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considering the huge and neverending development of the world of beer in many countries, my comments below may be quite out-of-date.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
Total: 103 beers Weighted average: 13.88country rating: | my favourite breweries (min. 3 beers) | ||
1. | WHIPLASH | 14.47 | |
2. | THIRD BARREL | 13.72 | |
3. | CARLOW | 13.53 | |
4. | GALWAY BAY | 13.44 | |
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
KINNEGAR DEVIL'S BACKBONE | | | 4.9 | Amber Ale | 13.6 |
| Stone Barrel Bear Hug (2021) | | | 8 | American Strong Ale | 15.2 |
| GUINNESS GUINNESS DRAUGHT BITTER | | | 4.4 | Bitter | 12 |
| WHIPLASH Bowsie | | | 4.5 | Brown Ale - English | 15.6 |
| GALWAY BAY Slow Lives | | | 5 | Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager | 14.8 |
| GUINNESS GUINNESS HOP HOUSE 13 | | | 4.1 | Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager | 14 |
| GUINNESS HARP LAGER | | | 4.3 | Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager | 7 |
| KINNEGAR DL : Donegal Lager | | | 4.5 | Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager | 14 |
| RYE RIVER MC GARGLES FANCY FRANK'S LAGER | | | 4.5 | Dortmunder / Helles / Premium Lager | 15.2 |
| DUBLIN BEER COMPANY BECKETT'S GOLD | | | 4.7 | Golden / Blond Ale | 12 |
| BOYNE IPA | | | 6.8 | IPA - American | 13.6 |
| CARLOW O'Hara Stormburst IPA | | | 7.2 | IPA - American | 14.8 |
| Guinness Blonde IPA | | | 5 | IPA - American | 13.2 |
| Hope Beer Handsome Jack | | | 6.6 | IPA - American | 14.8 |
| KINNEGAR Crossroads | | | 6.2 | IPA - American | 14.8 |
| Lough Gill Lost Armada | | | 5 | IPA - American | 13.2 |
| RYE RIVER MC GARGLES FRANCIS' BIG BANGIN' IPA | | | 7.1 | IPA - American | 13.6 |
| WHIPLASH Bone Machine | | | 6.2 | IPA - American | 15.2 |
| WHIPLASH Breaking Glass | | | 7 | IPA - American | 14.8 |
| WHIPLASH Water Jump | | | 6.8 | IPA - American | 16.4 |
| WICKLOW WOLF Mammoth IPA | | | 6.2 | IPA - American | 14.8 |
| GUINNESS NITRO IPA | | | 5.3 | IPA - English | 14 |
| RYE RIVER MC GARGLES KNOCK KNOCK NED'S INDIA PALE ALE | | | 6.3 | IPA - English | 14.8 |
| CARLOW O'Hara's 51st State IPA | | | 6 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 12 |
| THIRD BARREL Instant Gratification | | | 6 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 15.2 |
| the WHITE HAG Atlantean | | | 5.4 | IPA - Hazy / New England | 14.4 |
| CARLOW O'HARA'S DOUBLE IPA | | | 7.5 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.2 |
| GALWAY BAY CHANGE of the GUARD | WHITEFRONTIER | | 11.5 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.2 |
| GALWAY BAY Of Foam And Fury | | | 8.5 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 14.8 |
| THIRD BARREL And Dance The Blues | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.2 |
| THIRD BARREL DOUBLE DROP | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.2 |
| THIRD BARREL When Life Gives You Hops | | | 8.5 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16.4 |
| WHIPLASH Apocalypse Dreams | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 16.4 |
| WHIPLASH Beer + Art Series 2019 15 | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.6 |
| WHIPLASH LET IT HAPPEN | | LARKINS | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.2 |
| WHIPLASH NICE DREAM | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.2 |
| WHIPLASH SWOON | | | 8 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.6 |
| the WHITE HAG FIONN | | | 8.5 | IPA - Imperial / Double | 15.2 |
| CARLOW O'Hara's Session IPA | | | 3.8 | IPA - Session | 13.6 |
| GALWAY BAY Weights + Measures | | | 3 | IPA - Session | 14.8 |
| KINNEGAR Bucket & Spade | | | 4.2 | IPA - Session | 14.4 |
| WHIPLASH NORTHERN LIGHTS | | | 2.8 | IPA - Session | 14.4 |
| WHIPLASH Rollover | | | 3.8 | IPA - Session | 14.8 |
| WICKLOW WOLF Eden Session IPA | | | 3.8 | IPA - Session | 15.2 |
| the WHITE HAG Little Fawn | | | 4.2 | IPA - Session | 13.6 |
| CARLOW O'HARA'S FREEBIRD WHITE IPA | | | 5 | IPA - White | 14.8 |
| GUINNESS HARP IRISH EXPORT LAGER | | | 5 | International Pale Lager | *** |
| GUINNESS Hop House 13 (5.0%) | | | 5 | International Pale Lager | 14.8 |
| BEAMISH & CRAWFORD BEAMISH IRISH RED | | | 4.2 | Irish Ale | 13.2 |
| CARLOW O'HARA'S IRISH RED | | | 4.3 | Irish Ale | 14 |
| DUBLIN BEER COMPANY 1798 REVOLUTION ALE | | | 4.7 | Irish Ale | 15 |
| GALWAY BAY Bay Ale | | | 4.4 | Irish Ale | 14.4 |
| GUINNESS KILKENNY DRAUGHT | | | 5.0/5.5 | Irish Ale | 14.8 |
| GUINNESS SMITHWICK'S | | | 4.0/3.8 | Irish Ale | 12 |
| INBEV UK MURPHY IRISH RED | | | 5 | Irish Ale | 14.8 |
| INBEV UK MURPHY MC FARLAND | | | 5.6 | Irish Ale | 14.8 |
| Lough Gill Andersons | | | 4 | Irish Ale | 12.8 |
| RYE RIVER MC GARGLES GRANY MARY'S RED ALE | | | 4.8 | Irish Ale | 12.4 |
| WICKLOW WOLF Wildfire | | | 4.6 | Irish Ale | 14.8 |
| BOYNE BORN in a DAY | | | 4.8 | Pale Ale - American | 12.8 |
| 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 |
| GALWAY BAY Althea | | | 4.8 | Pale Ale - American | 14 |
| GALWAY HOOKER IRISH PALE ALE | | | 4.3 | Pale Ale - American | 14 |
| Hopfully Kickback | | | 4.3 | Pale Ale - American | 14.4 |
| PORTERHOUSE HOP HEAD | | | 5 | Pale Ale - American | 15.6 |
| RYE RIVER MC GARGLES COUSIN ROSIE'S PALE ALE | | | 4.5 | Pale Ale - American | 12.4 |
| THIRD BARREL Shut Up Juice | | | 5 | Pale Ale - American | 14.8 |
| WHIPLASH Sunshine Under Ground | | | 5.4 | Pale Ale - American | 14 |
| WICKLOW WOLF Avalanche | | | 4 | Pale Ale - American | 14.4 |
| WICKLOW WOLF Elevation Pale Ale | | | 4.8 | Pale Ale - American | 14.4 |
| the WHITE HAG Ninth Wave | | | 5.4 | Pale Ale - American | 14 |
| TROUBLE GOLDEN OR ALE | | | 4.3 | Pale Ale - English | 10.4 |
| Third Circle Trinity | | | 4.4 | Pilsner | 14 |
| WHIPLASH Blue Ghosts | | WHITEFRONTIER | 5.2 | Pilsner | 14 |
| the WHITE HAG Róc Modern Pils Lager | | | 4.5 | Pilsner | 13.6 |
| GUINNESS GUINNESS WEST INDIES PORTER | | | 6 | Porter | 13.6 |
| KINNEGAR Yannaroddy | | | 4.8 | Porter | 15.2 |
| TROUBLE DARK ARTS PORTER | | | 4.4 | Porter | 13.2 |
| WHIPLASH Smell the Glove | | | 6.2 | Porter | 16 |
| WHIPLASH The Sup | | | 5 | Porter | 14.4 |
| WHIPLASH Never Cursed | | | 4.1 | Saison | 14.4 |
| KINNEGAR Rustbucket | | | 5.1 | Specialty Grain | 14.4 |
| CARLOW O'HARA'S WINTER STAR | | | 5.3 | Spice / Herb / Vegetable | 13.6 |
| the WHITE HAG Samhain Pumpkin Ale | | | 6.2 | Spice / Herb / Vegetable | 14.4 |
| CARLOW O'Hara's Leann Folláin | | | 6 | Stout - Foreign | 14 |
| GUINNESS GUINNESS FOREIGN EXTRA STOUT | | | 7.5/8.0 | Stout - Foreign | 15.6 |
| GUINNESS GUINNESS SPECIAL EXPORT | | | 8 | Stout - Foreign | 15.2 |
| GUINNESS GUINNESS SPECIAL EXPORT | | | 6.5 | Stout - Foreign | *** |
| WHIPLASH The Wake | | | 7 | Stout - Foreign | 14.4 |
| BOYNE IMPERIAL STOUT - SHERRY | | | 10.8 | Stout - Imperial | 14.8 |
| BEAMISH & CRAWFORD BEAMISH BLACK IRISH STOUT | | | 4.1 | Stout / Dry Stout | 14 |
| CARLOW O'HARA'S CELTIC STOUT | | | 4.3 | Stout / Dry Stout | 13.6 |
| DUBLIN BEER COMPANY D'ARCY'S DUBLIN STOUT | | | 4.7 | Stout / Dry Stout | 16 |
| GUINNESS GUINNESS DRAUGHT | | | 5 | Stout / Dry Stout | 15.6 |
| GUINNESS GUINNESS EXTRA STOUT | | | 5 | Stout / Dry Stout | 14 |
| GUINNESS GUINNESS ORIGINAL | | | 4.3 | Stout / Dry Stout | ** |
| Hope Beer Emmer Stout | | | 5 | Stout / Dry Stout | 14.4 |
| INBEV UK MURPHY IRISH STOUT DRAUGHT | | | 4 | Stout / Dry Stout | 14.4 |
| PORTERHOUSE WRASSLERS XXXX STOUT | | | 5.7 | Stout / Dry Stout | 15.2 |
| RYE RIVER MC GARGLES UNCLE JIM'S STOUT | | | 4.5 | Stout / Dry Stout | 12.8 |
| Sullivan's Black Marble | | | 5.1 | Stout / Dry Stout | 14.4 |
| the WHITE HAG Beann Gulban Irish Heather Sour Ale (Barrel Aged) | | | 6.9 | Traditional Ale | 15.6 |
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