Irish Craft Beer

Ireland’s Largest Range of Award Winning Irish Craft Beer

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Galway Hooker 12x500ml

The beer initially greets the palate with a balanced burst of tangy bitterness and understated biscuity flavours which perfectly compliment the floral aroma and citrusy, dry finish. Abv: 4.4%.A masterpiece of brewing, a pale ale that is quiet the most moreish drink we have encountered in years. Everything about Galway Hooker is the antithesis of mass-produced beers: it is subtle, graceful, has superb texture and mouth-feel, the fruit and hop notes are poised and tantalizing, it is refreshing rather than gaseous, and it is fresh rather than flat and dull. An amazing feat of brewing.


Stonewell Irish Craft Cider12x500ml

Light straw almost champagne like pour with no head. Strong apple aroma and not a lot else, a slight hint of floral and cut grass notes. On the palate you have medium carbonation, slightly dry and tart turning into sweet. Stonewell feels fresh and certainly refreshing.

Available in Medium Dry & Dry Blends.


Eight Degree’s BrewingHowling Gale Ale 24x33cl

Like blitzing down the Ballyhouras on your bike with an icy wind in your face, this delivers a refreshing crisp smack around the gills. It pours a pale golden colour and the malty sweetness is well balanced by the American Chinook, Amarillo and Centennial hops.Howling Gale has a pleasant grapefruit and citrus aroma and goes well with fish, chicken or anything off the barbeque.

Sunburnt Irish Red 24x33cl

Like an Irishman on holiday in the Canaries, this beer has a red tint but with a chilled out mellow feel.A traditional Irish style with a twist, it has subtle caramel notes balanced with a pleasant fragrant aroma from New Zealand and Australian hops. Goes really well with roast beef, lamb or a traditional Irish stew, but beware: keep out of direct sunlight.


Knockmealdown Porter 24x33cl

Like tackling the Knockmealdowns in a blizzard, this beer is not for wimps. The robust malt-driven ale balances dark malts with some old world bitter hops. It won’t weigh you down like a stout and offers a rich chocolaty aroma with a burst of espresso. Perfect for a cooler evening: year round in Ireland.

Barefoot Bohemian Pilsner Lager 24x33cl

Bohemians are creative dreamers who defy convention. Our Bohemian Pilsner is just that, an unorthodox lager with complex biscuity malt, soft rounded bitnerness and a twist of spice from the noble Saaz and Hallertau hops. This crisp and adventurous drop is perfect for a chilled out summer session… BlissThis is pilsner like the Czechs intended.


O’HARA’S LEANN FOLLÁIN 12x500ml Deep black colour with a thick, tan, almost brown head. Luxurious chocolate aroma with smokey notes and coffee undertones.This full malt stout is laden with complex chocolate and coffee flavours balanced by a delicate hoppy spiciness.There is a distinctive smoky aftertaste to this stout that lingers on the tongue.Matches well with any strong cheeses or cured meats. Also goes well with desserts.

Carlow Brewing Co

CURIM GOLD WHEAT BEER 12x500ML

Fruity and aromatic refreshing wheat beer brewed at 4.3% ABV.Bright golden hues topped by a foamy white head.Hints of peach, banana and plum on the nose.Curim is fruity and refreshing with undertones of peach, banana and plum and finishes with just a hint of hops to provide thirst-quenching satisfaction.Curim has a higher hop rate than the mainstream wheat beers which leaves a slight tart-hoppy residue, enough to balance the delicate fruitiness and make Curim an ideal accompaniment to spicy foods.


O’HARA’S IRISH STOUT 12x500ML

A deep black colour with a reddish hue when held to the light. It pours with a thick creamy head that is almost tan in colour.On the nose the drinker experiences a rich and complex coffee aroma with light liquorice notes.This Stout has a robust roast flavour with a full bodied and smooth mouth feel. The roast flavours lead to a dry espresso like finish.A generous addition of Fuggles hops lead to a tart bitterness which mingles with the roast espresso flavours on the tongue.Excellent with Seafood particularly shellfish and smoked salmon.

O'HARA'S IRISH RED 12x500ML “Brewed true to it’s heritage, the O’Hara family have gone back to basics and brew this fine Irish ale as it used to be brewed – with natural ingredients and no artificial additives”. Ruby red in colour and pours with a dense lasting white head.There is an unmistakable fruity and almost herbal quality to the aroma due to the late addition of Mt. Hood hops.A traditional light hop flavour balances the sweet malty caramel taste which finishes with a distinctive roast bite.The addition of a pinch of roast barley during the brewing process lends a distinctive bite which is balanced by a crisp medium bitterness.


O’HARA’S IRISH PALE ALE 12x500MLContemporary style I.P.A. dry hopped for extra aroma.Rich golden colour with a white head.This pale ale has a light malt base with just the right mouth feel to allow the hop character to predominate. Grapefruit like bitterness is full and lasting and is balanced by a zesty citrus burst of aroma from the late addition of cascade hops.The Citrus flavours give way at the end to the floral, spicy bitterness of Amarillo hops.Light fish dishes, roast pork, or blackened chicken with buffalo wings where the IPA will strengthen the spicy flavours in any dish.


Ór Golden Ale 12x500ML A smooth, refreshing golden ale that is full-bodied and has a distinctive hop flavour.Brewed using the best two-row Maris Otter pale malt interwoven with a complimentary selection of speciality malt for a robust taste. It is hopped with a combination of traditional English and modern American hops, to produce a beer with subtle fruit flavours and a crisp, lingering finish.

Dark Arts Porter 12x500ML A dark, almost black porter, named for the part of the brewing process not quite covered by science.Dark Arts is brewed using a healthy dose of Black malt and Chocolate malt, to add to the flavour as well as to give the beer its dark colour. This unfiltered porter has a clear roasty flavour, but with hints of caramel and chocolate, while maintaining enough bitter hop presence to preserve its balance.


Dungarvan Brewing Co

Black Rock Irish Stout 12x500ml

This is a full flavoured, smooth, dry stout that has been described on more than one ocassion as "the way stout used to taste". Made from roasted barley which gives a rich, chocolate-y flavour with herbal hints and notes of vanilla and aniseed. This is a medium-bodied stout with a light carbonation and a smooth mouthfeel.


Copper Coast Red Ale 12x500ml

This is a smooth, fruity ale with a definite caramal character created by the use of crystal malt in the brewing process but with an added hop balance that is not always present in red ales, and which balances the sweetness of the caramel flavours.This is a beer that works well with most meat dishes but in particular roast meats as the caramels of both the beer and the meat complement each other fantastically.

Helvick Gold Blond Ale 12x500ml

This is a refreshing blonde ale generously hopped to give bitterness and aroma that packs a punch!Helvick is a great summer's day drink, perfect for cracking out at the barbeque. Enjoy at cellar temperature (8-14°C) or cooler for a great warm weather thirst quencher. It's an excellent beer to pair with food and works particularly well with spicy food.


Dingle Brewing Co

Tom Crean’s Premium Irish Lager 24x330mlA crisp and refreshing Irish craft lager.

Named after the great Tom Crean, the local man who as a member of the British Navy, went on to take part in 3 of the 4 Antartic Expeditions. It was during the Terra Nova Expedition that he undertook a superhuman 18hr 35 mile solo trek to save the life of his 2 companions. Tom was a modest man and when he retired from the navy he came home to Annascaul and ran the ‘South Pole Inn’. He truly is a man worth commemorating so here’s to Tom!


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