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We've been planning a trip to Ireland for years, but when COVID-19 came along it was all put on ice. Which beer never should be. But then up stepped Bord Bia - the Irish Food Board. In partnership with them we got four virtual brewery tours and a taste of what some of the finest (and most sustainable breweries) have been up to. And we'll be heading over the Irish Sea VERY soon.
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@TheCladeL 3 года назад

A lesser known kind of a hidden gem of Central Ireland is Wide Street Brewing. They play with mixed fermentation of all kinds and while you wouldn't expect a triple fruited smoothie sour from them, they do their mixed fermentation table beers, saisons and pale ales super well. Visited the brewery and the owner was offering us free beer as much as me and my friend could drink and even let us refill our glasses straight from the fermentation tanks ourselves - awesome guy! 🇮🇪🇮🇪

@ConvenientlyFresh 3 года назад

Do Northern Ireland next! Boundary, Mourne Mountains, Lacada, Modest Beer etc. All excellent breweries!

@Vinnie13 3 года назад

Seconded, had some great stuff from Boundary and Mourne over the last year or so.

@brendanfisher 3 года назад

Sitting drinking an 'East the Beast' IPA from Lacada as I watch this excellent video! Boundary is a great brewery. Northbound Brewery in Eglinton (Derry) is worth a mention too.

@theunidropout 3 года назад

Beerhut too!

@oscarosullivan4513 Год назад

Boundry export is lovely

@phils6582 3 года назад

My top recommendations in Ireland would be Kinnegar Brewing, White Hag Brewing Co. and Yellowbelly. On a side note, I also think American brown ales are massively underrated!

@brendanfisher 3 года назад

Kinnegar's 'Rustbucket' Rye Ale is one of my favourite beers! It is superb in every way.

@pelmeniz 3 года назад

Agreed, Kinnegar is my favourite brewery. So many incredible beers in their range.

@adamlowe9214 3 года назад

Last time I was in Dublin I stumbled into the nearest pub to my hotel hoping to have my first proper Guinness in years. What I didn't realize was that I had stumbled into a craft beer pub. I was totally blown away by the quality of stuff on offer, especially remember Galway Bay being really good stuff!

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Galway bay made some wonderful beer - it has been a long time since I had any but hopefully still the case!

@brendanfisher 3 года назад

Hi Adam. Can you remember the name of the pub? Or which hotel you were staying in? Galway Bay is a great brewery. Any time I visit Dublin, I always start off at a pub next to the train station called The Brew Dock. They serve Galway Bay's 'Althea' Pale Ale on draught and it's a great pint. A couple of pints of Althea always sets me up for the evening ahead!

@kilienodonnell5111 3 года назад

I know exactly where you were Adam! Unfortunately Galway bay does not operate near that hotel anymore , but they have been plenty of locations within Dublin. The Althea from Galway Bay is my favorite

@kilienodonnell5111 3 года назад

Conrad Hotel I think is the place

@adamlowe9214 3 года назад

@@kilienodonnell5111 I wish I had that kind of money! Haha I did some poking around and I think the place was "Against the grain"

@FatherEarth93 3 года назад

Ireland is now even higher on my Go-To list!

@rosswynne4291 2 года назад

the most underrated craft beer country in Europe(world) --- we do it as good as anyone

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

Probably better than the Americans in regards to drinkability and beer purity

@LP290792 3 года назад

Super impressive that Ballykilcavan can make a beer from within 500 meters! Will keep an eye out for their beers

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Absolutely. That beer is only once a year but we'll be headed over to get some for sure!

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

@@TheCraftBeerChannel Have you tried Wicklow Wolf, Sullivan’s Brewing Co and Dungarvan Brewing.

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

@@TheCraftBeerChannel The O’ Hara’s nitro stout is lovely. Their Leann Folláin extra Irish stout is sublime.

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

@@TheCraftBeerChannel BallyKilcavan are planter stock yeoman farmer. Irish red ale used to be second most popular beer to the porter or stout but sadly ales only make up 7 percent of the irish market as of 2014. In Kilkenny red ales make up 35 percent of the beer consumed and there is a microbrewery in Kilkenny city centre called Sullivan’s near the railway station who sell to a variety of central pubs including all four of their beer styles to Kytelers where I had a lovely half pint of their red. Sullivan’s, BallyKilcavan, and the Carlow Brewing Company have the advantage of being in the grain belt. You should more of these videos.

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

@@TheCraftBeerChannel The O’ Hara’s nitro stout is superb. There is more choice of them in Ireland. The Wicklow Brewery,White Hag brewery, The White Deer brewery,Carlow Brewing Conpany, the porterhouse and Sullivan’s all offer nitro stouts.

@kw2142 3 года назад

Reds & Browns don't get the love they deserve, so true! So true! One of my all time favourite beers is the Red ale by Brockley Brewery (South London), an absolute gorgeous beer!

@jmay3200 3 года назад

One of the best videos you've done without even being in situ, what a showcase!

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Thanks so much! The brewers put a lot of effort in

@brunoKenzer 3 года назад

Other great breweries in Ireland are O Brother Brewing, Whiplash, Third barrel, White Gypsy, Stone barrel, White Hag, Galway bay, Dead center. Rye river, Canvas brewery. Brilliant video guys.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Thanks Brian! We have been to white hag but not the others. One day soon!

@DelMatt1983 3 года назад

@@TheCraftBeerChannel whiplash superb

@leocollins6507 3 года назад

Add loughgill to this and you have the perfect list

@foak 3 года назад

Canvas are excellent! An innovative farmhouse brewery, would make a great brewery tour. A good representation of some Irish breweries here. Nice one!

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

White Gypsy is now White Field

@jorispattyn9690 2 года назад

Another Irish hint: Land & Labour, a sidekick from Galway Bay's head brewer

@adrianquinlan3989 3 года назад

Great video lads, so many more fantastic breweries to discover in Ireland

@talideon Год назад

It's been two years, so it's time you both made it over to Ireland for real!

@jonathang.5092 3 года назад

Fantastic video guys. YES! Come to Ireland - and head out West.

@davidmercer4679 Год назад

We're home brewers from Olympia, WA, USA, taking a quick tour of England and Ireland in April. Hoping to meet and tour craft breweries along the way. Pubs, of course, are our places of worship.

@lifeintheprovincesthailand8132 2 года назад

Love the idea of the farm brewery

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

We have a few here in Ireland

@j.burton5220 3 года назад

Thanks for this, Jonny and Brad! Great video, definitely want to try these (and more) Irish craft beers now.

@talideon 3 года назад

"Leann Folláin" is pronounced more or less as "Lan FOLL-awn". The "extra" letters do serve a purpose that I won't get into, but if you pronounce it as I described, it's close enough to keep people happy.

@jonnyheath6363 2 года назад

Just revisiting this now that I actually made it to Ireland, it is a good refresher. One brewery i'd recommend that I haven't seen anyone mention is Killarney Brewing - their beer selection is pretty standard in terms of what they offer (red/blonde/ipa/helles etc.) but I thought they were all really well done when I tried them! Also Killarney is a lovely part of Ireland if you ever get a chance to visit, right by/in a national park! Also Galway Bay brewing, I like their beers - recently had a dark lager from them which is a style I particularly like (when done well) and I enjoyed it a lot! Plenty more for me to try though :)

@paddy25c 3 года назад

Love to see Irish breweries getting attention. Happily Ireland is such a small country , you need to look at the breweries in the north too e.g beerhut , lacada , bullhouse , modest .

@paintedcash 3 года назад

We went to Ireland for our honeymoon and fell in love with the country. Went to a couple of breweries and tried as many crafts in the pubs as we could. They were all solid. Very old school styles done proper. If you ever get a chance to try Boundary Brewing out of Belfast, everything they do is top notch. Cheers 🍻

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

We love boundary! They get over to the UK a fair bit - would love to film there one day

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

One thing that I am proud of our smaller independent breweries is that they haven’t really gone and made those horrific fruit juice beers

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

@@TheCraftBeerChannel You need to try Sullivan’s Ruby Ale on draught.

@nathdorahy3064 3 года назад

Great vid, I have a real affinity with Ireland and a family history. I love the story of Ballykilcaven, hope to get there someday 🙏

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Us too! Looks like a magical place

@sgall161 3 года назад

You need to check out Whiplash , Kinnegar, 8 Degress, Wickow Wolf and White Hag. They make some of the best Irish beers.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

We'll 100% be visiting many of these guys when we finally head out there!

@petermorgan1527 3 года назад

You should drop the guys down in Yellowbelly a message! Im sure they'd be delighted to have a chat, and they make cracking beer! Also, you HAVE to check out Otterbank Brewing and Blending in Co.Donegal, which is a small brewery in the countryside completely dedicated to mixed ferm and barrel aged beers! The smell when you walk in there is absolutely amazing! It helps that I used to work for both of em too 😉 Would be happy to be the middleman if you want to get in contact with them 😂

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

A new one on us! We will look it up!

@daveholloway3304 3 года назад

Yes definitely yellowbelly and otterbank, I have family in wexford and everytime I'm over love going to the pub they started brewing it in, and definitely need to check out white hag and white gypsy to from ireland

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

@@daveholloway3304 White field brewery now

@adamlowe9214 3 года назад

Also: COULDN'T AGREE MORE ABOUT BROWNS AND REDS! You're totally right that we don't give these styles enough love. I still have a distinct memory of my first Smithwick's. Beautifully malty and balanced. I wish more brewers in the U.S. would dive into these styles.

@ViewsonBrews 3 года назад

We're really lucky to have some great breweries here in Ireland. I was delighted with the beers you chose to look at too. BTW BRÚ now have(DOUBLE PANDA) 10%. Check out Dead centre brewing(overlooking the Shannon river) and Widestreet brewing(wild&mxd ferm) too. I'm happy to put you in contact with them personally if you need any help. Cheers for making this video. Some of the beers over here are world class 🍺

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Thanks for the tips!

@brunohpo6546 3 года назад

I felt the obligation to say: WHIPLASH and HOPFULLY are mandatory !!! Have a look on these lads

@Ferrybobbins 3 года назад

Thank you Gents, that was an excellent showcase of some cracking drams. I'll need to hunt some of them down. (Could also tell you both were feeling the effects by the time you got to that bottle, you do suffer gladly for your art).

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

We are beer martyrs.

@diarmuidmacmurchadha8585 3 года назад

Loved this video so much, makes me proud of where I come from! One thing to note, is with the citrusy wheat beer from hope, that actually used to be their saison, but the yeast was very temperamental to be brewed as part of a regular lineup, so they changed the yeast and honestly I think the beer is better for it!

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Yeah it was a lovely summery beer! Thanks for the history of it!

@Gabriel2.0 3 года назад

I get all my beer supplies for brewing from Ireland

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

We get the odd bit too but love Malt Miller for the vast majority of it.

@EllaCaspian 3 года назад

Please do a French beer focus episode! So many great beer producers here now, including Popihn, Ammonite, effet papillon and la malpolon.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

We've had some tasty Popihn but none of the others. We'll get researching!

@86eoghan 3 года назад

Great video lads, and having been following Ballykilcavan on twitter for a while now I'd love to be able to visit their brewery at some point (and try some of their beers, not being able to get any over here in Brussels). You handled the pronunciation better than I would have expected, and really thought the worst offence would be Jonny's mangling of Tiramisu - until the final beer 😂

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Hahaha damnit. Was too worried about the Irish terms.

@giuseppeconlan 3 года назад

Lyeh-ann Foe-Lawn 👍🏼 check out West Kerry Brewery, Mourne Mountains Bewery, Mescan, Canvas Brewing too

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Thanks for the tips!

@Mjjm12 3 года назад

You need to check out Land and Labour, who just do sour/wild beers. Offshoot of Galway Bay Brewery, I believe.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

We have been chatting to them about getting some beer over actually! Hopefully soon.

@jasonstone1046 3 года назад

Well that made my next holiday destination choice simple. Awesome work lads!

@Crazywyldechild26 3 года назад

Check out Wicklow Wolf, Wicklow Brewery, Rascals Brewery, Rye River & Yellow Belly Brewery also

@_Garrison19 3 года назад

Love the video, but I think you should have added links to each brewery in the description box.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Fair point. Will add them asap

@richmurphy8337 3 года назад

Fantastic video, I have to get myself some of those beers! Ballykilcavans David was super professional! Good on him for showcasing his family business. Slainte!

@jonnyheath6363 3 года назад

Great video! I am actually going to move to Ireland in a few months, so hope you guys get to visit there sometime soon If you can please include something from the Cork area, as that is where I'll be! I also spotted a quality looking cidery close to the city which I'll be checking out - Killahora. They make one aptly named "Johnny Fall Down" so I feel like that's a mandatory stop haha

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Lucky you! Will hopefully come over soon - Jonny Fall Down sounds like a plan for us too

@verykeen2please 3 года назад

i love the farm to beer idea

@HopZine 3 года назад

Jonny, you say Tiramisu like its a Osaka based ramen shop.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Would 100% visit that place. Ramen then Italian desserts.

@amybeers1316 3 года назад

Great video! I'd be curious to try O'Hara's Irish Stout against Guinness.

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

Especially on draught

@TheRiordanlad 3 года назад

Nice. BTW "white gypsy" (woodcock) and "treaty city" (harris) are two great Irish craft breweries. You should check em out.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Thanks for the tip!

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

@@TheCraftBeerChannel White Gypsy is now White field. Treaty city have a nitro stout called Sarsfield stout. Hope brewery are beside the railway line at Howth Junction. The hop on beer story actually was in the mid 1980’s. Lineman is another Dublin Brewery, there is also Rascals, Porterhouse and JW Sweetman.

@ikakan-stayhomeiaidodojo65 3 года назад

Do you guys have any idea why the Irish Hope brewery and the Dutch Hoop brewery have such a similar logo?

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

None at all! We'll look into it....

@jostep 3 года назад

Fantastic!

@lifeintheprovincesthailand8132 2 года назад

Love the videos, just tried to smell the hops in Greene King IPA, think covid has trashed my sense of smell

@bozkurtyalim6680 3 года назад

Hey - awesome clip but part two of this is a must. There are several other breweries that are worth mentioning Galway Bay, White Hag etc

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Of course - though we have covered both those before at various points. We'll hopefully head over soon.

@NM_Niall 3 года назад

Hopfully, Land & Labour, Rascals, Whiplash would be 4 more to try.

@kevinodonnell91 3 года назад

Been desperately trying to find that O’Haras Nitro in the UK - very jealous.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

It was ace! White Hag have one in the UK and Siren put out some nitro stouts too.

@Jaap-Relou 3 года назад

Tasted a couple of HOPE here in the Netherlands, awesome stuff 🍻🥳

@johno7617 3 года назад

Great video. Those look like awesome beers

@alexcarof572 3 года назад

Speaking of tiramisù inspired stout, you should try tiramisu imperial stout of Birrificio Lambrate in Milan

@drik79 3 года назад

What's up with Hope and Hoop from the Netherlands? They are really much the same (logo, beers, designs)?

@yermanoffthetelly 3 года назад

Hope in Dutch is Hoop. They share a co-owner and collaborate on brews. They are "cousins"

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Mystery solved!

@davidmccorry8020 3 года назад

Kinegar do a nice Rye ale. Also 8 Degrees do some nice American style beers.

@mrkkrnln 3 года назад

love it lads

@mrkkrnln 3 года назад

although if you’re gonna do an Irish beer episode, seems criminal to leave out Whiplash, far and away our best brewery

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

We are saving that for when we actually come over.

@mrkkrnln 3 года назад

ah i see, very strategic good call hehe

@martincheevers5898 3 года назад

I thought Brad called the Tiramisu stout 'a wonderful pulling beer'. All sorts of thoughts went through my head as to what that could mean. Having listened again, I think he said 'pudding'.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Pudding definitely pudding. No one has ever pulled while nerding out about craft beer.

@martincheevers5898 3 года назад

@@TheCraftBeerChannel ...also, sorry for calling you Brad, Jonny. Hard to tell you two apart.

@edgeofwest5741 3 года назад

An Irish beer special! The lack of carbonation in the O'haras barrel aged beer was a big negative for me.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Yeah that was a real shame because it would have lifted that aroma further and given it more body. Hope they do another version.

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

I think it is almost wine like

@kilienodonnell5111 3 года назад

Surprised Kinnegar is not there!

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

This is by no means definitive! Just breweries close to Bord Bia who we liked the sound of! We'll hopefully be visiting lots more breweries when we finally head over.

@kilienodonnell5111 3 года назад

Exactly , and thank you for covering Irish craft beer , we all look forward to having you guys here 🍺

@daracurran1966 3 года назад

You guys should definitely check out some Whiplash beers. Available at Ghost Whale as well as a few other craft beer shops

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

We've had many, many Whiplash beers. They make wonderful stuff and will hopefully visit in person one day.

@lukebeggs1056 3 года назад

Get on the Ambush lads.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

By Trouble Brewing?

@lukebeggs1056 3 года назад

@@TheCraftBeerChannel Yeah Trouble's Ambush and Yellowbelly's Citra Pale Ale are the uber pintable drinks of the Irish beer scene.

@shaggaroo 3 года назад

First off, fantastic video... I love you guys. But, you lads really need to head to the Big Grill, this year August 12-15, in south Dublin’s Herbert Park. Loads of Irish craft breweries show up and lots of BBQ. I’m hoping to go, I still have tix from last year that are good. Maybe I’ll see yas there. Sláinte!

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Sounds like heaven!

@spa2damax 2 года назад

@@TheCraftBeerChannel you better come!

@colourlessbluethings 3 года назад

Greetings from Ireland. That Bambrick's brown ale is really good. I know you were in The White Hag brewery a few years ago; have you tried their Festa Nuda pastry stout? I think it might be the best beer, definitely one of the best, I've ever had. O'Hara's do good stuff too. The tropical IPA is lovely.

@colourlessbluethings 3 года назад

However, as more and more Irish breweries move all of their products to cans, I hope O'Hara's doesn't follow. For some reason I find the experience of opening and pouring from a bottle much more pleasing.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

I havent - will see if it is available in the UK

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

I think O’ Hara’s will remain bottles for most of their products. The one thing that bothers me is the use of 440ml cans

@stevelewis199 3 года назад

Superb video guys. Always great to see breweries I don't know much about and I will definately try some of these. I wonder if the fact that Guinness is so massive that these guys find it hard to get a market? Although hope brewery seem to have made a bit of a name for themselves which is AMAZING for them.

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

Oh it 100% will - Guinness is such a huge proportion of the market and it definitely restricts tap space for others. But the same is true all over the world with different brands!

@oscarosullivan4513 2 года назад

@@TheCraftBeerChannel What we need is a law that stipulates that pubs must allow space for one independent small brewery’s beer, one small independent cider, one small independent gin and one small independent whiskey.

@andrewhodgson3365 3 года назад

When is CBC going to do a live drink along??

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

We do them every month?! Next one is the 14th October!

@OliverHoerold 2 года назад

You should change the title to "The Craft Beer Channel TRY Irish Craft Beer" or something, just thinking ;)

@Bobbysandcastle 3 года назад

I’m going to London for the first time in my life. Staying in Holborn. Where is the good beer at?

@TheCraftBeerChannel 3 года назад

EVERYWHERE. We have a book about it - The London Craft Beer Guide. But our favourites are the Southampton arms, Bermondsey beer mile (esp Kernel), and the Beer Merchants Tap.