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Its hard to believe just how quickly this year has whizzed by - Its nearly the end of October and we are already talking about events for 2015! Next year sees the third incarnation of the the Alltech Brews & Food Festival in Dublin's Convention Centre. On Wednesday Mrs Beer Snob and I attended the launch event in Sam's Bar on Daw ...

In this the 4th episode of the Irish Beer Snob Podcast, our intrepid duo take on the very impressive Brewdog Russian Doll four pack. Big thanks to Ian from 11pmsomewhere.com that arranged the pack for us as this is going to be difficult to source in Ireland due to the limited quantity that came over from Scotland. There are ...

Anyone who knows me well, will know my immense dislike for cooking but my love of eating good food. I have a short list of dishes I can cook well, but I'm not great at trying new things. I leave that to Wayne! To my surprise I actually found a recipe I was dying to try. I was even so excited about finishing up my working week on a Saturday nigh ...

So this past saturday was the 1st Smyth's Beer Garden Festival. It was many firsts, the First Beer Festival that Smyth's on The Square in Navan had hosted. Despite having one of the broadest ranges of craft beers in the county. More importantly it was also the first event i've organised from conception to inception to delivery. Nerve wracking s ...

Here we have the 3rd Episode of the Irish Beer Snob podcast, here we have Janice and Wayne discussing the merits of "Growlers" and how they are a good addition to the Irish Craft Beer scene. Having intially come across the Pegas system at the Alltech Brews Festival in Dublin, Wayne was excited to see that this has finally reached the ret ...

Here we have it, the second episode of the Irish Beer Snob Podcast, in a first, its a joint one with Mrs Irish Beer Snob. Here we discuss our recent experiences at the Irish Craft Beer and Cider Festival in Dublins RDS, this past weekend. It was four days, 200 different beers, numerous festival specials and great food. Janice and her con ...

So, I know this event took place a while ago now, but I delayed putting up my blog post to take the opportunity to give some feedback to the team in the Central after the event.  Ok, so the event was on a Saturday, the 16th of August and it was in the Meryvn's Yard section of this award winning pub. It was a space that I'd not seen ...

So Friday the 22nd of August, was a day that started much earlier than most days. I had to be up to get the 415 Airport bus to Dublin Airport to go on an excursion to Brewdog HQ in Ellon just outside Aberdeen. I was going to write a big blog post about this, and the fact is I still might, however i'm bringing this to you in a new medi ...

Spain isn’t exactly world renowned for its beer scene. But before my recent trip to Barcelona, I’d heard whispers that things were looking up (in the Catalan capital, at least). To be fair, these whispers weren’t too whispery at all…there’s … Continue reading →

The first beer from new brewers, Black Donkey Brewing of Roscommon is the Sheep Stealer, a farmhouse ale, a traditionally brewed Saison. This beer debuted at the recent European Beer Bloggers conference in Dublin. It was one of the stars of the show. Richard and his wife Michaela are behind this new venture and have returned to Ireland aft ...