Rascals Brewing Co - Core Range - Big Red, Yankee IPA, Happy Days

Rascals Brewing Co speak our language… beer and pizza. Last year, they built Dublin’s first (and only) Taproom and Pizza Restaurant, in Inchicore, Dublin 8.

Let’s rewind; these Rascals have been brewing for years. Husband and wife team, Cathal O’Donoghue and Emma Devlin met while living in New Zealand – Cathal was working in pharmaceutical manufacturing, while Emma was employed in environmental science. They started home-brewing as a hobby. Fast-forward to 2014; Rascals was officially founded and now, they have a 3,000 litre brewery producing some of Ireland’s best and most innovative beers.

Introducing YellowBelly – Beer Chat with Danny Trappe

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YellowBelly are one of the top craft breweries in Ireland. Based in Wexford, they brew up a wide range of styles – their core range features their award-winning Citra Pale Ale, Castaway (Passionfruit Sour), Kellerbier (Helles) and Hopped in Space IPA – but they also brew seasonals, one-off specials and regular collaborations with their beer world buddies.

We’re big fans of YellowBelly; not just because their beer is awesome but because they’ve got their own unique style. Their artwork stands out and their creativity resonates with us, so we were dead excited when YellowBelly’s Sales Manager, Danny Trappe, was kind enough to spare some time to have a chat with us!

Michael Wilson 30th June 2019

Talkin’ Beer & Meat with Padraig Fox (Open Gate Brewery)

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Padraig Fox, General Manager - Open Gate Brewery, Guinness, Dublin

The whole world is familiar with the black stuff, but there’s a chance you haven’t heard of Guinness’ Open Gate Brewery. Based in Dublin at the same location as the Guinness Storehouse, the Open Gate is the Guinness brewers’ licence to be creative.

Although there’s been an experimental brewery at St. James’s Gate for over a hundred years, the Open Gate taproom only opened to the public in late 2015. Most of the experimental beers are exclusively available in the taproom, although some of the most successful have made their way into bars, restaurants and off-licences across the UK including Citra IPA and Hop House 13.

We were really excited to have a chat with the General Manager of the Open Gate, Padraig Fox to discuss all things beer, food and the third annual Guinness x Meatopia which takes place at the Open Gate Brewery, 5th-7th July 2019.

Michael Wilson 30th October 2018

Chatting Beer & Music with Signature Brew’s John Longbottom

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London based brewery, Signature Brew recently announced their crowdfunding campaign and we’re digging it. Having been long time fans of punk rock and going to gigs, we find it tiresome having to drink macro lager at big music venues and festivals but times are a-changin’ and Signature Brew are leading the way.

Having collaborated with a string of awesome bands across a variety of genres, they want to make good beer accessible to music fans – and are combining their love of great beer and live music in doing so. If they can successfully raise the investment required, they’ll be one step closer to ridding the world of rubbish beer at gigs, and if that’s not a good reason to invest, we don’t know what is…

Thankfully, we found someone who does. Signature Brew’s Head of Marketing, John Longbottom, was kind enough to chat to us, filling us in on all the details of the crowdfunding campaign, future plans and loads more. Before joining his best mates at Signature Brew, John was News Editor at Kerrang! for several years so these guys know their music as well as their beers!

Michael Wilson 29th August 2018

Sophie De Vere – The Designer Behind Whiplash’s Lovely Cans

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Whiplash are the most exciting brewery in Ireland right now. This Kildare based brewery have been creating some magical beers, particularly in the last 12 months, and especially their DIPAs, IPAs and Pale Ales which are right up there with the best produced anywhere in the world right now.

The artwork that adorns their beers is pretty special, too. It may be trite to say that ‘beer is art’ but Whiplash have created cans to wow your eyes and brews to wow your tastebuds. These beers really are beauties, in every sense.

Sophie De Vere is the designer responsible for Whiplash’s lovely cans – and she was kind enough to take some time-out to have a chat with us about the beers, the creative process and more!
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