Good Beer in Ireland

The following is probably the most comprehensive listing available on Irish beer as it was taken from the check list prepared by The Porter House for the Irish Beer & Whiskey Festival (March 2002) held on their premises (6th Annual Irish Beer Festival by my reckoning). Click on BREWERS below for further details. The information given in the pamphlet was not nearly as extensive as the 1999 tasting notes. A listing for the 2000 festival is also available. A listing is also available for CAMRA's (ie real ale only) 2003 Belfast Beer Festival.

	ABV		ABV
Porterhouse Brewing Company		Dwan
Plain Porter	4.2 %	Ruby Red	4.6 %
Oyster Stout	4.8 %	Dwan Stout	5 %
Wrasslers 4X Stout	5.0 %	Paddy's Pale Ale	6.5 %
TSB Ale	3.7 %	Paddy's Porter	5 %
Porterhouse Red	4.2 %
Chiller Lager	4.2 %	Celtic Brewing
Templebrau Lager	4.2 %	Finnian's Pilsner	4.3 %
Hersbrucker Lager	5 %	Finnian's Stout	4.3 %
An Brain Blasta Ale	7 %	Finnian's Red	4.3 %

Dublin Brewing Company		Franciscan Well
Maeve's Lager	4.2 %	Rebel County Ale	4.(?) %
Revolution Ale	4.5 %	Rebel County Lager	4.2 %
D'Arcy's Stout	4.5 %	Blarney Blonde	5 %

Mess^rs Maguire		Carlow Brewing Company
Weiss Bier	5.2 %	O'Hara's	4.3 %
Haus Lager	4.3 %	Curim	4.3 %
Rusty Ale	4.5 %
Extra Stout	4.5 %	Biddy Early Brewery
		Black Biddy	4.2 %
		Red Biddy	4.2 %
		Blonde Biddy	4.2 %

The names and ABVs of the beers listed in the table are as they appeared on the flyer.
Brewers which appeared on the 2000 listing but not on this year's are:
Hilden Brewing Co.
Whitewater Brewing Company
Irish Brewing Company
Comet Brewing Co.