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Any Micro Breweries in Ireland?

Beer Fan (63.176.159.79) -

On my travels I met some really cool people from Wisconsin who worked in microbreweries and they were always talking about the most amazing and unusual beers. Do we have anything like that in Ireland?

There's the PorterHouse in Dublin but they just sell lots of different brands, I think microbreweries make beers right?

Reply #1 Diosa (63.176.159.195) -

Microbreweries are small producers of beer that serve local or regional markets. To qualify as a microbrewery, the establishment must produce less than 15, 000 barrels (178, 841 decaliters) annually.

Home brewers continued to brew their own beer, mostly for reasons of taste. During the years of prohibition, all beer was home brewed, as the sale of alcoholic beverages was by law, illegal. After prohibition was abolished, many home brewers with encouragement from friends and families began selling their brews at local bars. Thus, the microbrewery was reborn.

The first to actually use the term microbrewery was a small operation that opened in 1976 in Sonoma, California. The oldest still in operation today is Boulder Brewery in Colorado, which opened in 1979. The Boulder Brewery began its operations in a converted goat shed, but has since expanded into a modern building.

Reply #2 James (63.176.159.28) -

There, friends! All the breweries in Ireland! I donīt know about "micro" breweries, though! Good luck!

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