What small breweries in Ireland offer tour and which of them are particularly worth doing?
There's a company that offers a tour of a few breweries. http://www.breweryhopsofireland.com/
O'Hara's have a tour, it's quite good. http://www.carlowbrewing.com/brewery-tour/
Galway Hooker do an occasional tour but you need to keep an eye on their social media for the dates. Their brewery is very shiny and impressive and the when Beoir visited they couldn't have looked after us any better.
Fran Well in Cork have regular tours throughout the week as well, but to be honest, you can see most of their brewery from their beer garden anyway. When they open the new brewery it might be a bit more worthwhile though.
Aside from that you can always email a brewery and ask nicely for a look around.
have fran well no opened their new brewery yet? i thought it was open last year
Their new place is slowly finding its place, from a picture on twitter, it looks like only the fermenters and bottling line have gone in so far. https://twitter.com/PadraigScully/status/623838448953069568 (https://twitter.com/PadraigScully/status/623838448953069568)
We heard the other night that the brewery in the well will be turned off :(
Also Blacks Brewery have tours.
Quote from: dcalnan on July 27, 2015, 08:00:52 PM
We heard the other night that the brewery in the well will be turned off :(
That's bad craic. Original plan was to use it for small, one off batches. Wonder if corporate waylaid to that plan.
Wicklow Wolf and The Wicklow Brewery do regular brewery tours as well.
Quote from: dcalnan on July 27, 2015, 08:00:52 PM
Their new place is slowly finding its place, from a picture on twitter, it looks like only the fermenters and bottling line have gone in so far. https://twitter.com/PadraigScully/status/623838448953069568 (https://twitter.com/PadraigScully/status/623838448953069568)
We heard the other night that the brewery in the well will be turned off :(
Also Blacks Brewery have tours.
Thats no bottling line. Its an auto keg cleaner & filler. Used keg goes in one end, clean & filled keg comes out the other. What dreams are made of. ;D
We do a lot of tours at Galway Bay Brewery. Call Alan at Oslo Bar to arrange one.
Quote from: irish_goat on July 27, 2015, 08:28:48 PM
Quote from: dcalnan on July 27, 2015, 08:00:52 PM
We heard the other night that the brewery in the well will be turned off :(
That's bad craic. Original plan was to use it for small, one off batches. Wonder if corporate waylaid to that plan.
That's a real shame alright, but can't say I'm that surprised.
Carrig do tours but it's 18 quid per person and it's in leitrim :-[
18 yo yos that's mental you can go to James Gate for 14.40!
My mistake...its actually 19 euros ???