Belfast Craft Beer Festival will showcase artisan brewers
Belfast will host a unique craft beer and artisan cider festival
over three days at the end of April (21-23). Custom House Square,
one of the city's historic squares will feature craft brewers from
most parts of Ireland including many of Northern Ireland's most
successful export focused breweries.
There are now 30 craft breweries in Northern Ireland.
The three-day event will be held in Custom House Square and will
feature the widest range of Irish craft beer, cider and whiskey as
well as the city's favourite artisan food stalls and live music.
Among those taking part will be Northern Ireland award winners and
key beer exporters Whitewater from Kilkeel in county Down and Hildenof Lisburn in county Antrim. Also taking part will be Bushmills,
the oldest Irish whiskey distillery.
With more 25 producers and over 150 different craft beverages on
offer - from brand new craft brewers to the god fathers of the
industry - the festival will showcase the best the island has to
offer in the world of local produce and give attendees the
opportunity to meet the masters of their crafts!
Each brewery, cider maker and distiller will have their own bar within the temporary structure in Custom House Square in Belfast city
centre offering all of their favourite products as well as some
exciting festival specials!
Seamus O'Hara, co-founder of the festival and owner of Ireland's
Carlow Brewing Company says: "We have hosted a sister festival to
this in Dublin for the past five years. Each year, we have watched
the industry grow from strength to strength. With such a large
contingency or breweries in Northern Ireland, it made sense this
year to create a festival in Belfast!"
The festival is now sold out from an exhibitor perspective. The fullhouse includes both breweries and cider makers: Armagh Cider,
Bushmills, Clearsky Brewing Co, Falling Apple Cider, Farmageddon
Brewing Co-Op, Galway Bay Brewery, Hercules Brewery, Hilden Brewery,Jack Cody, Kinnegar Brewing, Knockout Brewing, Lacada, Longmeadow
Cider, Mac Armagh's Cider, Mac Ivors Cider, Mourne Mountain,
Nightcap Beer, North Bound Brewery, O'Hara's, Reel Deel Brewery,
Stationworks, Tempted Cider, Toby's Handcrafted Cider, Trouble
Brewing, Whitewater Brewery and Wicklow Wolf.
The festival will also be offering an array of local artisan food and live music. Some of the city's favourite food producers will be
cooking including Broughgammon Goat Products, Jolly Pies,
Mike's Fancy Cheese and streef food business Wolf and Devour.