The top Irish Craft Beers you should be drinking in 2015

THE TOP IRISH CRAFT BEERS YOU SHOULD BE DRINKING IIN 2015 Craft beer in Ireland has taken off, with the industry tripling in size since 2011 and in the last quarter of 2014, sales in the industry were on course for more than €15 million. As the industry continues to surge, discover the best that Irish Craft Beer has to offer. Total Number of Graft Breweries Gpened in Trcland By Year p TUTAL D IWI KIT CONTRACT 20 2001 2002 2009 2004 2005 2008 2007 2003 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Uhat are the Trish Graft beers you should be drinking in 20159 O'HARA'9 LEANN FOLLÁM Garlow Brewing Gompany 8% ABV obaras LEANN FOLLÁIN o'haras This Wholesome Stout provides masses of chocolate flavour with a hint of milky coffe. leann follais RASCAL'S GINGER PORTER 4.8% ABV Brewed by Rascals Brewing Go RASCAL'S CHOCOLATE GINGER DRTER Balanced with a dy, chocolate malt backbone and a warming ginger glow in the finish. OF FORM AND FURY DODBLE PA Brewed by B5% BU Galway Bay Brewery GALWAY BAY REWERY Full -bodied and as lush as cushed velvet. Well -balanced bitterness, harmonious to the end. FFOAM AND FURY BLACK BORR MPERIAL ORTIEAL STOUT 10.2% ABV The White Hag This stout delivers big hits of chocolate, mally biscuit and fistfuls of red and dark beries before smoothing out to warm treacle and maple synp. EWING EMAL DATMEAL SI HAIRY GOAT IPA Brewed by ,5%_ABV Mountain Man Brewery BarvnG The attractive bitter olive Haizy character persists, finishing with smooth caramel. BarvaG MCGARGLE'S KOOCK KIICK DED'S PA 8.5% ABV Brewed by Ned's India Pale Ale Pye River Brewing Gompany M Gargles Fuller-bodied with mally and mellow smoothness, finishing with a hint of caramel. BRÚ RÍ TRISH CRAFT IPA Brewed by 5% ABV Brú Brewery BRÚ Rí The hops play a gentle background melody from the floral scent to a gently bitler flavour to savour. Irish Craft IPA BLACK IPA T% HBV Brewed by Blacks of Hinsale HANA A pale ale that's shockingly black fiom heavily toasted mall. Richly flavoured treacle and maly with an attractive dry bitter finish. CK IPAIPA THE FULL IRISH PA Brewed by 8% ABV Eight Degrees Brewing An amazing aroma hits the nase, an assault of citrus, lime and grapefuuit as well as floral notes. THE FUL IRISHRISH THE FULL MESCAN WESTPORTER STOUT 5% ABV Brewed by MESCAN Mescan brewery MESCAN Pitch black in presentation with a well formed tan head, CMescan West porter Stout delivers aromas of cocoa powder, rich epresso coffee, and bitter chocolate and toasty biscuit. REWERY terter BRISTLE PA Brewed by % ABV Bo Bristle Brewing Gompany Creamy texture, delicate and feminine BRISTLE ISTLE siyd with orange zest and the floral hops highlighted on the finish. SCRAGGY BAY PA 5.3% ABV Brewed by Kinnegar Brewing Limited KINNEGAR Smoothly textured and well -integrated bitterness mid palate to finish. A good introduction to an I PA. SCRAGGY BAY REFEREICES www.belgiansmaak.com/irish-beers-to-try-in-2015 www.irishtimes.com/business/agribusiness-and-food/irish-craft-beer-market-on-course-for-sales-of-more-than-15m-1.1919087 vanguardbeer.ie http://www.independent.ie/life/food-drink/nine-of-the-best-irish-craft-beers-30506725.html www.thebeerclub.ie beerireland.ie/craft-brewers lovindublin.com/best-of/10-best-craft-beer-pubs-dublin HomeBrewWest Ireland's largest hamebrew supplier www.homebrewwest.ie