Whiplash and The Big Romance have just announced the Irish beer event of Summer. Taking place on 13th July, Fidelity sees Whiplash bring some of their favourite brewers from around the world to the Mansion House, Dublin to celebrate the imminent opening of their own brewery.
This is REALLY REALLY EXCITING. Not just because we love Whiplash and we’re hyped for their brewery opening but because they’ve assembled a ridiculously good line-up of breweries for this beer bash including Other Half, Mikkeller, J Wakefield, Lervig, Northern Monk, Garage, Deya and Wylam to name a few.
ROOOOOOOOOAR. No wait, not that kind of Lion. Huddersfield’s Magic Rock Brewing Co have been acquired by Lion, one of Australasia’s largest food and beverage companies, which is a subsidiary of Japanese drinks giant Kirin.
Magic Rock was formed in 2011 by Richard Burhouse in an old out-building of the family business in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Since then, they’ve grown to produce roughly 2.7 million pints of beer per year, sold all over the UK and exported to more than 25 countries worldwide. READ MORE
Alltech Craft Brews & Food Fair is Ireland’s largest festival of its kind, showcasing over 400 different craft beers alongside spirits and a range of food vendors.
We attended the Saturday session at this year’s event at the Convention Centre in Dublin and were thoroughly impressed by the setup, atmosphere, food and quality of beers on offer. So if you’re wondering if it’s worth attending next year? Yes, go, it’s great. READ MORE
It’s safe to say that if your particular taste is for murky, juicy IPAs laden with insane dry hopping to accentuate the New England style then you won’t have struggled to find something to your taste in recent times… but what if you crave the old school? Something clear and bitter? READ MORE
