I'm going!

Just confirmed from the brewer that it'll be bottle only

Heroditas

I'm still going!

irish_goat

Starting a list of sorts. Feel free to throw more suggestions up.

O'Hara's Natural Blond with Citra hops
Yannarroddy with Coconut
Eight Degrees Amber Ella with NZ hops of some sort
OH/Pinta (Poland) Collaboration Oatmeal Stout with coffee and vanilla
Metalman IPA with Cascade hops + grapefruit

Going to see if I can get my hands on some dried mango too.

drumswan

Don't think amber ella needs any more hops!

Is there likely to be any more beers added Irish_goat?

Lovely Bloke

irish_goat wrote: »

Starting a list of sorts. Feel free to throw more suggestions up.

O'Hara's Natural Blond with Citra hops
Yannarroddy with Coconut
Eight Degrees Amber Ella with NZ hops of some sort
OH/Pinta (Poland) Collaboration Oatmeal Stout with coffee and vanilla
Metalman IPA with Cascade hops + grapefruit

Going to see if I can get my hands on some dried mango too.

I think that was a joke tbh

Ravelleman

Any indication of which beers will be on draught?

irish_goat

drumswan wrote: »

Don't think amb:Per ella needs any more hops!

True but have to keep the hardcore hopheads happy. :P

Think that's the full list though. A few of the ones that don't say bottle specifically will be bottled though.

ciaran76

Baldy Conscience wrote: »

I think that was a joke tbh

Joking aside i would like to see what it be like with an extra hint of coconut.

Lovely Bloke

ciaran76 wrote: »

Joking aside i would like to see what it be like with an extra hint of coconut.

I'd like to see what it would be like with just a hint of coconut

drumswan

irish_goat wrote: »

Think that's the full list though. A few of the ones that don't say bottle specifically will be bottled though.

Shame, seems like this one is more aimed at the casual punter, think I'll give it a miss

RasTa

Refuse to pay into these type of things. Don't they charge the breweries to attend?

irish_goat

RasTa wrote: »

Don't they charge the breweries to attend?

No.

It's not cheap to put these events on; licenses, insurance, good looking staff etc all cost money.

drumswan

RasTa wrote: »

Refuse to pay into these type of things. Don't they charge the breweries to attend?

Why would you refuse to pay in? You think its free to rent the convention centre? Ive never heard of a beer festival with free entry

RasTa

I'd rather spend my fiver in my local. However did presume they charged the breweries and restaurants.

Heroditas

RasTa wrote: »

Refuse to pay into these type of things. Don't they charge the breweries to attend?

Two things:
1. It keeps the scummers out. Troublemakers won't be arsed paying in. As a result, the atmosphere is always relaxed and friendly.

2. Fair enough about giving it to your local but events like these can represent a great opportunity to sample a wide variety of beers you might not normally get to drink under one roof.

moxin

Refusing to pay a fiver to a hosted event like this? If you had said something like 15 quid yes i'd agree, but a fiver???!

Geuze

drumswan wrote: »

Why would you refuse to pay in? You think its free to rent the convention centre? Ive never heard of a beer festival with free entry

BierPassie, Antwerp

Walk around the stands for free, look as much as you like, come and go as you wish.

But to have a drink, you must buy a glass + programme, = 5 euro.

Beer token = 2 euro.


http://www.bierpassieweekend.be/en/www_en.html

oblivious

Geuze wrote: »

BierPassie, Antwerp

Walk around the stands for free, look as much as you like, come and go as you wish.

But to have a drink, you must buy a glass + programme, = 5 euro.

Beer token = 2 euro.



http://www.bierpassieweekend.be/en/www_en.html

Paying in to events like these is pretty standard in Ireland and england. Also there is public liability insiance and rent to consider. No sure how they run it in Belgium, but maybe Zyoths are subing it to help pay for event .

It's also free in before 6 on friday

MonstaMash

RasTa wrote: »

Refuse to pay into these type of things. Don't they charge the breweries to attend?

Heroditas wrote: »

It keeps the scummers out.

Not true...I'll be there

BMJD

I hope they have a decent seating area.

Also, when I win the €uromillions, Ima gonna buy the CHQ place and turn it into an giant beerhallfest.

ciaran76

Is it plastic cups or glasses they are using for this event?
Just out of curiosity.