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Beer Festivals in 2024 - stick them in here!

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  • #32
    wexdevil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 997 ✭✭✭wexdevil


    I see the tickets for the RDS one are up on eventbrite.

    https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/dublin-beer-festival-tickets-927777917727



  • #33
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,067 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122305987#Comment_122305987

    Beoir has a special offer for current members.

    (you need to already be a member to get it; you can't sign up now for it)

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  • #34
    Hodors Appletart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭Hodors Appletart


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122306924#Comment_122306924

    Thanks for letting us know, I'd bought a ticket but I've asked for a refund.



  • #35
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,067 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    The tickets don't seem to have names on them so I'm guessing they're easily transferable.

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  • #36
    yaeke
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭yaeke


    Pity the Doolin beer festival isnt on anymore....



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  • #37
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,894 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Lineman announced as the first Hagstravanganza guest brewery. Given it's in just over 2 weeks time they're cutting it fine with releasing the lineup…



  • #38
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,067 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    I think once the international beer order didn't happen, they're winging it. You'll get what shows up on the day.

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  • #39
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,894 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122417769#Comment_122417769

    Yeah, it's a long and expensive trip for me just to drink pints of Little Fawn all night just.



  • #40
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,861 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Would wonder wth happened. Had they overlooked a licensing requirement all this time, or something?

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #41
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,067 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Complete guess, but I'd say there was some sort of delay with the event licensing, or maybe the usual supplier of the temporary beer licence pulled out, and they missed the deadline by which the international beer order had to be placed to ensure the beer arrived on time.

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  • #42
    DelmarODonnell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 159 ✭✭DelmarODonnell


    Bob from White Hag posted last night that they have the licence and are full steam ahead for Hagstravaganza.



  • #43
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,067 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    There'll be beer from a few of the regular Americans, though WeldWerks of Colorado is a new one on me.

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  • #44
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,861 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Good news, I'll raise an ice cold Mahou or two on the day in solidarity 😉

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #45
    Zymurgist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 565 ✭✭✭Zymurgist


    Hagstravagnza appears to be sold out! still on sale.


    Eventbrite had the event listed as sold out for a while earlier but tickets are back up now 🤷‍♂️

    Post edited by Zymurgist on


  • #46
    ClashCityRocker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭ClashCityRocker


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122143002#Comment_122143002

    This year's will be the final edition

    https://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/2024/08/08/midlands-craft-beer-festival-to-take-place-for-last-time-later-this-month/


  • #47
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,067 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    CAMRA Northern Ireland are bringing their Belfast Real Ale Festival back this year. 7-9 November. Venue to be announced.

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  • #48
    irish_goat
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122497816#Comment_122497816

    Venue announced, Banana Block (next door to Boundary). Tickets are a very reasonable £4 for non-CAMRA members. I'll be there Saturday anyway.

    https://t.co/CBaOv3DxeI



  • #49
    JoeLapira
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 163 ✭✭JoeLapira


    Looking forward to the Dublin Beer Fest over the weekend, gonna be difficult to try all the beers though 😂



  • #50
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,136 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    Can't get there until around 5pm Sat, hope it's not like previous years where most of the interesting specials are gone by then 🙈

    If anyone going today can you let us know if it's indoors or outdoors? Looks like from their socials it's going to be outdoors this time

    Post edited by youcancallmeal on


  • #51
    Macy0161
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,724 ✭✭✭Macy0161


    Had assumed indoors, so yes, if someone can let us know!



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  • #52
    Macy0161
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    Saw a post saying it's essentially the Leinster Fan Zone, so marquees I think?



  • #53
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,067 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    It's the Ring Hall, formerly the RDS stables. I don't know it myself, but that sounds indoor to me.

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  • #54
    EthelMercaptan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭EthelMercaptan


    Yes, very much indoor but there are food stalls and tables under a marquee outside



  • #55
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,136 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    I enjoyed it yesterday. Paying by card at each stall is much better setup than the tokens in the past. A good bit of queuing for toilets which I don't remember being an issue when it was on in the main hall. As expected most of the foreign brewers were sold out of their stuff by 5 or 6pm. Next year will definitely try go on the Friday or be there for opening on the Saturday.



  • #56
    L1011
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    Definitely needed more toilets - there were a set closed for renovations visible through the windows of the next building along, which should probably have been replaced by more than two single portakabin toilets.

    Could also have done with a second glass wash station but that's getting in to nitpicking.



  • #57
    Tenzor07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,440 ✭✭✭Tenzor07


    Great to see the Irish Beer Festival back in the RDS again after all these years.

    It is of course a shadow of what it used to be back in the day (say 7 years ago) when Craft beer was on a rocket trajectory and was "New" in Ireland… The main hall in the RDS was packed with all Irish companies selling beers you couldn't get widely anywhere..

    Now you can buy Craft in a lot of the Pubs and at least bottles and cans in the local Spar… Still great to see some of the smaller newer brewers .. and the Internationals.

    As for the Hall they ran the festival in.. was really short on seating, toilets, and only a small handful of food vendors.

    Hopefully will be back next year bigger and better..



  • #58
    Macy0161
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    Enjoyed my Friday evening in there - no issues with toilets, and wasn't bothered by the lack of seats personally. However, I found the acoustics/ sound level in the hall awful. Might not have been as bad on the Saturday where I'm assuming it was fuller.



  • #59
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,067 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    I thought my hearing was going because I couldn't hear a thing anyone said. Glad that's not just me then.

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  • #60
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,383 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    We were there shortly after opening on Saturday, and the music volume was way too loud for the venue from the off. I have a knee issue so I can't stand for long periods of time, but we were lucky and got a seat. But there was a definite lack of seating for the size of the crowd. People we spoke to had been there on Friday as well, and they'd been told that there had been 8,000 through the doors on Friday. The quality of the food we had was poor for the price they charged, but maybe some of the other food places were better and we were just unlucky. Overall, it was good to see it back, but I'd definitely try to get there on the Friday in future as there were more than a few beers we wanted to try already sold out.



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  • #61
    youcancallmeal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,136 ✭✭✭youcancallmeal


    So even first thing on Saturday there was sold out beers? I don't know why but I was thinking that the foreign brewers who could only bring a limited amount of kegs would have held some back for Saturday



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