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Please note: considering the huge and neverending development of the world of beer in many countries, my comments below may be quite out-of-date.

Ireland is the only country in the world where the favourite beer style is stout (at about 50% of the whole market). It is home of the worldwide known and largely overrated (also by myself :-)) Guinness. The market is dominated by St. James's Gate (Guinness), followed by InBev UK (owner of Murphy) and Scottish & Newcastle/Heineken (owner of Beamish).
Breweries: ~ 130 / Consumption per capita: 80 litres / % imported: ~35% / % exported: ~45%.
Consumer group: Beoir

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Total: 105 beers Weighted average: 13.91

country rating:
my favourite breweries (min. 3 beers)

1. WHIPLASH 14.47
2. THIRD BARREL 13.72
3. GALWAY BAY 13.58
4. CARLOW 13.53
5. the WHITE HAG 13.38
6. WICKLOW WOLF 13.32
7. KINNEGAR 13.27
8. INBEV UK 12.83
9. RYE RIVER 12.69
10. DUBLIN BEER COMPANY 12.67
11. BOYNE 12.37

sorted by [name (default)] [rating] [style] [alcohol]

BREWERY & BEER NAME
(Click on the link to see my comments) collaboration with contract brewed by ALC. % STYLE RATING image

BEAMISH & CRAWFORD BEAMISH BLACK IRISH STOUT 4.1 Stout / Dry Stout 14
BEAMISH & CRAWFORD BEAMISH IRISH RED 4.2 Irish Ale 13.2
BOYNE BORN in a DAY 4.8 Pale Ale - American 12.8
BOYNE IMPERIAL STOUT - SHERRY 10.8 Stout - Imperial 14.8
BOYNE IPA 6.8 IPA - American 13.6
Brehon Raglan Road 8.8 Stout - Imperial 15.6
CARLOW O'HARA'S CELTIC STOUT 4.3 Stout / Dry Stout 13.6
CARLOW O'HARA'S DOUBLE IPA 7.5 IPA - Imperial / Double 15.2
CARLOW O'HARA'S FREEBIRD WHITE IPA 5 IPA - White 14.8
CARLOW O'HARA'S HOP ADVENTURE GALAXY 5 Pale Ale - American 15.6
CARLOW O'HARA'S IRISH PALE ALE 5.2 Pale Ale - American 15.2
CARLOW O'HARA'S IRISH RED 4.3 Irish Ale 14
CARLOW O'HARA'S WINTER STAR 5.3 Spice / Herb / Vegetable 13.6
CARLOW O'Hara Stormburst IPA 7.2 IPA - American 14.8
CARLOW O'Hara's 51st State IPA 6 IPA - Hazy / New England 12
CARLOW O'Hara's Leann Folláin 6 Stout - Foreign 14
CARLOW O'Hara's Session IPA 3.8 IPA - Session 13.6
DUBLIN BEER COMPANY 1798 REVOLUTION ALE 4.7 Irish Ale 15
DUBLIN BEER COMPANY BECKETT'S GOLD 4.7 Golden / Blond Ale 12
DUBLIN BEER COMPANY D'ARCY'S DUBLIN STOUT 4.7 Stout / Dry Stout 16
GALWAY BAY Althea 4.8 Pale Ale - American 14
GALWAY BAY Bay Ale 4.4 Irish Ale 14.4
GALWAY BAY CHANGE of the GUARD WHITEFRONTIER 11.5 IPA - Imperial / Double 15.2
GALWAY BAY Celestial Floods 7.9 IPA - Imperial / Double 14.8
GALWAY BAY Of Foam And Fury 8.5 IPA - Imperial / Double 14.8
GALWAY BAY Slow Lives 5 Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager 14.8
GALWAY BAY Weights + Measures 3 IPA - Session 14.8
GALWAY HOOKER IRISH PALE ALE 4.3 Pale Ale - American 14
Guinness Blonde IPA 5 IPA - American 13.2
GUINNESS GUINNESS DRAUGHT 5 Stout / Dry Stout 15.6
GUINNESS GUINNESS DRAUGHT BITTER 4.4 Bitter 12
GUINNESS GUINNESS EXTRA STOUT 5 Stout / Dry Stout 14
GUINNESS GUINNESS FOREIGN EXTRA STOUT 7.5/8.0 Stout - Foreign 15.6
GUINNESS GUINNESS HOP HOUSE 13 4.1 Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager 14
GUINNESS GUINNESS ORIGINAL 4.3 Stout / Dry Stout **
GUINNESS GUINNESS SPECIAL EXPORT 8 Stout - Foreign 15.2
GUINNESS GUINNESS SPECIAL EXPORT 6.5 Stout - Foreign ***
GUINNESS GUINNESS WEST INDIES PORTER 6 Porter 13.6
GUINNESS HARP IRISH EXPORT LAGER 5 International Pale Lager ***
GUINNESS HARP LAGER 4.3 Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager 7
GUINNESS Hop House 13 (5.0%) 5 International Pale Lager 14.8
GUINNESS KILKENNY DRAUGHT 5.0/5.5 Irish Ale 14.8
GUINNESS NITRO IPA 5.3 IPA - English 14
GUINNESS SMITHWICK'S 4.0/3.8 Irish Ale 12
Hope Beer Emmer Stout 5 Stout / Dry Stout 14.4
Hope Beer Handsome Jack 6.6 IPA - American 14.8
Hopfully Kickback 4.3 Pale Ale - American 14.4
INBEV UK MURPHY IRISH RED 5 Irish Ale 14.8
INBEV UK MURPHY IRISH STOUT DRAUGHT 4 Stout / Dry Stout 14.4
INBEV UK MURPHY MC FARLAND 5.6 Irish Ale 14.8
KINNEGAR Bucket & Spade 4.2 IPA - Session 14.4
KINNEGAR Crossroads 6.2 IPA - American 14.8
KINNEGAR DEVIL'S BACKBONE 4.9 Amber Ale 13.6
KINNEGAR DL : Donegal Lager 4.5 Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager 14
KINNEGAR Rustbucket 5.1 Specialty Grain 14.4
KINNEGAR Yannaroddy 4.8 Porter 15.2
Lough Gill Andersons 4 Irish Ale 12.8
Lough Gill Lost Armada 5 IPA - American 13.2
PORTERHOUSE HOP HEAD 5 Pale Ale - American 15.6
PORTERHOUSE WRASSLERS XXXX STOUT 5.7 Stout / Dry Stout 15.2
RYE RIVER MC GARGLES COUSIN ROSIE'S PALE ALE 4.5 Pale Ale - American 12.4
RYE RIVER MC GARGLES FANCY FRANK'S LAGER 4.5 Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager 15.2
RYE RIVER MC GARGLES FRANCIS' BIG BANGIN' IPA 7.1 IPA - American 13.6
RYE RIVER MC GARGLES GRANY MARY'S RED ALE 4.8 Irish Ale 12.4
RYE RIVER MC GARGLES KNOCK KNOCK NED'S INDIA PALE ALE 6.3 IPA - English 14.8
RYE RIVER MC GARGLES UNCLE JIM'S STOUT 4.5 Stout / Dry Stout 12.8
Stone Barrel Bear Hug (2021) 8 American Strong Ale 15.2
Sullivan's Black Marble 5.1 Stout / Dry Stout 14.4
the WHITE HAG Atlantean 5.4 IPA - Hazy / New England 14.4
the WHITE HAG Beann Gulban Irish Heather Sour Ale (Barrel Aged) 6.9 Traditional Ale 15.6
the WHITE HAG FIONN 8.5 IPA - Imperial / Double 15.2
the WHITE HAG Little Fawn 4.2 IPA - Session 13.6
the WHITE HAG Ninth Wave 5.4 Pale Ale - American 14
the WHITE HAG Róc Modern Pils Lager 4.5 Pilsner 13.6
the WHITE HAG Samhain Pumpkin Ale 6.2 Spice / Herb / Vegetable 14.4
THIRD BARREL And Dance The Blues 8 IPA - Imperial / Double 15.2
THIRD BARREL DOUBLE DROP 8 IPA - Imperial / Double 15.2
THIRD BARREL Instant Gratification 6 IPA - Hazy / New England 15.2
THIRD BARREL Shut Up Juice 5 Pale Ale - American 14.8
THIRD BARREL When Life Gives You Hops 8.5 IPA - Imperial / Double 16.4
Third Circle Trinity 4.4 Pilsner 14
TROUBLE DARK ARTS PORTER 4.4 Porter 13.2
TROUBLE GOLDEN OR ALE 4.3 Pale Ale - English 10.4
WHIPLASH Apocalypse Dreams 8 IPA - Imperial / Double 16.4
WHIPLASH Beer + Art Series 2019 15 8 IPA - Imperial / Double 15.6
WHIPLASH Blue Ghosts WHITEFRONTIER 5.2 Pilsner 14
WHIPLASH Bone Machine 6.2 IPA - American 15.2
WHIPLASH Bowsie 4.5 Brown Ale - English 15.6
WHIPLASH Breaking Glass 7 IPA - American 14.8
WHIPLASH LET IT HAPPEN LARKINS 8 IPA - Imperial / Double 15.2
WHIPLASH NICE DREAM 8 IPA - Imperial / Double 15.2
WHIPLASH NORTHERN LIGHTS 2.8 IPA - Session 14.4
WHIPLASH Never Cursed 4.1 Saison 14.4
WHIPLASH Rollover 3.8 IPA - Session 14.8
WHIPLASH SWOON 8 IPA - Imperial / Double 15.6
WHIPLASH Smell the Glove 6.2 Porter 16
WHIPLASH Sunshine Under Ground 5.4 Pale Ale - American 14
WHIPLASH The Sup 5 Porter 14.4
WHIPLASH The Wake 7 Stout - Foreign 14.4
WHIPLASH Water Jump 6.8 IPA - American 16.4
WICKLOW WOLF Avalanche 4 Pale Ale - American 14.4
WICKLOW WOLF Eden Session IPA 3.8 IPA - Session 15.2
WICKLOW WOLF Elevation Pale Ale 4.8 Pale Ale - American 14.4
WICKLOW WOLF Mammoth IPA 6.2 IPA - American 14.8
WICKLOW WOLF Wildfire 4.6 Irish Ale 14.8

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Total: 105 beers Weighted average: 13.91 country rating:	my favourite breweries (min. 3 beers)
	1.	WHIPLASH	14.47
	2.	THIRD BARREL	13.72
	3.	GALWAY BAY	13.58
	4.	CARLOW	13.53
	5.	the WHITE HAG	13.38
	6.	WICKLOW WOLF	13.32
	7.	KINNEGAR	13.27
	8.	INBEV UK	12.83
	9.	RYE RIVER	12.69
	10.	DUBLIN BEER COMPANY	12.67
	11.	BOYNE	12.37

BREWERY & BEER NAME (Click on the link to see my comments)	collaboration with	contract brewed by	ALC. %	STYLE	RATING	image
BEAMISH & CRAWFORD BEAMISH BLACK IRISH STOUT			4.1	Stout / Dry Stout	14
BEAMISH & CRAWFORD BEAMISH IRISH RED			4.2	Irish Ale	13.2
BOYNE BORN in a DAY			4.8	Pale Ale - American	12.8
BOYNE IMPERIAL STOUT - SHERRY			10.8	Stout - Imperial	14.8
BOYNE IPA			6.8	IPA - American	13.6
Brehon Raglan Road			8.8	Stout - Imperial	15.6
CARLOW O'HARA'S CELTIC STOUT			4.3	Stout / Dry Stout	13.6
CARLOW O'HARA'S DOUBLE IPA			7.5	IPA - Imperial / Double	15.2
CARLOW O'HARA'S FREEBIRD WHITE IPA			5	IPA - White	14.8
CARLOW O'HARA'S HOP ADVENTURE GALAXY			5	Pale Ale - American	15.6
CARLOW O'HARA'S IRISH PALE ALE			5.2	Pale Ale - American	15.2
CARLOW O'HARA'S IRISH RED			4.3	Irish Ale	14
CARLOW O'HARA'S WINTER STAR			5.3	Spice / Herb / Vegetable	13.6
CARLOW O'Hara Stormburst IPA			7.2	IPA - American	14.8
CARLOW O'Hara's 51st State IPA			6	IPA - Hazy / New England	12
CARLOW O'Hara's Leann Folláin			6	Stout - Foreign	14
CARLOW O'Hara's Session IPA			3.8	IPA - Session	13.6
DUBLIN BEER COMPANY 1798 REVOLUTION ALE			4.7	Irish Ale	15
DUBLIN BEER COMPANY BECKETT'S GOLD			4.7	Golden / Blond Ale	12
DUBLIN BEER COMPANY D'ARCY'S DUBLIN STOUT			4.7	Stout / Dry Stout	16
GALWAY BAY Althea			4.8	Pale Ale - American	14
GALWAY BAY Bay Ale			4.4	Irish Ale	14.4
GALWAY BAY CHANGE of the GUARD	WHITEFRONTIER		11.5	IPA - Imperial / Double	15.2
GALWAY BAY Celestial Floods			7.9	IPA - Imperial / Double	14.8
GALWAY BAY Of Foam And Fury			8.5	IPA - Imperial / Double	14.8
GALWAY BAY Slow Lives			5	Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager	14.8
GALWAY BAY Weights + Measures			3	IPA - Session	14.8
GALWAY HOOKER IRISH PALE ALE			4.3	Pale Ale - American	14
Guinness Blonde IPA			5	IPA - American	13.2
GUINNESS GUINNESS DRAUGHT			5	Stout / Dry Stout	15.6
GUINNESS GUINNESS DRAUGHT BITTER			4.4	Bitter	12
GUINNESS GUINNESS EXTRA STOUT			5	Stout / Dry Stout	14
GUINNESS GUINNESS FOREIGN EXTRA STOUT			7.5/8.0	Stout - Foreign	15.6
GUINNESS GUINNESS HOP HOUSE 13			4.1	Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager	14
GUINNESS GUINNESS ORIGINAL			4.3	Stout / Dry Stout	**
GUINNESS GUINNESS SPECIAL EXPORT			8	Stout - Foreign	15.2
GUINNESS GUINNESS SPECIAL EXPORT			6.5	Stout - Foreign	***
GUINNESS GUINNESS WEST INDIES PORTER			6	Porter	13.6
GUINNESS HARP IRISH EXPORT LAGER			5	International Pale Lager	***
GUINNESS HARP LAGER			4.3	Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager	7
GUINNESS Hop House 13 (5.0%)			5	International Pale Lager	14.8
GUINNESS KILKENNY DRAUGHT			5.0/5.5	Irish Ale	14.8
GUINNESS NITRO IPA			5.3	IPA - English	14
GUINNESS SMITHWICK'S			4.0/3.8	Irish Ale	12
Hope Beer Emmer Stout			5	Stout / Dry Stout	14.4
Hope Beer Handsome Jack			6.6	IPA - American	14.8
Hopfully Kickback			4.3	Pale Ale - American	14.4
INBEV UK MURPHY IRISH RED			5	Irish Ale	14.8
INBEV UK MURPHY IRISH STOUT DRAUGHT			4	Stout / Dry Stout	14.4
INBEV UK MURPHY MC FARLAND			5.6	Irish Ale	14.8
KINNEGAR Bucket & Spade			4.2	IPA - Session	14.4
KINNEGAR Crossroads			6.2	IPA - American	14.8
KINNEGAR DEVIL'S BACKBONE			4.9	Amber Ale	13.6
KINNEGAR DL : Donegal Lager			4.5	Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager	14
KINNEGAR Rustbucket			5.1	Specialty Grain	14.4
KINNEGAR Yannaroddy			4.8	Porter	15.2
Lough Gill Andersons			4	Irish Ale	12.8
Lough Gill Lost Armada			5	IPA - American	13.2
PORTERHOUSE HOP HEAD			5	Pale Ale - American	15.6
PORTERHOUSE WRASSLERS XXXX STOUT			5.7	Stout / Dry Stout	15.2
RYE RIVER MC GARGLES COUSIN ROSIE'S PALE ALE			4.5	Pale Ale - American	12.4
RYE RIVER MC GARGLES FANCY FRANK'S LAGER			4.5	Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager	15.2
RYE RIVER MC GARGLES FRANCIS' BIG BANGIN' IPA			7.1	IPA - American	13.6
RYE RIVER MC GARGLES GRANY MARY'S RED ALE			4.8	Irish Ale	12.4
RYE RIVER MC GARGLES KNOCK KNOCK NED'S INDIA PALE ALE			6.3	IPA - English	14.8
RYE RIVER MC GARGLES UNCLE JIM'S STOUT			4.5	Stout / Dry Stout	12.8
Stone Barrel Bear Hug (2021)			8	American Strong Ale	15.2
Sullivan's Black Marble			5.1	Stout / Dry Stout	14.4
the WHITE HAG Atlantean			5.4	IPA - Hazy / New England	14.4
the WHITE HAG Beann Gulban Irish Heather Sour Ale (Barrel Aged)			6.9	Traditional Ale	15.6
the WHITE HAG FIONN			8.5	IPA - Imperial / Double	15.2
the WHITE HAG Little Fawn			4.2	IPA - Session	13.6
the WHITE HAG Ninth Wave			5.4	Pale Ale - American	14
the WHITE HAG Róc Modern Pils Lager			4.5	Pilsner	13.6
the WHITE HAG Samhain Pumpkin Ale			6.2	Spice / Herb / Vegetable	14.4
THIRD BARREL And Dance The Blues			8	IPA - Imperial / Double	15.2
THIRD BARREL DOUBLE DROP			8	IPA - Imperial / Double	15.2
THIRD BARREL Instant Gratification			6	IPA - Hazy / New England	15.2
THIRD BARREL Shut Up Juice			5	Pale Ale - American	14.8
THIRD BARREL When Life Gives You Hops			8.5	IPA - Imperial / Double	16.4
Third Circle Trinity			4.4	Pilsner	14
TROUBLE DARK ARTS PORTER			4.4	Porter	13.2
TROUBLE GOLDEN OR ALE			4.3	Pale Ale - English	10.4
WHIPLASH Apocalypse Dreams			8	IPA - Imperial / Double	16.4
WHIPLASH Beer + Art Series 2019 15			8	IPA - Imperial / Double	15.6
WHIPLASH Blue Ghosts		WHITEFRONTIER	5.2	Pilsner	14
WHIPLASH Bone Machine			6.2	IPA - American	15.2
WHIPLASH Bowsie			4.5	Brown Ale - English	15.6
WHIPLASH Breaking Glass			7	IPA - American	14.8
WHIPLASH LET IT HAPPEN		LARKINS	8	IPA - Imperial / Double	15.2
WHIPLASH NICE DREAM			8	IPA - Imperial / Double	15.2
WHIPLASH NORTHERN LIGHTS			2.8	IPA - Session	14.4
WHIPLASH Never Cursed			4.1	Saison	14.4
WHIPLASH Rollover			3.8	IPA - Session	14.8
WHIPLASH SWOON			8	IPA - Imperial / Double	15.6
WHIPLASH Smell the Glove			6.2	Porter	16
WHIPLASH Sunshine Under Ground			5.4	Pale Ale - American	14
WHIPLASH The Sup			5	Porter	14.4
WHIPLASH The Wake			7	Stout - Foreign	14.4
WHIPLASH Water Jump			6.8	IPA - American	16.4
WICKLOW WOLF Avalanche			4	Pale Ale - American	14.4
WICKLOW WOLF Eden Session IPA			3.8	IPA - Session	15.2
WICKLOW WOLF Elevation Pale Ale			4.8	Pale Ale - American	14.4
WICKLOW WOLF Mammoth IPA			6.2	IPA - American	14.8
WICKLOW WOLF Wildfire			4.6	Irish Ale	14.8