Craft beer in Ireland

Dublin has gotten some coverage before:
http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/suggestions-for-dublin-trip.7673/

PhillGill kills it with his response.

From the Westbury you're 5 minutes walk from Porterhouse Central and The Exchequer for food and craft, plus Grogan's and Kehoe's for good Guinness.
10 minutes walk gets you to Bull & Castle or Against the Grain (opposite directions) for the full range of Irish craft and the Palace for a traditional pub and good Guinness but also craft options.

For breweries, O'Hara's is easy enough to find in bottles even in non crafty pubs and restaurants. 8 Degrees and Dungarvan are solid and Metalman is tap-only and worth trying.

BM me if you need more.

Good luck!

 

Good Guinness? Wha...?

 

that's what I thought

 

Ponch,

Get youtself to the Porterhouse brewpub (16-18 Parliament St) in Temple Bar Dublin for something special. Wrassle's XXXX is a real treat.

 

I'll second Zimbo's recommendation.

I get Porterhouse (of Dublin) beers on tap at Fraunces Tavern in NYC and they're excellent.

 

Having just return from Dublin in which beer is very expensive to buy a Pint of Porterhouse Red is about 5 euro's a pint.
Craft beer to find in Dublin is also rare to find, however the Celtic Whisky Shop (by St Stephens Green) does have about 25 Irish Craft beers.

 

I believe he is growing bananas in W Cork on a wind-powered farm

 

I know of that place. shame there's only a small handful of Irish whiskies woth considering.

 

Says the Scot.

 

Not exactly. I may live in Scotland but I come from farther shores.
IMHO sales of most Irish whiskey comes largely from marketing and misplaced sentimentality. In comparison many Scotch and American whiskey (including bourbon and rye) are in an other league altogether. There are exceptions. For example, Green Spot is easily one of the world's very best whiskeys. Absolutely love it. But why is it, and Redbreast, the only 100% pure pot still Irish whiskys on the market? Its ridiculous. And a disgrace.

 

Anyone had Vat 69? Always fancied it after seeing that bloke chugging on band of brothers.

 

Yikes. Sorry -- my original post would have contained one of these "" but that I hate emoticons.

I know absolutely nothing about whiskey.

 

No worries.

 

Its good, flavourable, reasonably complex and not at all blow you off intense you might expect. A pretty good intro into the whisky world. And its got that racy name too.

 

giggity

 

All right.