Heineken to close 210 year old Beamish Brewery

Anybody else see this article? I did a search and didn't find it, I'm kind of surprised (about not finding a post for it, not that the brewery is going to be closed).

Heineken to Close 210-Year-Old Beamish Brewery | Sloshspot Blog

What a shame.

I may have read the article too fast. Are they stopping the production of Beamish or are they just closing the facility, but are going to continue to produce it along side murphy's?

EIther way, it's sad. Beamish is a good beer. It became my go-to beer when i was in Ireland (and could find it on draft).

Donner said:

I may have read the article too fast. Are they stopping the production of Beamish or are they just closing the facility, but are going to continue to produce it along side murphy's?

EIther way, it's sad. Beamish is a good beer. It became my go-to beer when i was in Ireland (and could find it on draft).

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It's closing the facility and sending the top 40 employees to Murphy's. I hope someone else will pick it up and keep it going.

Terrible news for me. I love Beamish and that brewery just kicks ass if you've ever been. Just terrible.

Sucks. Nothing more depressing than multinational conglomerates homogenizing everything they touch.

I wish i had sampled beamish before we were swinging through the region. I don't think i had my first one until after it was too late to visit.

isn't beamish in a protestant part and muphy's in a catholic part? i guess they're mostly past the fighting but wonder if that will cause a stir?

The Beamish brewery sits atop the original viking settlement of Cork, located in the center of the city. Murphy's brewery (Lady's Well) is not far away, across the river (Lee) in a more run down part of town.

While Beamish was originally owned by protestants and Murphy's catholics, the whole protestant v. catholic is not an issue anymore in S. Ireland. Most people will just be pissed that 120 people will lose their jobs and the brewery will be shut down, to have the beer brewed at the Murphy's facility.

bradsul said:

I did a search and didn't find it, I'm kind of surprised (about not finding a post for it, not that the brewery is going to be closed).

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No need to be surprised, I actually posted this a few days ago but my headline was weak:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f5/another-reason-hate-heineken-92049/

Sastrugi said:

No need to be surprised, I actually posted this a few days ago but my headline was weak:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f5/another-reason-hate-heineken-92049/

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with a title like that, it's no wonder it got overlooked. I probably saw it and said 'do i really need ANOTHER reason to hate heineken?"

Donner said:

with a title like that, it's no wonder it got overlooked. I probably saw it and said 'do i really need ANOTHER reason to hate heineken?"

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My bad, I did the same thing. That'll learn me to at least use the mouseover caption on the titles.

****ing Henineken with their skunk ass beer.

I've been thinking about doing a Beamish clone since I read this. Has anyone tried the BYO version in 150 Clones?