Tag Archives: irish beer news

Treebeard, Guardian of the Beers! 942 in the glass. Recently, Dominic Lombard, an Irish man, who is a Beer Sommelier, living in Spain got in touch and asked would we be interested in sampling some beers from a Brewery he know's called Dougall's.  From the Cantabria region of Northern Spain, the brewer Andrew set up shop in 2006 to br ...

The latest episode from the team at Irish Beer Snob, see's the team review the recent Alltech Brew's and Food Festival in Dublin's Convention Centre.  Pierce and Wayne also do a side by side tasting of Boyne Valley Cider's regular cider and their whiskey barrel aged versions. Just fresh back from recording on @IrishBeerSnob ...

So Friday night we joined Simon Says and the Athlone beer club for one of their monthly meetings. While it was my first time to meet up, Wayne had the pleasure of attending before. Simon organized a great event for the night, a craft beer and food pairing evening hosted by The Ritz aptly named #HopsAtTheRitz. Unsurprisingl ...

Just before Christmas we got sent the Sonic Foamer by the good folk at Sonic Foamer to review, I must admit I was curious as i'd seen it pop up on line before. As we all know aroma is a huge part of our enjoyment of good beer. In the sense of so much of our perception is there. Foam is part of that enjoyment - and as the gu ...

This week sees the first Irish Beer Snob podcast episode with a live guest recording alongside our Intrepid Duo. We have Instagram legend, Pierce Cooney of @Son0vaGun (https://www.instagram.com/son0vagun/ ) to share his tips for excellent Instagram Beer Photography. We also visited McHugh's Off Licence in Kilbarrack, Dublin for ...

Galway Brewers, Independent Brewing based in Carroroe a small Village just outside Galway. Have brought us a special release Barley Wine with two different barrels used in the ageing process. One Brandy and one Bourbon. We also have an exclusive interview with owner / brewer Kevin O'Hara at the end of the episode. Available in ...

Ok, so we may be cutting this close to the finish line for 2015, but here's our look back over the last 12 months in Beer in Ireland and beyond. This should be fun! There may be arguments as we write this!! (Janice's are in Italics) Best Irish Cask Beer  As we all know, Cask is a rare beast on these shores, but there are some nota ...

This past weekend, I'd the opportunity to return to Leeds for the annual christmas beer pilgrimage of the Beer O'Clock Show. Having lived in Leeds for a time during my younger years I was keen to get back and sample the ever increasing beer scene.  This was going to be a two day affair, flying in on the Friday morning. The plan was to ...

  No Beermack post for 12 months. What a lazy beggar, eh? Plenty of other good/mediocre/shite blogs out there to keep you beer loving folks occupied, so I’m not going to lose any sleep or make excuses. But, there’s nothing like … Continue reading →

In just under 12 months of trading, the first Irish Brewery to establish themselves as a Co Op - where each shareholder gets 1 vote. Is getting ready to raise further capital to further enable them to continue their expansion. Last years stats were mind boggling, they raised more than their target in 8 days, they were looking to raise &p ...