Hello From Ireland

[SundayBeers]

Hello everyone, and thanks for having me.

I'm from Ireland and love a good home brew beer. I've been brewing for a couple of years now with my dad. It's something we thought would be good to get into as a father-son hobby. And it has been a lot of fun!

We are yet to venture byond kit brewing but looking forward to getting some ideas in here.

SB

 

[jdauria]

Slainte! Welcome to the HBT and happy brewing!

 

[D.B.Moody]

I'm from Ireland and love a good home brew beer.

Welcome. I'm from the US and I love a good pint pulled in a pub in Ireland. At home, I enjoy my home brew.

 

[estricklin]

Welcome to this forum!

What kind of beers do you like to brew? Is homebrewing very popular in Ireland?

 

[madscientist451]

Greetings! If you quit using kits, you can use the savings to get a small scale and a grain mill. Brewing is even more fun when you have the ingredients on hand and don't have to go to the store or order online every time you want to brew something. I would also encourage you to seek out local ingredients and make your own unique brews:

https://www.athgarrettmalt.ie/index.php/our-products

 

[UncleD]

Welcome! Lot's of resources here! What part of Ireland do you live?

 

[Cyclman]

Welcome to the hobby, and the group, from Colorado

 

[seanjwalker1]

Warm welcome from Michigan! Maybe you can give us tips on a proper Irish stout and Irish blonde ales!

 

[SundayBeers]

Thanks for all the welcomes fellas. Much appreciated. Very friendly reception.

Irish beers - there are a couple of small breweries locally I like in Monaghan and Cavan. Not sure if they export.

Looking forward to getting back into the kit process, and maybe working our way up to something maybe a bit more involved in time.

SB

 

[Shenanigans]

Welcome to the forum.
I'm also an Irish home brewer.
I started about 25 years ago with some really basic kits and poor processes resulting in pretty bad beer.
Back then I was was just brewing to get drunk for cheap as a student and also started with my dad as I took ove his wine making stuff.

I left Ireland in 1997 to first move to the UK and then to the continent.
So I stopped brewing around then and only picked it up again in 2013 when I bought my own house with a big basement.
Now it's mostly all-grain with the best ingredients I can find and not only to get drunk , so i tell my partner anyway

 

[seanjwalker1]

Thanks for all the welcomes fellas. Much appreciated. Very friendly reception.

Irish beers - there are a couple of small breweries locally I like in Monaghan and Cavan. Not sure if they export.

Looking forward to getting back into the kit process, and maybe working our way up to something maybe a bit more involved in time.

SB

Lol . I meant if you come across a good Irish recipe for stout or Irish blonde ale that's tried and true from one of your countrymen ! An Irish recipe that brewers in Ireland would do. Everybody here in the States comes up with a zillion recipes on what they think is a proper Irish stout or anything else . Don't get me wrong many are very good.

 

[rlmiller]

Welcome! I am also in IE, County Galway. Vast knowledge base here. Enjoy your new obsession

 

[NeoBrew]

Welcome! I was in Ireland almost exactly two years ago for a trip with the family. We loved being there!

 

[Samlbowles]

From an American of Irish descent, Slainte! Hope you find something good to brew and slan abaile!

 

[tkdgeek]

New here as well. My favorite recipe I fall back on to make a gallon or two for myself is an Irish Red. I like to think of it as 'similar' to Kilkenny. Never wanted to besmirch the Guinness so I just purchase them to enjoy! My wife and I have been to Ireland a few times and spent three weeks on our honeymoon. Absolutely love the place and the people just as much, not to mention the culture/feel of the place.
Shame you won't let a beer brewing, Irish loving couple retire there. Adoption isn't out of the ideas...ha.