McGargles kilcock

[RichC]

Anyone know these guys? Didn't know there was a brewery so close to me!!!! Found this in a shop in Leixlip this evening

[Ciderhead]

Hope you are sitting down, I was reading on Beoir it was brewed by a contingent of ex Molsen Coors Management?, and it was rapidly turning into an "all fur and no knickers debate" as they were heavy on the marketing but not being brewed here (yet, Q1)

That pic makes it look flat as a fart what's it like?

[Blueshed]

nearest brewery to you is in Trim with Bru Brewery, the Mc Gargles is brewed in Chesire by http://www.thomashardybrewery.co.uk/

[RichC]

Damn!!!!
@tube Spar in Easton and they'd nothing else out of the ordinary
@CH I'm sitting down drinking one of my own pale ales. The beer wasn't as flat as it looked. The beer is just OK but I was excited at the prospect of a local brewery.
@blueshed, Damn!!!!! I've been had. The bottle says 'brewed in the EU', rye river brewing company, kilcock

[DEMPSEY]

Was given a christmas pack of this beer. Have not got around to it yet.

[RichC]

Richard, you were at the last meet in the Lucan County... I handed around a 4 pack of bottles, you might remember? Gerry had them all and was getting in the taps last I heard.

Don't remember Shane but I didn't hang around too long

[JimmyM]

They sell it in a pub near me.
A red ale and a wheat beer i think it was (I def dont think it was a pale ale) - anyway i have sampled a few pints of the red a couple of times and its only alright.

But as was said - heavy on the marketing - Fancy wooden counter display and served in tankards (Rovers return style) everyone in the pub was asking do i bring my own glas - so i assume im one of prob only a handfull of people who had drank it.

[Will_D]

They sell it in a pub near me.
A red ale and a wheat beer i think it was (I def dont think it was a pale ale) - anyway i have sampled a few pints of the red a couple of times and its only alright.

Not wheat, its a pilsner beer.

A bit sweet but very drinkable. Its on sale at the Boro in Swords.

[IrishBeerSnob]

Think the suspicion with a lot of folks is that its not clear where they've come from. Very murky.
Their beer is currently contract brewed in the UK
The suspicion may be totally unfounded they are a trojan horse for a big macro but they literally popped up out of nowhere, slick branding (even if i find it terrible) product in a lot of places very quickly. They've obviously spent a lot of money.
I've never seen a craft producer enter the market like that.

[delzep]

Its on sale in Buskers in Temple Bar if anyone in town wants to try it

[Hop Bomb]

"irish family brewers" screams faux micro to me. The fact that is has "gargle" in the name too. Only a corporate would think thats funny/good idea.

[AJ_Rowley]

Working in an offie, and over Christmas the rep came in to me to drop in gift sets of the 3 beers they do. The rep said the guys who own the brewery/beers "used" to work for Molson Coors and gave up the jobs to make beer themselves. So for starters they are not an Irish family brewery.

[IrishBeerSnob]

I've only had the IPA and Red - the red is better than the IPA but that wouldn't be hard, thought the IPA was tasting aftershave.

I've also heard one of those involved was big up in Heineken too.

Be great for the visiting american types who love that type of thing.

[Danny(00833827)]

i also tried the Red and IPA over the Xmas period - not at all impressed - regardless of if they are a "little Oirish family brewery" or a macro, I don't think i will buy it again.

[Beerbuddha]

I had a bottle of mc garggles it .....was also my last. Bland stuff