McGargles kilcock

[Richie71]

Had a pint of the IPA in the Swagman in Sligo last weekend.  It came in their own branded glass tankard.  It was on the ok/not great end of the scale. 

[Blueshed]

mate just rang me and reckons the Liffey Champion newspaper has a piece about a €1 million investment on a new brewey on the old Kellys bakery site and 30 jobs.

the Rye river cafe is moving to this site also. the master brewer is Stephen Gilsenan and the owners seem to be Alan Wolfe and Niall Phelan who worked for Diageo and Coors.

[Blueshed]

mate also mentioned something about 14 different beers, think he got the info from the Rye River cafe FB page.

[Blueshed]

think we should invite them to our next meet and set them straight 

or we could get them to sponser us for 000s and we change our name to Rye river brewers 

[LordEoin]

Looks like a good subject for a beer review

[IrishBeerSnob]

a €1m quid investment?
"Ex" Diageo/Coors staffers?
Popped up overnight nationwide?
Brewed in the EU? which we know is brewed in the UK presently
So many reasons to be suspicious.

None the less it could prove to be a great boost to the local economy with the jobs etc. I get a feeling that McGargles could one of their Brands we will wait and see how this develops.

[DEMPSEY]

Brewed in the UK appears to be only a start up thing for the market as this appears they are going to go ahead with a brewery.

[IrishBeerSnob]

Aye, they're not the only ones.
Wonder how long it will be before Kilcock is up and running.

[Hop Bomb]

a €1m quid investment?
"Ex" Diageo/Coors staffers?
Popped up overnight nationwide?
Brewed in the EU? which we know is brewed in the UK presently
So many reasons to be suspicious.

I agree. 14 different beers would take up a lot of fridge space at your local booze shop...

[TheSumOfAllBeers]

Brewed in the UK appears to be only a start up thing for the market as this appears they are going to go ahead with a brewery.

I think that is pretty typical for the industry - you start up brewing on someone elses gear to get product out there while you are cutting through the red tape to get your own brewery commissioned. AFAIK there is almost no money in getting your beer brewed under contract.

[IrishBeerSnob]

Don't know if anyone else saw the kerfuffle on twitter last night / this morning re McGargles.

The 11pmsomewhere podcast met with the owner of Rye River Brewing (Owner of McGargles) to interview him as part of his meet the brewers series.

Here's Ian's comment over on Beoir (http://www.beoir.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=10112&start=60)

I sat down this evening with Niall Phelan, one of the guys behind the brewery for the first of the 'Breweries of Ireland' interviews for the 11PM Somewhere Podcast.

The interview is over an hour in length - talking about the brewery, the beers, the branding, the plans for it, the investment, the history of brewing in Kilcock etc ...

I'm currently doing some post on it. It'll go up as this week's Episode of the show at the weekend.

Methinks some people are in for a shock when they hear this as tere's some major clarifications, details & explanations given, as Niall was super candid for the interview.

I for one am really looking forward to this interview as it should shed some light on them.

[IrishBeerSnob]

Yeah that was the point that i think some people missed and went into meltdown.

That slight however does look like something you'd be giving your reps to show to prospective accounts as afaik Untappd don't do that kind of info.

[HopTown]

Hi Folks,

I am Niall, owner of the Rye River Brewing Company.

As well as the big kit in Kilcock, we will have a 1HL kit for small experimental brews.

Be happy to have any of you down to the brewery to use the kit and have a look around.

Full install should be in the next 4 weeks.

Also, just for clarity. The company is owned by myself, Alan and Tom. No big backer, no conspiracy.

Niall

[Blueshed]

expect a visit or two ok as your surrounded by Liffey Brewers, were in Summerhill, Clane, Maynooth, Dunboyne and about a dozen other places.

welcome to the site and best of luck with the brewery.

[delzep]

Saw the bottles in Dunnes earlier today