Irish brewery of the year 2017

RasTa

So who gets it?

Wicklow wolf

I'm going to say Rye River for number of products.

Doubling Banging was a great additon.
Big Banging is close to my favourite IPA and then you have the Grafters and Crafty Brewing offers.

I love Kinnegar Crossroads, Full Sail etc but I think Rye have a good catalogue of good value products.

matrim

Kinnegar

Whiplash for me. Not on your list but you should also give honourable mentions to Hope, Rascals and Trouble Brewing

66_Lad

The Yellowbelly Citra Pale Ale is excellent, they also have some decent sours out

RasTa

Yellowbelly

matrim wrote: »

Whiplash for me. Not on your list but you should also give honourable mentions to Hope, Rascals and Trouble Brewing

I knew I forgot a few. I'll add them now. Although it won't let me.

BeerNut

Trouble was mine. A foot in both the "ordinary daycent beer" camp, and the "omg awesome craft" one. Something for everyone.

BaZmO*

Whiplash or Rascals, but I'd say Rascals just edge it.

Trond

Kinnegar

BaZmO* wrote: »

Whiplash or Rascals, but I'd say Rascals just edge it.

Same, whiplash edged it just imo. Honorable mention to Trouble Brewing as well

tommy2bad

Rascals should have been on this list. I think they edged it this year. Yellowbelly always interesting while Rye River deserves credit for a steady quality of beers, esp in the crafty range. For the price, they knock some of the top shelf breweries for six.

Rigor Mortis

Trouble Brewing FTW

igCorcaigh

No Kinsale? World's End alone is worth a vote.
West Cork Brewery is also excellent.

RasTa

Yellowbelly

Yeah I forgot loads, things ye do when waiting for your train in Brewdock.

Trouble has two and Rascals with one.

Tis tight at the top

s3rtvdbwfj81ch

Yellowbelly

I voted for Kinnegar, but would have voted for Rascals had they been on the list.

RasTa

Yellowbelly

Blair Embarrassed Pretzel wrote: »

I voted for Kinnegar, but would have voted for Rascals had they been on the list.

Noted. Just hit other and say the name. I wonder if we will hit 50 votes.

Blut2

Rascals. Their 8:01 Mint Chocolate Stout and Coconut/Vanilla/Chocolate Milkshake stout are both fabulous, and completely different to everything else on the market. A nice breath of fresh air in the sea of IPAs out there currently.

ianob7

Kinnegar

Whiplash for me ! I'm a divil for the DIPA's

Passenger

Kinnegar

O'Brother, another glaring omission. Some outstanding releases. Brutus, Bonita, Joe, Nightcrawler and more...

RasTa

Yellowbelly

I can't believe the worst brewery in Ireland are 2nd.

jefferson73

Rascals without a doubt.

Passenger

Kinnegar

RasTa wrote: »

I can't believe the worst brewery in Ireland are 2nd.

But it looks like you voted for them.

RasTa

Yellowbelly

Passenger wrote: »

But it looks like you voted for them.

Whoops, in 3rd.

Just back from the brewery tour in the best brewery in Ireland whom sit in 2nd. Impressive place. Almost in Letterkenny town now.

RasTa

Yellowbelly

Rascals, White Hag and 8 Degrees all on 5.

andekwarhola

Kinnegar

Whiplash for me although Rascals brought out some good stuff too.

If you technically lumped in Whiplash with the Rye River stable (Grafters IPA and Pale Ale, Crafty IPA, Francis; Double and Little Banging IPA and the Export Stout), you'd have a pretty strong range. :pac:

the beer revolu

Dot

andekwarhola wrote: »

Whiplash for me although Rascals brought out some good stuff too.

If you technically lumped in Whiplash with the Rye River stable (Grafters IPA and Pale Ale, Crafty IPA, Francis; Double and Little Banging IPA and the Export Stout), you'd have a pretty strong range. :pac:

Whiplash didn't make all their beer @ Rye River and he no longer works for them.

snowblind

Kinnegar

top 5
Whiplash: most consistent (tied with kinnegar) and best highs (the DIPAs, the Imp Stout). The only Irish brewery who can do 3 different DIPAs that showcase different hops in such a way
Kinnegar: see above, though with less interesting lineup in general than whiplash
Dot Brewing: Doing good things with barrels and not overdoing it. Base beers could be better & the flavours are a bit on the sweet side - get some mixed culture in them and I'll be laughing.
Rascals: Trying a lot of things, usually resulting in OK or pretty good results.
Trouble: Ambush is a decent staple, Fresh Prince of Kildare was good first time around, did a pretty good saison too. Consistency and/or quality control issues are pretty bad though. Voodoo Maple Imp Stout, looking at you, did anyone like this?

snowblind

Kinnegar

snowblind wrote: »

top 5
Whiplash: most consistent (tied with kinnegar) and best highs (the DIPAs, the Imp Stout). The only Irish brewery who can do 3 different DIPAs that showcase different hops in such a way
Kinnegar: see above, though with less interesting lineup in general than whiplash

Jinxed it, new batch of Big Bunny is malt forward golden brown bready mess, and I loved the 2017 batches

RasTa

Yellowbelly

snowblind wrote: »

Jinxed it, new batch of Big Bunny is malt forward golden brown bready mess, and I loved the 2017 batches

Thought the same myself. I'd say it's new brewery stuff. Whiplash had a problem with one of their beers too and had to be dumped.