Most Northern Irish bars are tied to macro beer distributors, meaning there’s often limited space for independent beer taps. Guinness, although one of the biggest beers on the planet, is therefore often our default go-to. Even though it would be impossible to claim Guinness is a craft beer by any definition, we’ve still got a lot of love for the black stuff, particularly compared to the lagers it usually sits beside at the bar.
Having started brewing craft beers on their farm in Randalstown, County Antrim in 2013, Hillstown Brewery have come a long way since then, winning awards, rebranding and making increasingly more progressive and inventive beers. They were kind enough to send us samples of two of their most recent specials to check out.
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Farmageddon Brewing and Knockout Brewing are holding their first ever taproom event in Belfast this weekend. It’s free and you’re all invited! We’ve been big fans of Farmageddon for years now – their New England IPA is one of our favourite local beers. READ MORE
2018 was a good beer year for us – we visited countless taprooms and craft beer bars, attended festivals in various countries and tried a frankly ridiculous amount of new brews.
Putting together a list of the Top 10 is a frivolous task but humour us – beer is meant to be fun, and we’ve had some fun reminiscing over the best brews from the last twelve months – so let’s get stuck in.
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Beer52 are the world’s #1 craft beer club, delivering a specially curated, themed box of beers direct to subscribers each month.
The two most recent boxes are great examples of what Beer52 do – November saw a fully-themed box of beers brewed exclusively for Beer52 in collaboration with a number of London-based restaurants, while the December box features beers from more well-known breweries from the South West of the UK.
