Real ales in Eire

I am considering a trip to Eire this Autumn and wonder if anyone has experience of the ales of Eire? Is nitrokeg style stout 'king', or can one readily buy real ales/stouts?

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compo
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Cask conditioned beer is very, very rare in the Republic. Even the big Dublin brewpubs like Messrs Maguire and the Porterhouse serve with nitro pressure, though it's usually unpasteurised. Very occasionally you'll see a handpump in a brewpub, or if it's quiet it may be possible to get a pint direct from a cask, but this is very much the exception.

Keg Guinness is typically sold younger than in Britain so does taste a bit better in my opinion.

BTW, you shouldn't use the term 'Eire', it irritates the Irish no end. The word for Ireland in English is 'Ireland', and in Irish 'Eire'. They don't like 'Northern Ireland' either, the PC term is 'the North'.

Best regards, Paul

-- Paul Sherwin Consulting

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Paul Sherwin

Not easy to find outside the capital but there the odd spots out there. Biddy Early (Co Clare) brewery and pub is well worth a visit.

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Brett...

I've had it fresh from the factory and it was still awful.

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Manky Badger

The message from snipped-for-privacy@paulsherwin.co.uk (Paul Sherwin) contains these words:

I only used it in order to differentiate between North and South. Given fuel prices in the North I intend to drive straight from Larne to the border before filling up and thus will not be visiting the North.

Thanks for the information gang.

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compo

The vast majority of Brits who use the term mean it in this way, and it's certainly not meant to be offensive, but as I say the Irish Do Not Like It - probably something to do with the potato famine or the Black & Tans or whatever :-)

Enjoy your visit. If you're really desperate try the Beamish which is in most pubs and tastes better than Guinness IMO - cheaper too.

Best regards, Paul

-- Paul Sherwin Consulting

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Paul Sherwin

As far as I know RTE (Radio Telefis Eireann) is still going.

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Paul Rigg

I think it just means "Ireland", ie all of it, so it isn't actually an alternative term for the Republic. The Irish Free State was actually called something like Saorstat Eireann (apologies to any Gaelic-speakers if I've got that completely wrong).

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Phil Clark

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