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Arthurstown Brewing Company 1916 Proclamation porter

Kevin Dundon’s New 1916 Proclamation Porter from Arthurstown Brewing Company

On Thursday 27 April 1916, the Enniscorthy brigade of the Irish Volunteers proclaimed the Republic to the good people of Wexford from the steps of the Athenaeum theatre, and for one week a tricolour flew high over the roofs of Enniscorthy. “Ireland through us, summons her children to her flag and strikes for her freedom” …

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Behind the Brew – An Interview with Alex Lawes Head Brewer Rye River Brewing Co

The continued rise of craft beer around Ireland is as plain as day to see. With dozens of microbreweries springing up every year and the more successful going on to break suds on foreign shores, it’s an exciting time for Ireland on the world craft beer stage. Evidence of this waas in abundance at this …

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Craft Beer – “It’s all mad strong beer designed to send you loopy” by IrishBeerSnob

Something has been troubling me for a while, and it’s only recently that it has begun to come to a head, which from the outset requires a contextual setting. A straw has been laid upon the dromedary’s back, which is at tipping point. Ireland has come through one of the worst recessions ever. From the …

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Small Brewery Big Beers - Kinnegar Brewing's Cup and Saucer By Simon Broderick

Small Brewery Big Beers – Kinnegar Brewing’s Cup and Saucer By Simon Broderick

The latest special from Donegal’s Kinnegar Brewery is a Coffee Stout dubbed Cup and Saucer. This continues their tradition of naming their beers after local places of interest. Rick told me it’s named after a road junction outside Ramelton! Eons ago there was a chap who liked topiary and he created a landmark.  Now if you go …

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