A SELECTION OF IRISH REAL ALE

 

The following is the comprehensive listing from CAMRA NI's (CAMpaign for Real Ale Northern Ireland) excellent Belfast Beer Festival held last November.  

The Belfast Beer Festival,
 Ulster Hall, Bedford St, Belfast (CAMRA)

13th?- 15th? November 2003

Featured 5 Bars:
Clyde Bar (Scotland - 14 beers),
Trent Bar (Midlands - 17 beers),
Thames Bar (London & SE - 21 beers),
Lagan Bar (Ireland - 13 beers) &
Cider Bar (6 Ciders & 2 Perries).

The Irish beers were listed as follows: ('#' indicated "a female-friendly beer"):

ABV   ABV
Whitewater    Hilden
Natural Blonde Lager    # 3.7 %   Hilden Ale 4.0 %
Brew Moon 4.0 %   Scullion's Irish 4.6 %
Bee's Endeavour    # 4.8 %   Molly Malone's Porter 4.6 %
Brewery Bitter 3.7 %  
Belfast Ale 4.5 %  
  Carlow
Dwan   Curim Gold Wheat Beer 4.3 %
Cardens IPA 6.5 %   Molin's Red Ale 4.3 %
Imperial Porter 7.0 %   O'Hara's Celtic Stout 4.3 %
 

The names and ABVs of the beers listed in the table are as they appeared on the info sheet.

 

Other Irish beers...

An enthusiastic site devoted to beer called "Beer is my Life!"

Of particular interest to us are the lists and details it contains of beers from :

Breweries in Northern Ireland and Breweries in the Republic of Ireland

Wise words from Michael Jackson - "The Beer Hunter"

On Porter On "real" Guinness On Smithwicks

A personal review from the Bristol CAMRA site

The Irish Beermat website

Huge selection of links to beer-related resources for the entire world

 

If you have any further links, recommendations or facts please e-mail me

 

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First published: April 2004
Last amended: 14/04/04