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Drinking your way around Ireland

  • 08-04-2016 1:24pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭


    I'm talking about beer here. It seems nearly every county now has some sort of brewery (I'm not sure about Co. Clare).

    Just for fun, what counties have you had beer from? Has anyone had something from each county yet?
    Obviously this will be easier to figure out if you keep track of the beers you drink!


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    fjon wrote: »
    (I'm not sure about Co. Clare).
    Burren Brewery is in Clare. Westmeath, Laois, Kilkenny and Armagh all lack working breweries right now, AFAIK.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭fjon


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Burren Brewery is in Clare. Westmeath, Laois, Kilkenny and Armagh all lack working breweries right now, AFAIK.

    Ok, never heard of them!
    For Laois there's 12 acres unless I'm mistaken?
    Although this may be cheating somewhat you could use Smithwicks for Kilkenny and MacIvors cider for Armagh.
    That would only leave Westmeath?


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    fjon wrote: »
    For Laois there's 12 acres unless I'm mistaken?
    Not a brewery (yet): the beers come from 9 White Deer in Cork.
    fjon wrote: »
    Smithwicks for Kilkenny
    While the brewery is there, it's not operational. Smithwick's is just a label used for beer brewed in Dublin.
    fjon wrote: »
    MacIvors cider for Armagh.
    One of several cider makers in Armagh, but cider isn't brewed and doesn't involve breweries.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Of the remaining 28 counties, I'm missing just Clare.

    Antrim - Hilden
    Carlow - O'Hara's
    Cavan - Ó Cléirigh
    Clare - nope (Burren)
    Cork - Eight Degrees
    Derry - Northbound
    Donegal - Kinnegar
    Down - Farmageddon
    Dublin - Rascal's
    Fermanagh - Inishmacsaint
    Galway - Galway Hooker
    Kerry - Torc
    Kildare - Trouble
    Leitrim - Carrig
    Limerick - JJ's
    Longford - St. Mel's
    Louth - Jack Cody's
    Mayo - Mescan
    Meath - Brú
    Monaghan - Brehon
    Offaly - Bo Bristle
    Roscommon - Black Donkey
    Sligo - White Hag
    Tipperary - White Gypsy
    Tyrone - Red Hand
    Waterford - Metalman
    Wexford - Yellow Belly
    Wicklow - O Brother

    Fun exercise!


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,837 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    I am one behind the Beer Nut. I've not had a Mayo beer yet, nor the Clare beer. Have had the rest though.


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Damn you Poker Tree for making Tyrone less obscure!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 nestegg


    Clare actually has two breweries!

    Western Herd brew in Kilmaley and have a brew pub in Ennis where the long suffering Clare man can finally happily wet his whistle with glorious hops.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    nestegg wrote: »
    Western Herd brew in Kilmaley and have a brew pub in Ennis.
    They're running two brewkits, or do you just mean they own a pub?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20 nestegg


    My bad - yeah it is just a pub in Ennis.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭Cast Iron


    Had a sup from the production lines of:
    (Some may be brewed under license unbeknownst to me!)

    Antrim - Hilden
    Carlow - Carlow Brewing (O'Hara's)
    Cork - Eight Degrees, Franciscan Well, Black's of Kinsale & Mountain Man
    Donegal - Kinnegar
    Down - Whitewater
    Dublin - JW Sweetman & Porterhouse
    Galway - Galway Hooker, Galway Bay & Independent Brewing Co.
    Kerry - Killarney Brewing & Kenmare Brewing
    Kildare - Trouble & Rye River (McGargles & Colgans)
    Louth - Jack Cody's & Boyne Brewhouse
    Mayo - Mescan & Oilean Eadaigh West Mayo Brewery
    Meath - Brú
    Monaghan - Brehon
    Offaly - Bo Bristle
    Roscommon - Black Donkey
    Sligo - White Hag
    Tipperary - White Gypsy
    Tyrone - Pokertree
    Waterford - Metalman
    Wicklow - O Brother & Wicklow Wolf

    Thanks to Beernut for easing the burden of typing much of that!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭Help!!!!


    Kilkenny = Costellos


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Cast Iron wrote: »
    Kenmare Brewing
    Brewed in Meath by Brú.
    Cast Iron wrote: »
    Boyne Brewhouse
    Just over the border in Meath.
    Cast Iron wrote: »
    Thanks to Beernut for easing the burden of typing much of that!
    Still gonna pick holes ;)
    Help!!!! wrote: »
    Kilkenny = Costellos
    Brewed at Trouble in Kildare AFAIK. Is there really a working production brewery in Kilkenny?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    Celtic Warrior, brewed by Hylands brewing, Ballinagh, Cavan.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Nekarsulm wrote: »
    Celtic Warrior, brewed by Hylands brewing, Ballinagh, Cavan.
    Nup. Brewed by Craftworks, Broombridge, Dublin.
    Believin' all the lies that they're tellin' you
    Buyin' all the products that they're sellin' you


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 217 ✭✭Cast Iron


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Just over the border in Meath.
    Still gonna pick holes ;)

    Boyne Brewhouse, hmmm yea just about...may change in the not too distant future!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭Nekarsulm


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Nup. Brewed by Craftworks, Broombridge, Dublin.

    Eurrrgh! Spit.... Spit.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭noby


    How about actually drinking your way around Ireland? i.e. have you had a Mayo beer in Mayo, a Kerry beer in Kerry etc.?


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    *shakes fist at Todd Andrews* (again)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭Frynge


    noby wrote: »
    How about actually drinking your way around Ireland? i.e. have you had a Mayo beer in Mayo, a Kerry beer in Kerry etc.?

    First person to post photos proving their accomplishment wins a cushion.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,965 ✭✭✭Help!!!!


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Brewed at Trouble in Kildare AFAIK. Is there really a working production brewery in Kilkenny?

    Yep new brewery
    http://www.costellosbrewco.ie/


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Help!!!! wrote: »
    Where do you see mention of a brewery there?

    It says
    Our good friends in Kildare allow us use their shiny brewery, until our own is up and running later this year.
    And as far as I know that's still the case. I'd heard he'd got a premises but I don't think Costello's is a real brewery yet. If my information is out of date, do let me know.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭laros


    http://www.roadsidetavern.ie/roadside/?q=burren-brewery



    Re Clare.... does this qualify...?


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    laros wrote: »
    Re Clare.... does this qualify...?
    Yep, I mentioned it in the second post of the thread.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭Richie71


    Also in Clare, Fitzpatricks bar in Hotel Doolin have a 'local' beer called Dooliner. Not sure where it's brewed though.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Richie71 wrote: »
    Also in Clare, Fitzpatricks bar in Hotel Doolin have a 'local' beer called Dooliner. Not sure where it's brewed though.
    Carlow, I believe.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,258 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    Five to go.
    1. Antrim - Hilden. Mountain Ash was one of the first Irish brews that I've ever tried.
    2. Armagh - Clanconnell, they are allegedly in Craigavon.
    3. Cavan - Not yet.
    4. Carlow - Carlow Brewing (O'Hara's)
    5. Clare - Burren Brewery. Eaten there as well and it's well worth the visit for their seafood.
    6. Cork - Radic Ale
    7. Derry - Not yet.
    8. Donegal - Kinnegar and Donegal; the Kinnegar brewery tour is excellent.
    9. Down - Whitewater and Fox Rock
    10. Dublin - Five Lamps
    11. Fermanagh - Inishmacsaint.
    12. Galway - N 17 and many from the Oslo bar range
    13. Kerry - Torc, West Kerry
    14. Kildare - Kelly's ale
    15. Kilkenny - Not yet.
    16. Laois - Not Yet.
    17. Leitrim - Carrig
    18. Limerick - Not Yet
    19. Longford -St. Mel's
    20. Louth - Jack Cody's, Boyne.
    21. Mayo - I have had porter taken from the vat at the West Mayo Brewery.
    22. Meath - Brú
    23. Monaghan - Brehon
    24. Offaly - Bo Bristle
    25. Roscommon - Black Donkey and technically Galway Hooker :pac:
    26. Sligo - White Hag
    27. Tipperary - White Gypsy
    28. Tyrone - Pokertree
    29. Waterford - Metalman
    30. Wicklow - O Brother & Wicklow Wolf
    31. Westmeath - Stonebarrel.
    32. Wexford - Blackstairs


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,381 ✭✭✭oblivious


    Derry:walled city

    hooked have been brewing in oranmore for last few years


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Five to go.
    Or maybe a bit more...
    Armagh - Clanconnell, they are allegedly in Craigavon.
    Brewed at Hilden, so Co. Antrim.
    Cork - Radic Ale
    Mostly brewed in Dublin; the pale ale is the only Cork one, I think, brewed at Black's.
    Dublin - Five Lamps
    Unless it was the lager because that's brewed in Tipperary by C&C.
    Galway - N 17
    Mostly from Reel Deel in Mayo these days; was Black's in Kinsale before that.
    Louth - Jack Cody's, Boyne.
    As mentioned above, Boyne Brewhouse is in Meath.
    technically Galway Hooker
    So long as it was pre-2014 :pac:
    Westmeath - Stonebarrel.
    Eh? Where'd you pull that from? Anyway: no. Brewed in Dublin these days, was from England before that.
    Wexford - Blackstairs
    Brewed in Kildare at Trouble.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,376 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    Regarding Limerick, isn't JJ 's in Kilmallock a real brewery?


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Regarding Limerick, isn't JJ 's in Kilmallock a real brewery?
    It is. Did someone say it wasn't?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,376 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    BeerNut wrote: »
    It is. Did someone say it wasn't?

    Lofty 's list said "not yet" for Limerick


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    I think he means he hasn't had any beer from Limerick. Limerick City Brewery is also real, AFAIK.
    Edit: Actually meant Treaty City, not Limerick City.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,376 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    BeerNut wrote: »
    I think he means he hasn't had any beer from Limerick. Limerick City Brewery is also real, AFAIK.

    Duh!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 509 ✭✭✭Not G.R


    Shame on brewers not disclosing where their beer is brewed. Obviously a few misled customers.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,258 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Or maybe a bit more...

    Brewed at Hilden, so Co. Antrim.

    Mostly brewed in Dublin; the pale ale is the only Cork one, I think, brewed at Black's.

    Unless it was the lager because that's brewed in Tipperary by C&C.

    Mostly from Reel Deel in Mayo these days; was Black's in Kinsale before that.

    As mentioned above, Boyne Brewhouse is in Meath.

    So long as it was pre-2014 :pac:

    Eh? Where'd you pull that from? Anyway: no. Brewed in Dublin these days, was from England before that.

    Brewed in Kildare at Trouble.

    To take up your points.....

    Clanconnell say they are brewed in Armagh, wherever that is and Boyne are maybe a field or two away from Louth. Could have been a bastard and said MacArdles. I thought Blackstairs had their own set up running since last year. I live across the road from Five Lamps

    Stonebarrel comes up when you lash in Brewery and Westmeath into that Google yoke :)

    Next thing you'll be telling me that there's more than barley, hops and yeast going into beer ;)


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Clanconnell say they are brewed in Armagh
    Link?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭fjon


    I just checked mine, and I've a load left to go!
    Does N17 count for Mayo?

    Carlow - O'Hara's
    Cork - 8 Degrees
    Donegal - Kinnegar
    Dublin - Rascal's
    Galway - Galway Bay
    Kildare - Trouble Brewing
    Longford - St. Mel's
    Louth - Jack Cody's
    Mayo - N17
    Meath - Brú
    Roscommon - Black Donkey
    Sligo - White Hag
    Tyrone - Pokertree
    Waterford - Metalman
    Wexford - Drew Fox
    Wicklow - O Brother


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,837 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    fjon wrote: »
    I just checked mine, and I've a load left to go!
    Does N17 count for Mayo?

    Brewed at Blacks in Cork. (I think)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭fjon


    irish_goat wrote: »
    Brewed at Blacks in Cork. (I think)

    Ok, thought it was Reel Deel.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭fjon


    Frynge wrote: »
    First person to post photos proving their accomplishment wins a cushion.

    Obviously you need a photo of yourself holding up a bottle/ can in front of the "Welcome to County x" sign to qualify for the cushion.:p


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    fjon wrote: »
    Ok, thought it was Reel Deel.
    Yes, it's been Reel Deel since last year, so it does count for Mayo if you drank it at all recently.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭okatied


    A good Limerick beer is Harris Pale Ale by Treaty City Brewing


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭ollaetta


    nestegg wrote: »
    Western Herd brew in Kilmaley and have a brew pub in Ennis where the long suffering Clare man can finally happily wet his whistle with glorious hops.

    I often think the lads behind the Biddy Early Brewery in Inagh must be kicking themselves. Well ahead of the posse a decade or more ago they just couldn't make it last long term.


  • Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,351 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    ollaetta wrote: »
    I often think the lads behind the Biddy Early Brewery in Inagh must be kicking themselves. Well ahead of the posse a decade or more ago they just couldn't make it last long term.

    Probably the first craft beer I ever had in Ireland. I remember buying a case of their beer when I was down there, it was pretty decent.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,258 ✭✭✭✭Losty Dublin


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Link?

    I'm only going by the fact that their bottles and social media have on a postal address that clearly makes out that they are based in Armagh. By all means feel free to say that such and such is brewed elsewhere but don't shoot us just cos we are told one thing by the brewer when something else is the case. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 509 ✭✭✭Not G.R


    I'm only going by the fact that their bottles and social media have on a postal address that clearly makes out that they are based in Armagh. By all means feel free to say that such and such is brewed elsewhere but don't shoot us just cos we are told one thing by the brewer when something else is the case. :)

    McGargles labels claim they were 'never established' ... except that time they were established in 2013. Don't believe everything on beer labels.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,720 ✭✭✭CR 7


    BeerNut wrote: »
    Radik Ale
    Mostly brewed in Dublin; the pale ale is the only Cork one, I think, brewed at Black's.

    All Cork actually, or at least was all Cork. He's in the process of financing his own brewery at the moment.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,376 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    CR 7 wrote: »
    All Cork actually, or at least was all Cork. He's in the process of financing his own brewery at the moment.

    Nope, some was brewed in brewworks in Dublin (if that's the name of the brewery for hire - can't find anything online).
    The rest was Black's and 9 white deer.

    Fundraising starts tomorrow.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 11,974 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Nope, some was brewed in brewworks in Dublin (if that's the name of the brewery for hire - can't find anything online).
    The rest was Black's and 9 white deer.
    Craftworks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,598 ✭✭✭cashback


    Just an update on this old thread.
    12 Acres brewery opened in August last year so that's another one to tick off the initial list.

    I've had a few pints of it in Carlow over Christmas and it's very good. I then finally tried the Smithwicks Pale on draught and was disappointed as it seemed pretty bland in comparison, but maybe I just had it in the wrong pub.


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