In this latest episode of the Irish Beer Snob podcast, we attempt to answer question that no one has asked. Which is better, Aldi's Rheinbacher, in Can format or in bottles?
To help us in our quest, we engaged the supreme beer tasting talents of John "The Beer Nut" to answer this question once and for all! We look back at John's blog when it started and how it's grown over the years. We also chat to him regarding http://beoir.org/ and his role there.
Follow The Beer Nut on Twitter to keep up with his hijinks.
In this latest episode we chat to Barry Flanagan, Owner of Kildare Brewing Company and Lock 13 Gasto pub in Sallins, Co Kildare and Rob Rainsford, Head Brewer of Kildare Brewing Company.
We chat about all things Kildare Brewing Company.
While chatting to the lads we drank a couple of cans of Lock Down IPA extended edition, which was brewed to raise funds for Naas Hospital during the Covid emergency.
You can find Kildare Brewing on Twitter, Instagram and their website here
In this latest podcast episode we have a good old chinwag with Stephen Clinch co - owner of Kildare's Trouble Brewing who along with Dungarvan Brewing are part of the core of Irish Craft Brewing scene and also celebrated their 10th birthday this year.
While we were chatting with Stephen we enjoyed the following Trouble Brewing beers;
Trouble brewing are distributed by Grand Cru beers, and available nationwide in all good beer retailers.
Podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Stitcher Radio.
In this latest podcast episode, we have the pleasure of having a chat to Cormac from Dungarvan Brewing Company who have just celebrated their 10th Birthday. We chat about the last ten years and basically had a bit of craic with Cormac.
While recording we drank;
Which are both widely available nationwide via their distributors Four Corners.
In this latest episode, Janice & Wayne chat to Liam Tutty, owner of Dead Centre Brewing from Athlone in Co. Westmeath.
We chat to Liam about his first year in operation, and what some of the highlights were.
We also chat to him about his latest brain child, www.beercloud.ie which is a new online shop which sells beers from breweries all across Ireland.
We drank beers from Dead Centre while recording;
In this latest episode, Janice & Wayne have a good old chinwag with Brian Cahill of Craic Beer Community which is a new online resource in Ireland for both brewers, and drinkers.
We chat about his 5 desert island beers, and what his plans for Craic Beer Community are. Including some really exciting plans that will come in the future.
We drank the following beers while chatting to Brian;
Brú brewery have been in operation since 2013 in Meath, and recently, Carrig Brewing and Brú Brewery have merged under the Brú Brewery brand. You can read more about the merger here
We are joined by Head Brewer Francesco Sottomano for a live tasting of three beers from both their core and Urban Jungle range.
You can purchase the beers direct from Brú at their webshop here and at retailers nationwide.
We've not podcasted in ages, so it only takes a pandemic to get us back behind the Mic!
In this episode we are tasting 3 lovely beers from Dublin's Hope Beer.
We also talk about how things are going during these strange times for our island, including the example of collaboration and great community spirit demonstrated by Craig P Kearney who took a rambling twitter thread of mine, and collated it all into one handy page for everyone to use to buy direct from Irish Breweries. Check it out https://directfrombrewery.com/ - anyone out there who wants to be added hit us up and we'll get it updated pronto.