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Supporting craft breweries

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  • #4562
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,390 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123277858#Comment_123277858

    For anyone wondering, they have three craft beers on tap, not sure how many more in bottles or cans.



  • #4563
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,390 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    That Whiplash x Verdant Melted Head is one of their best beers in a while, I feel.



  • #4564
    patrickc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭patrickc


    Is 0 haras in trouble?

    There seems to be very little variety in shops these days.

    In a few places I've spotted only 4 of their range.



  • #4565
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,061 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    O'Hara's is in rude health, as far as I know. I haven't noticed any shortage of their beers, in both the multiples and the independent trade. They don't release new beers anything like as much as they used to, though.

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  • #4566
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,893 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    O'Hara's has appeared in Tesco in the north for the first time. Just the Pale Ale and Tropical IPA so far but hoping Leann Follain or the the stout appears.



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  • #4567
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,508 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    They brought out a lower ABV tropical IPA recently (while keeping the stronger one)

    TBH having a pretty stable range is probably a good sign. They know what works.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #4568
    patrickc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,070 ✭✭✭patrickc


    That's good, they're my go too where possible.

    The 51st state is beautiful



  • #4569
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/companies/arid-41615446.html

    Killarney Brewing company enters examinership aiming to save 100 jobs



  • #4570
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,022 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    That's a very fancy looking site for a small rural brewery.

    What chance does the examinership actually have to save the brewery I wonder.



  • #4571
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,958 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    100 jobs seemed huge for an independent brewery - a distillery and large visitor centre also included. This is a distillery failure not a brewery failure really despite the name.



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  • #4572
    breezy1985
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123365996#Comment_123365996

    Seems like a lot of jobs for a distillery too. I wonder are the paper including some staff from another of their businesses



  • #4573
    irish_goat
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 5,893 Mod ✭✭✭✭irish_goat


    Killarney also had hopes of being a routine stop for the US tour buses. They'd invested heavily hoping they'd be getting a couple of hundred through the door every day who'd then drop money on food, drinks, tours and merch etc.



  • #4574
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,061 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    If there's no hope of spending big and getting the money back from busloads of tourists in Killarney, what chance does anywhere else have? I'm glad Rascals seems to have picked up a decent local crowd, and I hope Wicklow Wolf and Kinnegar have them too.

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  • #4575
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,022 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    Treaty and Sullivan's have a good tourist trade. But they are in the middle of tourist areas and it's only a part of the income. Very different to Fossa where you have to purposely travel to the venue.



  • #4576
    Black Sheep
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    Ordered some beers direct from White Hag (had a voucher, long story), and they arrived next day.

    Not much of a selection in their online shop at the moment, but just wanted to mention that their black lager, Little Boar, is really good. Not dissimilar to Kinnegar's Black Rabbit. It has a fair bit of body, more like a light stout than the German schwarzbier I've had, if that makes sense.



  • #4577
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123211201#Comment_123211201

    From social posts, Ronan Russell (presumably now previously of Blacks of Kinsale) is also in on this project. Videos from the founder suggest first taps should be on from mid-May in Cork. They have an internal canning set up, so I would presume off license sales won't be too long after?



  • #4578
    Geuze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,328 ✭✭✭✭Geuze


    Is there anywhere I could read a survey of the sector, e.g. a list of the largest producers (after the macros), trends in productions, exports, retail, etc.?

    I would like to read about how many breweries there are, ownership, etc.

    I get the feeling that Rye River in Kildare are the largest non-macro brewery? although I could be wrong

    Post edited by Geuze on


  • #4579
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,061 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123406735#Comment_123406735

    Nearest things would be Bord Bia's report on the craft beer sector, available via the IBI here: https://independentbrewers.ie/economic-impact-reports/

    And IBEC's broader view here: https://www.ibec.ie/drinksireland/news-insights-and-events/news/2024/07/04/non-alcohol-beer-continues-to-grow

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  • #4580
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,390 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    How are Roc Helles and Magic Mist from White Hag, these days?



  • #4581
    dashingdash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭dashingdash


    On the hunt for the best pils from an Irish brewery. Any thoughts?

    Not too particular if it's more Italian, Czech, or German inspired.

    The best I've tried are Figo from Galway Bay for Italian, Magnum Pilsner from Dew Drop for German, and Hello Yes from Third Barrel for Czech. Anything I'm missing out on?



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  • #4582
    dashingdash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭dashingdash


    Somehow posted twice. Sigh. Edited



  • #4583
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,958 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    8 Degrees Bohemian was a favourite of mine when I could still drink pilsners and not rip my stomach lining out (familial trait it appears).



  • #4584
    Pen Rua
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭Pen Rua


    Whiplash Blue Ghost?



  • #4585
    dashingdash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 ✭dashingdash


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123478967#Comment_123478967

    I've only had the 8 degrees Bohemian years ago when it was first floating around. I'm curious to see how it's tasting after they took the brewery back. From their socials, I see there are some bottles and taps close to their homeland but haven't seen it elsewhere. The Full Irish and Citra Single Hop in the new bottles have been tasting great. Though I haven't see any fresh ones in a while.



  • #4586
    breezy1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,022 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123478949#Comment_123478949

    Are we talking widely available nationwide in off licenses ?

    If so it's a small field.



  • #4587
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,508 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Why not just drink the real thing instead of some Irish fake?

    It was a revelation to me when I spent a summer working in Munich in 1989… Spaten and Paulaner and Löwenbräu and… this is real beer! not the pissy yellow stuff served up at home. I honestly thought I'd never see beer of that quality in offies in Ireland… Spaten (perhaps the very best of them) still isn't the easiest to get here but the lovely lovely Budweiser / Budvar is becoming more and more available, and in cans now with a lower price premium than when it was only available in bottles.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #4588
    BeerNut
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 12,061 Mod ✭✭✭✭BeerNut


    Why not just drink the real thing instead of some Irish fake?

    Spaten and Löwenbräu are brewed by the world's largest beer conglomerate, and Paulaner by the second largest. Hello Yes is brewed in west Dublin by Kev. Kev and his family contribute more to the Irish economy than most AB InBev and Heineken shareholders.

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  • #4589
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,508 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Dare I say it, some brewers are big because they're crap but some other brewers got big because they're good.

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



  • #4590
    L1011
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72,958 ✭✭✭✭L1011


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123479642#Comment_123479642

    Heineken are very, very, very much the former unfortunately. Particularly stuff out of Cork.

    ABInbev give little indication of being the latter.



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  • #4591
    the beer revolu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,798 ✭✭✭✭the beer revolu


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123479471#Comment_123479471

    Do you think that these beers have remained entirely unchanged since 1989?

    (these beers were also a revelation to me in 1988)



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