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<\/a><\/p>\nIreland’s pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to drink at home), and the effects of motorway building that has bypassed many small villages that thrived on passing trade.<\/span><\/h4>\nOn the bright side, craft breweries and brew pubs have proliferated, especially in the last few years. Through private investment, government-funded projects, and amateur backyard breweries growing into businesses, the creation of artisan beers and ciders has become a growth industry in Ireland, as it has\u00a0in much of the civilized world.<\/span><\/h4>\nBreweries and cider mills make a mark<\/h3>\n![\"Franciscan](\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/download-300x249.jpg\")
<\/a>There’s enough activity in the craft brewing sector to have attracted notice from the international press, as well as warrant an annual Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival at Dublin’s RDS<\/a>. New brewmeisters\u00a0have made use of creative financing in the quest to develop the sector. LinkedFinance is one way for business owners to crowd-source loans for their new ventures, most recently Eight Degrees of Mitchelstown, Cork. Another model is the co-op: Belfast-based Boundary Brewing was established as a business wholly owned and operated by its shareholders. A minimum investment of \u00a3100 which makes you a shareholders as an “ordinary member”; \u00a3250 or more grants you “supporter” membership with extra privileges. Government programs have sprung up:\u00a0 Taste 4 Success Skillnet<\/a> offers training courses \u00a0for on brewing and brewery management for aspiring entrepreneurs.<\/span><\/h5>\n <\/p>\n
Contact The Ireland Expert<\/a> <\/strong>to learn more about brewing and pub tours!<\/h5>\n <\/p>\n
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Six of the best brewers and cider makers<\/strong><\/h4>\nWest Mayo Brewery<\/a>, <\/strong>offering Clifford’s Connacht Champion Golden Ale <\/strong>and other\u00a0interesting concoctions.<\/span><\/h4>\nFranciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.<\/span><\/h4>\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h4>\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O’Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h4>\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.<\/span><\/h4>\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O’Callaghan’s cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/p>\n
Industry Links<\/h2>\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers’ group<\/span><\/h4>\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers<\/span><\/h4>\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ireland’s pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button] <\/a>\r\n\r\n![\"Irish](\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/file00083278621-1024x721.jpg\")
<\/a>\r\n\r\nIreland's pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to drink at home), and the effects of motorway building that has bypassed many small villages that thrived on passing trade.\r\n\r\nOn the bright side, craft breweries and brew pubs have proliferated, especially in the last few years. Through private investment, government-funded projects, and amateur backyard breweries growing into businesses, the creation of artisan beers and ciders has become a growth industry in Ireland, as it has\u00a0in much of the civilized world.\r\nBreweries and cider mills make a mark<\/h2>\r\n<\/a>There's enough activity in the craft brewing sector to have attracted notice from the international press, as well as warrant an annual Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival at Dublin's\u00a0RDS. New brewmeisters\u00a0have made use of creative financing in the quest to develop the sector. LinkedFinance is one way for business owners to crowd-source loans for their new ventures, most recently Eight Degrees of Mitchelstown, Cork. Another model is the co-op: Belfast-based Boundary Brewing was established as a business wholly owned and operated by its shareholders. A minimum investment of \u00a3100 which makes you a shareholders as an \"ordinary member\"; \u00a3250 or more grants you \"supporter\" membership with extra privileges. Government programs have sprung up:\u00a0 Taste 4 Success Skillnet<\/strong><\/a> offers training courses \u00a0for on brewing and brewery management for aspiring entrepreneurs.\r\n\r\nContact The Ireland Expert<\/a> <\/strong>to learn more about brewing and pub tours!\r\nSix of the best brewers and cider makers<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nWest Mayo Brewery<\/a>, <\/strong>offering Clifford's Connacht Champion Golden Ale <\/strong>and other\u00a0interesting concoctions.\r\n\r\nFranciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.\r\n\r\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O'Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.\r\n\r\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O'Callaghan's cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\nIndustry Links<\/h2>\r\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers' group\r\n\r\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers\r\n\r\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button]<\/a>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ireland-new-notable"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4917,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/4917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Breweries and cider mills make a mark<\/h3>\n<\/a>There’s enough activity in the craft brewing sector to have attracted notice from the international press, as well as warrant an annual Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival at Dublin’s RDS<\/a>. New brewmeisters\u00a0have made use of creative financing in the quest to develop the sector. LinkedFinance is one way for business owners to crowd-source loans for their new ventures, most recently Eight Degrees of Mitchelstown, Cork. Another model is the co-op: Belfast-based Boundary Brewing was established as a business wholly owned and operated by its shareholders. A minimum investment of \u00a3100 which makes you a shareholders as an “ordinary member”; \u00a3250 or more grants you “supporter” membership with extra privileges. Government programs have sprung up:\u00a0 Taste 4 Success Skillnet<\/a> offers training courses \u00a0for on brewing and brewery management for aspiring entrepreneurs.<\/span><\/h5>\n <\/p>\n
Contact The Ireland Expert<\/a> <\/strong>to learn more about brewing and pub tours!<\/h5>\n <\/p>\n
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Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert!<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Verdana||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”15px” text_line_height=”1.1em” hover_enabled=”0″ text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
Six of the best brewers and cider makers<\/strong><\/h4>\nWest Mayo Brewery<\/a>, <\/strong>offering Clifford’s Connacht Champion Golden Ale <\/strong>and other\u00a0interesting concoctions.<\/span><\/h4>\nFranciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.<\/span><\/h4>\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h4>\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O’Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h4>\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.<\/span><\/h4>\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O’Callaghan’s cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/p>\n
Industry Links<\/h2>\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers’ group<\/span><\/h4>\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers<\/span><\/h4>\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ireland’s pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button] <\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n\r\nIreland's pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to drink at home), and the effects of motorway building that has bypassed many small villages that thrived on passing trade.\r\n\r\nOn the bright side, craft breweries and brew pubs have proliferated, especially in the last few years. Through private investment, government-funded projects, and amateur backyard breweries growing into businesses, the creation of artisan beers and ciders has become a growth industry in Ireland, as it has\u00a0in much of the civilized world.\r\nBreweries and cider mills make a mark<\/h2>\r\n<\/a>There's enough activity in the craft brewing sector to have attracted notice from the international press, as well as warrant an annual Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival at Dublin's\u00a0RDS. New brewmeisters\u00a0have made use of creative financing in the quest to develop the sector. LinkedFinance is one way for business owners to crowd-source loans for their new ventures, most recently Eight Degrees of Mitchelstown, Cork. Another model is the co-op: Belfast-based Boundary Brewing was established as a business wholly owned and operated by its shareholders. A minimum investment of \u00a3100 which makes you a shareholders as an \"ordinary member\"; \u00a3250 or more grants you \"supporter\" membership with extra privileges. Government programs have sprung up:\u00a0 Taste 4 Success Skillnet<\/strong><\/a> offers training courses \u00a0for on brewing and brewery management for aspiring entrepreneurs.\r\n\r\nContact The Ireland Expert<\/a> <\/strong>to learn more about brewing and pub tours!\r\nSix of the best brewers and cider makers<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nWest Mayo Brewery<\/a>, <\/strong>offering Clifford's Connacht Champion Golden Ale <\/strong>and other\u00a0interesting concoctions.\r\n\r\nFranciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.\r\n\r\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O'Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.\r\n\r\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O'Callaghan's cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\nIndustry Links<\/h2>\r\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers' group\r\n\r\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers\r\n\r\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button]<\/a>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ireland-new-notable"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4917,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/4917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/a>There’s enough activity in the craft brewing sector to have attracted notice from the international press, as well as warrant an annual Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival at Dublin’s RDS<\/a>. New brewmeisters\u00a0have made use of creative financing in the quest to develop the sector. LinkedFinance is one way for business owners to crowd-source loans for their new ventures, most recently Eight Degrees of Mitchelstown, Cork. Another model is the co-op: Belfast-based Boundary Brewing was established as a business wholly owned and operated by its shareholders. A minimum investment of \u00a3100 which makes you a shareholders as an “ordinary member”; \u00a3250 or more grants you “supporter” membership with extra privileges. Government programs have sprung up:\u00a0 Taste 4 Success Skillnet<\/a> offers training courses \u00a0for on brewing and brewery management for aspiring entrepreneurs.<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/p>\n
Contact The Ireland Expert<\/a> <\/strong>to learn more about brewing and pub tours!<\/h5>\n <\/p>\n
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Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert!<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.9.3″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”Verdana||||||||” text_text_color=”#000000″ text_font_size=”15px” text_line_height=”1.1em” hover_enabled=”0″ text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n
Six of the best brewers and cider makers<\/strong><\/h4>\nWest Mayo Brewery<\/a>, <\/strong>offering Clifford’s Connacht Champion Golden Ale <\/strong>and other\u00a0interesting concoctions.<\/span><\/h4>\nFranciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.<\/span><\/h4>\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h4>\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O’Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h4>\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.<\/span><\/h4>\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O’Callaghan’s cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/p>\n
Industry Links<\/h2>\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers’ group<\/span><\/h4>\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers<\/span><\/h4>\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ireland’s pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button] <\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n\r\nIreland's pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to drink at home), and the effects of motorway building that has bypassed many small villages that thrived on passing trade.\r\n\r\nOn the bright side, craft breweries and brew pubs have proliferated, especially in the last few years. Through private investment, government-funded projects, and amateur backyard breweries growing into businesses, the creation of artisan beers and ciders has become a growth industry in Ireland, as it has\u00a0in much of the civilized world.\r\nBreweries and cider mills make a mark<\/h2>\r\n<\/a>There's enough activity in the craft brewing sector to have attracted notice from the international press, as well as warrant an annual Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival at Dublin's\u00a0RDS. New brewmeisters\u00a0have made use of creative financing in the quest to develop the sector. LinkedFinance is one way for business owners to crowd-source loans for their new ventures, most recently Eight Degrees of Mitchelstown, Cork. Another model is the co-op: Belfast-based Boundary Brewing was established as a business wholly owned and operated by its shareholders. A minimum investment of \u00a3100 which makes you a shareholders as an \"ordinary member\"; \u00a3250 or more grants you \"supporter\" membership with extra privileges. Government programs have sprung up:\u00a0 Taste 4 Success Skillnet<\/strong><\/a> offers training courses \u00a0for on brewing and brewery management for aspiring entrepreneurs.\r\n\r\nContact The Ireland Expert<\/a> <\/strong>to learn more about brewing and pub tours!\r\nSix of the best brewers and cider makers<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nWest Mayo Brewery<\/a>, <\/strong>offering Clifford's Connacht Champion Golden Ale <\/strong>and other\u00a0interesting concoctions.\r\n\r\nFranciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.\r\n\r\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O'Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.\r\n\r\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O'Callaghan's cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\nIndustry Links<\/h2>\r\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers' group\r\n\r\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers\r\n\r\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button]<\/a>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ireland-new-notable"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4917,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/4917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Six of the best brewers and cider makers<\/strong><\/h4>\nWest Mayo Brewery<\/a>, <\/strong>offering Clifford’s Connacht Champion Golden Ale <\/strong>and other\u00a0interesting concoctions.<\/span><\/h4>\nFranciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.<\/span><\/h4>\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h4>\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O’Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h4>\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.<\/span><\/h4>\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O’Callaghan’s cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/p>\n
Industry Links<\/h2>\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers’ group<\/span><\/h4>\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers<\/span><\/h4>\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ireland’s pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button] <\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n\r\nIreland's pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to drink at home), and the effects of motorway building that has bypassed many small villages that thrived on passing trade.\r\n\r\nOn the bright side, craft breweries and brew pubs have proliferated, especially in the last few years. Through private investment, government-funded projects, and amateur backyard breweries growing into businesses, the creation of artisan beers and ciders has become a growth industry in Ireland, as it has\u00a0in much of the civilized world.\r\nBreweries and cider mills make a mark<\/h2>\r\n<\/a>There's enough activity in the craft brewing sector to have attracted notice from the international press, as well as warrant an annual Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival at Dublin's\u00a0RDS. New brewmeisters\u00a0have made use of creative financing in the quest to develop the sector. LinkedFinance is one way for business owners to crowd-source loans for their new ventures, most recently Eight Degrees of Mitchelstown, Cork. Another model is the co-op: Belfast-based Boundary Brewing was established as a business wholly owned and operated by its shareholders. A minimum investment of \u00a3100 which makes you a shareholders as an \"ordinary member\"; \u00a3250 or more grants you \"supporter\" membership with extra privileges. Government programs have sprung up:\u00a0 Taste 4 Success Skillnet<\/strong><\/a> offers training courses \u00a0for on brewing and brewery management for aspiring entrepreneurs.\r\n\r\nContact The Ireland Expert<\/a> <\/strong>to learn more about brewing and pub tours!\r\nSix of the best brewers and cider makers<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nWest Mayo Brewery<\/a>, <\/strong>offering Clifford's Connacht Champion Golden Ale <\/strong>and other\u00a0interesting concoctions.\r\n\r\nFranciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.\r\n\r\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O'Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.\r\n\r\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O'Callaghan's cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\nIndustry Links<\/h2>\r\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers' group\r\n\r\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers\r\n\r\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button]<\/a>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ireland-new-notable"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4917,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/4917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Franciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.<\/span><\/h4>\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h4>\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O’Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h4>\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.<\/span><\/h4>\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O’Callaghan’s cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/p>\n
Industry Links<\/h2>\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers’ group<\/span><\/h4>\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers<\/span><\/h4>\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ireland’s pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button] <\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n\r\nIreland's pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to drink at home), and the effects of motorway building that has bypassed many small villages that thrived on passing trade.\r\n\r\nOn the bright side, craft breweries and brew pubs have proliferated, especially in the last few years. Through private investment, government-funded projects, and amateur backyard breweries growing into businesses, the creation of artisan beers and ciders has become a growth industry in Ireland, as it has\u00a0in much of the civilized world.\r\nBreweries and cider mills make a mark<\/h2>\r\n<\/a>There's enough activity in the craft brewing sector to have attracted notice from the international press, as well as warrant an annual Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival at Dublin's\u00a0RDS. New brewmeisters\u00a0have made use of creative financing in the quest to develop the sector. LinkedFinance is one way for business owners to crowd-source loans for their new ventures, most recently Eight Degrees of Mitchelstown, Cork. Another model is the co-op: Belfast-based Boundary Brewing was established as a business wholly owned and operated by its shareholders. A minimum investment of \u00a3100 which makes you a shareholders as an \"ordinary member\"; \u00a3250 or more grants you \"supporter\" membership with extra privileges. Government programs have sprung up:\u00a0 Taste 4 Success Skillnet<\/strong><\/a> offers training courses \u00a0for on brewing and brewery management for aspiring entrepreneurs.\r\n\r\nContact The Ireland Expert<\/a> <\/strong>to learn more about brewing and pub tours!\r\nSix of the best brewers and cider makers<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nWest Mayo Brewery<\/a>, <\/strong>offering Clifford's Connacht Champion Golden Ale <\/strong>and other\u00a0interesting concoctions.\r\n\r\nFranciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.\r\n\r\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O'Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.\r\n\r\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O'Callaghan's cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\nIndustry Links<\/h2>\r\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers' group\r\n\r\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers\r\n\r\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button]<\/a>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ireland-new-notable"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4917,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/4917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Galway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O’Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h4>\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.<\/span><\/h4>\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O’Callaghan’s cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/p>\n
Industry Links<\/h2>\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers’ group<\/span><\/h4>\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers<\/span><\/h4>\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ireland’s pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button] <\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n\r\nIreland's pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to drink at home), and the effects of motorway building that has bypassed many small villages that thrived on passing trade.\r\n\r\nOn the bright side, craft breweries and brew pubs have proliferated, especially in the last few years. Through private investment, government-funded projects, and amateur backyard breweries growing into businesses, the creation of artisan beers and ciders has become a growth industry in Ireland, as it has\u00a0in much of the civilized world.\r\nBreweries and cider mills make a mark<\/h2>\r\n<\/a>There's enough activity in the craft brewing sector to have attracted notice from the international press, as well as warrant an annual Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival at Dublin's\u00a0RDS. New brewmeisters\u00a0have made use of creative financing in the quest to develop the sector. LinkedFinance is one way for business owners to crowd-source loans for their new ventures, most recently Eight Degrees of Mitchelstown, Cork. Another model is the co-op: Belfast-based Boundary Brewing was established as a business wholly owned and operated by its shareholders. A minimum investment of \u00a3100 which makes you a shareholders as an \"ordinary member\"; \u00a3250 or more grants you \"supporter\" membership with extra privileges. Government programs have sprung up:\u00a0 Taste 4 Success Skillnet<\/strong><\/a> offers training courses \u00a0for on brewing and brewery management for aspiring entrepreneurs.\r\n\r\nContact The Ireland Expert<\/a> <\/strong>to learn more about brewing and pub tours!\r\nSix of the best brewers and cider makers<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nWest Mayo Brewery<\/a>, <\/strong>offering Clifford's Connacht Champion Golden Ale <\/strong>and other\u00a0interesting concoctions.\r\n\r\nFranciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.\r\n\r\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O'Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.\r\n\r\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. 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Longueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O’Callaghan’s cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/p>\n
Industry Links<\/h2>\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers’ group<\/span><\/h4>\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers<\/span><\/h4>\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ireland’s pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button] <\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n\r\nIreland's pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to drink at home), and the effects of motorway building that has bypassed many small villages that thrived on passing trade.\r\n\r\nOn the bright side, craft breweries and brew pubs have proliferated, especially in the last few years. Through private investment, government-funded projects, and amateur backyard breweries growing into businesses, the creation of artisan beers and ciders has become a growth industry in Ireland, as it has\u00a0in much of the civilized world.\r\nBreweries and cider mills make a mark<\/h2>\r\n<\/a>There's enough activity in the craft brewing sector to have attracted notice from the international press, as well as warrant an annual Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival at Dublin's\u00a0RDS. New brewmeisters\u00a0have made use of creative financing in the quest to develop the sector. LinkedFinance is one way for business owners to crowd-source loans for their new ventures, most recently Eight Degrees of Mitchelstown, Cork. Another model is the co-op: Belfast-based Boundary Brewing was established as a business wholly owned and operated by its shareholders. A minimum investment of \u00a3100 which makes you a shareholders as an \"ordinary member\"; \u00a3250 or more grants you \"supporter\" membership with extra privileges. Government programs have sprung up:\u00a0 Taste 4 Success Skillnet<\/strong><\/a> offers training courses \u00a0for on brewing and brewery management for aspiring entrepreneurs.\r\n\r\nContact The Ireland Expert<\/a> <\/strong>to learn more about brewing and pub tours!\r\nSix of the best brewers and cider makers<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nWest Mayo Brewery<\/a>, <\/strong>offering Clifford's Connacht Champion Golden Ale <\/strong>and other\u00a0interesting concoctions.\r\n\r\nFranciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.\r\n\r\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O'Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.\r\n\r\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O'Callaghan's cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\nIndustry Links<\/h2>\r\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers' group\r\n\r\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers\r\n\r\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button]<\/a>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ireland-new-notable"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4917,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/4917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Beer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers’ group<\/span><\/h4>\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers<\/span><\/h4>\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ireland’s pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button] <\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n\r\nIreland's pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to drink at home), and the effects of motorway building that has bypassed many small villages that thrived on passing trade.\r\n\r\nOn the bright side, craft breweries and brew pubs have proliferated, especially in the last few years. Through private investment, government-funded projects, and amateur backyard breweries growing into businesses, the creation of artisan beers and ciders has become a growth industry in Ireland, as it has\u00a0in much of the civilized world.\r\nBreweries and cider mills make a mark<\/h2>\r\n<\/a>There's enough activity in the craft brewing sector to have attracted notice from the international press, as well as warrant an annual Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival at Dublin's\u00a0RDS. New brewmeisters\u00a0have made use of creative financing in the quest to develop the sector. LinkedFinance is one way for business owners to crowd-source loans for their new ventures, most recently Eight Degrees of Mitchelstown, Cork. Another model is the co-op: Belfast-based Boundary Brewing was established as a business wholly owned and operated by its shareholders. A minimum investment of \u00a3100 which makes you a shareholders as an \"ordinary member\"; \u00a3250 or more grants you \"supporter\" membership with extra privileges. Government programs have sprung up:\u00a0 Taste 4 Success Skillnet<\/strong><\/a> offers training courses \u00a0for on brewing and brewery management for aspiring entrepreneurs.\r\n\r\nContact The Ireland Expert<\/a> <\/strong>to learn more about brewing and pub tours!\r\nSix of the best brewers and cider makers<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nWest Mayo Brewery<\/a>, <\/strong>offering Clifford's Connacht Champion Golden Ale <\/strong>and other\u00a0interesting concoctions.\r\n\r\nFranciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.\r\n\r\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O'Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.\r\n\r\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O'Callaghan's cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\nIndustry Links<\/h2>\r\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers' group\r\n\r\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers\r\n\r\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button]<\/a>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ireland-new-notable"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4917,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/4917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Cider Ireland<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ireland’s pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button] <\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n\r\nIreland's pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to drink at home), and the effects of motorway building that has bypassed many small villages that thrived on passing trade.\r\n\r\nOn the bright side, craft breweries and brew pubs have proliferated, especially in the last few years. Through private investment, government-funded projects, and amateur backyard breweries growing into businesses, the creation of artisan beers and ciders has become a growth industry in Ireland, as it has\u00a0in much of the civilized world.\r\nBreweries and cider mills make a mark<\/h2>\r\n<\/a>There's enough activity in the craft brewing sector to have attracted notice from the international press, as well as warrant an annual Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival at Dublin's\u00a0RDS. New brewmeisters\u00a0have made use of creative financing in the quest to develop the sector. LinkedFinance is one way for business owners to crowd-source loans for their new ventures, most recently Eight Degrees of Mitchelstown, Cork. Another model is the co-op: Belfast-based Boundary Brewing was established as a business wholly owned and operated by its shareholders. A minimum investment of \u00a3100 which makes you a shareholders as an \"ordinary member\"; \u00a3250 or more grants you \"supporter\" membership with extra privileges. Government programs have sprung up:\u00a0 Taste 4 Success Skillnet<\/strong><\/a> offers training courses \u00a0for on brewing and brewery management for aspiring entrepreneurs.\r\n\r\nContact The Ireland Expert<\/a> <\/strong>to learn more about brewing and pub tours!\r\nSix of the best brewers and cider makers<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nWest Mayo Brewery<\/a>, <\/strong>offering Clifford's Connacht Champion Golden Ale <\/strong>and other\u00a0interesting concoctions.\r\n\r\nFranciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.\r\n\r\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O'Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.\r\n\r\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O'Callaghan's cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\nIndustry Links<\/h2>\r\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers' group\r\n\r\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers\r\n\r\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button]<\/a>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ireland-new-notable"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4917,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/4917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Ireland’s pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":933,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button] <\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n\r\nIreland's pub scene is changing rapidly, due to multiple factors including consolidation of ownership, changes in public tastes, the ban on smoking (a welcome change), and emigration of young Irish. Hundreds of pubs have closed since 2006, due to the economics of alcoholic production, attracting clientele with the rising price of booze (much cheaper to drink at home), and the effects of motorway building that has bypassed many small villages that thrived on passing trade.\r\n\r\nOn the bright side, craft breweries and brew pubs have proliferated, especially in the last few years. Through private investment, government-funded projects, and amateur backyard breweries growing into businesses, the creation of artisan beers and ciders has become a growth industry in Ireland, as it has\u00a0in much of the civilized world.\r\nBreweries and cider mills make a mark<\/h2>\r\n
<\/a>There's enough activity in the craft brewing sector to have attracted notice from the international press, as well as warrant an annual Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival at Dublin's\u00a0RDS. New brewmeisters\u00a0have made use of creative financing in the quest to develop the sector. LinkedFinance is one way for business owners to crowd-source loans for their new ventures, most recently Eight Degrees of Mitchelstown, Cork. Another model is the co-op: Belfast-based Boundary Brewing was established as a business wholly owned and operated by its shareholders. A minimum investment of \u00a3100 which makes you a shareholders as an \"ordinary member\"; \u00a3250 or more grants you \"supporter\" membership with extra privileges. Government programs have sprung up:\u00a0 Taste 4 Success Skillnet<\/strong><\/a> offers training courses \u00a0for on brewing and brewery management for aspiring entrepreneurs.\r\n\r\nContact The Ireland Expert<\/a> <\/strong>to learn more about brewing and pub tours!\r\nSix of the best brewers and cider makers<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nWest Mayo Brewery<\/a>, <\/strong>offering Clifford's Connacht Champion Golden Ale <\/strong>and other\u00a0interesting concoctions.\r\n\r\nFranciscan Well Brewery<\/a>, Cork City,\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Shane Long in 1998. Well-established brewery with a preservative-free range of quality brews, including Friar Weisse<\/strong>, a German wheat beer.\r\n\r\nMetalman Brewing<\/a>, Waterford,\u00a0<\/strong>helmed by\u00a0Gr\u00e1inne Walsh, one of the few female Irish brewers, featuring Metalman Pale Ale <\/strong>and their innovative Chameleon Range<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nGalway Bay Brewery<\/a>: <\/strong>Opened in 2009, this brainchild of pub partners Niall Walsh and Jason O'Connell produces Bay Ale <\/strong>and\u00a0the chocolatey\u00a0Buried at Sea<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nHilden Brewery<\/a>,<\/strong>\u00a0Lisburn, Co. Antrim, operated by the Scullion family since 1989; 11 different ales, stouts and porters.\r\n\r\nLongueville House Cider<\/a>, Mallow, Co. Cork:\u00a0<\/strong>originally conceived as a means to produce Calvados-like apple brandy, William O'Callaghan's cider has morphed into a sensation of its own.\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n
Industry Links<\/h2>\r\nBeer Ireland<\/strong><\/a>: craft brewers' group\r\n\r\nBeoir<\/strong><\/a>: consumers supporting independent brewers\r\n\r\nCider Ireland<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\nIrish Craft Beer & Cider Festival<\/strong><\/a>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n\r\n[button link=\"https:\/\/fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/contact\/ \" type=\"big\" color=\"green\" newwindow=\"yes\"] Ireland brew pub tour? ask The Ireland Expert![\/button]<\/a>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ireland-new-notable"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4917,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/4917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastnettravel.com\/TheIrelandExpert\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}