Hope are one of those breweries who wouldn't be a go-to for me, and yet any of their beers I've tried I've really liked.
I'm drinking almost no beer these days but just happened to have a Hope Dublin Porter (their winter seasonal) yesterday. Really impressed with it - one of the best porters I've had in a long while.
YB's website won't connect for me and their Twitter hasn't been posted on in months.
Late 2019 I was grabbing a few Citra off the shelf in my local Molloys and a staff member told me that was the last batch of YB stock they'd be getting in - they were concentrating on the pub trade from then on. Seemed a very odd decision and of course it wasn't long before Covid forced a reversal. Ironically they're now in places like Dunnes which they never were in the Before Times. Don't recall seeing anything from them not core range in a long time though.
Yellowbelly being brewed at Dundalk Bay now. Don't think the specials will be getting brewed though. Seems to just be the core range.
Mostly seems to be in offies. Number 21 in Punches has it and Off the Bone restaurant.
Definitely still going anyway.
Is JJs still going? Never see that beer in pubs around Limerick
Didn't realize Yellowbelly were gone as some of their beer is still around. Really liked their stuff as they were into doing interesting non pale/IPA beer.
I could be wrong but I think Limerick was Treaty, JJ's and then Crew in that order with no closures. A pretty manageable amount for what should be one of the bigger markets in Ireland.
Muckish Mountain was never a brewery; Evans wasn't much more than a homebrew set-up, while Finn Valley and Boghopper got someone else to take over the gear without leaving the county. Compare that with Wexford where Jack Doyle's, Drew Fox and YellowBelly are gone gone as full scale production breweries.
Finn Valley
Old Mill
Muckish Mountain
Evans
Boghopper
Donegal had seen a fair share of breweries come and go? Or is it pretty much the same as most counties?
The brewery is in the Caisleáin Óir Hotel. Been going about a year now. Bought the old kit from the Finn Valley Brewery.
Afaik, Declan was asked to be technical advisor to set up the brewery and ended up helping out with brewing. He's due down tomorrow so will find out.
Assume this will end up being brewed in Dunfanaghy?
Good to know. They'll be excellent quality so. great to ahve another local brewery. They could definitely work on the label design a little but I can't wait to taste them.
UD have had a couple on tap since they've reopened
Got to visit Underdog yesterday for the first time in the new location. Nice! Gotta love a pub with more types of imperial stout (4, I think) than lager (a pils and a Helles)!
Only went up the other day. I believe there's a keg downstairs as well.
Fairly new. Declan from Otterbank is brewing for them (on their own kit). Not seen any available on shelves myself yet.
Just tried this, very enjoyable. AFAIK they're new enough on the block.
Bar I work in in Limerick city centre. Most would be in a similar price range in town.
Wetherspoon's January sale has pints of Dungarvan copper coast for as low as €2.20 in Swords (€1.95 in pubs outside Dublin). They have pints of ale for 99p in Belfast but that would be illegal here.
Hope beers in Gibneys in Malahide are 40 cents per pint cheaper than Heineken which is up to a whopping €7.30 now.
My local Tesco in Wicklow has Rye River (plus Solas), O'Hara's, Wicklow Wolf, Treaty City, Kinnegar, Hope, Galway Bay, Blacks, Yellowbelly. I would've said when I started moving away from Guinness/ Bulmers/ Bud the choices in there were O'Hara's, and then Hobgoblin and Speckled Hen and other UK options.
Mostly a young crowd. Really good pizza! Very eclectic music. As dark as **** - you've to grope your way to the loos! In terms of beer, the only craft is O'Hara's (session and regular IPA) and Graciosa, and they've a rebadged porter, can't remember who brews it.
I am a big beer fan and I think options for consumers have never been better as regards Irish beer. There's certainly more than a "handful" of Irish brands available where I shop.
yeah the beer is decent, and I don't mean it as an insult or a good thing, it's a descriptor.
People can mean that to be a good thing or the highest of insults.
It often means the beer is good which is what I am wondering about.
it's very hipster imo
Damn it wrong Thursday.
What's that Frank Ryans place like across the road ?
To Øl are having a bunch of beers on tap in Fidelity this Thursday, with one of their founders there as well.
Harris is the same price as all Diageo lagers except for Hop House 13 which is 10c dearer. Sarsfield is the same as Guinness and only 20c dearer than Beamish. Heineken and Coors are 30c dearer and Moretti €1.30 dearer.
Where abouts ?
You said like every pub has the exact same price. Or are you talking about the wholesale value per pint ?
When I mentioned it in one of my locals (the one that has 4 local taps) at the time of the Heineken increase, they said they'd never pull out Heino or Coors, but were looking at the other taps. Forgot to look was the Moretti tap still there over Christmas, put didn't notice a blank tap.
Anyway, Guinness/ Diageo have to do something in these hard times to protect their circa stg£4 billion operating profit!
