2023 My Very Highly Recommended Irish Beers
December 2022 to November 2023
My two favourites of the year:
McGill's An Coireán Barrel Aged Imperial Stout and Whitefield Brewery's Morning Dew Saison style
IPA
Lineman KHZ IPA; Lacada (with Brehon) Dunseverick West Coast IPA; Bullhouse Frank The Tank Hazy IPA; Third Barrel Vulture Culture Cold IPA; Ballykilcavan Long Meadow IPA; Kinnegar Black Bucket Black Rye IPA; Torc Kerry Natterjack; White Hag Atlantean NEIPA; White Hag Danann Juicy; Boundary Imbongo Tropical; Wicklow Wolf Tundra Tropical; Heaney New England IPA; Heaney West Coast IPA; 9 White Deer Stag IPA; Hope Limited Edition No. 28 Double Rye; Blacks Red Eye Redemption; 9 White Deer Black Lightning; Third Barrel Electric Eyes Idaho & El Dorado IPA
Lager
Kinnegar Leaf Kicker 2023 Marzen; Third Barrel Stop the Clocks Pilsner; Hope Munich Helles Limited Edition No 27; Wicklow Wolf Running With Wolves India Pale Lager; Kinnegar #30 Unfiltered Hoppy Lager; Mescan Seven Virtues Lager; Lineman Undertone Dark Lager; Cotton Ball Mayfield 5; Whitefield Ivy Hall, Dark Lager; Tom Crean St Brigid’s; Galway Hooker Organic Pilsner; Whitefield Jockey Hall Vienna Lager; 9 White Deer Stag Kolsch; Kinnegar Brewers at Play #27 Black Lager.
Stout/Porter
Ballykilcavan Blackwell Stout; Wicklow Wolf Apex Oatmeal Stout; McGills An Coireán (BA); Tom Crean Six Magpies; 9 White Deer Stag Stout; Whitefield Traditional Series Irish Stout; Kinnegar Yannaroddy; West Kerry Carraig Dubh; 9 White Deer Stag BA Export Stout; Brehon Oak & Mirrors BA Imperial Porter; Cotton Ball Lynch’s Stout; Dungarvan Coffee & Oatmeal Stout; Lineman (with Craic Beer Community) Pulse Irish Extra Stout; Whiplash The Wake Export Stout.
Pale Ale
Blacks KPA Kinsale Pale Ale; Rye River Upstream; White Hag Ninth Wave New World Pale Ale; Hope Pass If You Can Pale Ale; Galway Hooker Irish Pale Ale; Heaney Notifications Off DDH Nelson Sauvin Pale Ale; Wicklow Wolf Elevation; Sullivan’s Pale Ale; Lineman Fluid Dynamic Extra PA; Whiplash Body Riddle; West Kerry Béal Bán; Western Herd Spanish Point.
Other Ales
Whitefield Harvest Ale Sour; Kinnegar Devil’s Backbone Amber Ale; O’Hara’s Irish Red Ale; Wicklow Wolf (with Devil’s Peak & Fierce Beer) Tryfecta Hazy Pale Ale; Brehon Brewhouse Killanny Red; McGill’s Maude Delap Irish Red Ale; Lough Gill Macadamia Nut Brown Ale; 9 White Deer Stag Rua; Ballykilcavan Bambrick’s Brown Ale; Whiplash Quiet Crowd Robust Brown.
Ales with Wild Yeast: Black Donkey Underworld Rua Amber Ale; Black Donkey Underworld Allta Farmhouse Ale; Black Donkey Underworld Savage Farmhouse /Saison Ale.
Session Beers
Rascals Session IPA; Wicklow Wolf Eden Session IPA; Whiplash Rollover Session IPA; White Hag Little Fawn Session IPA; Wicklow Wolf Pocket Dial Juicy IPA; Blacks Brewery Citrus Chiller Gluten Free Hoppy Lager; DOT Brew Spin Off Series Session IPA; Brehon Seisún Pale Ale; Third Barrel Boom Session IPA;
November 2023
Sour: Whitefield Harvest Ale;
IPA: Lineman KHZ IPA
Pale Ale: Blacks KPA Kinsale Pale Ale; Rye River Upstream;
Saison: Whitefield Brewery Morning Dew;
Amber & Red Ale: Kinnegar Devil’s Backbone Amber Ale;
October 2023
Pale Ale: White Hag Ninth Wave New World Pale Ale; Hope Pass If You Can Pale Ale;
IPA: Lacada (with Brehon) Dunseverick West Coast IPA; Bullhouse Frank The Tank Hazy IPA; Third Barrel Vulture Culture Cold IPA.
Session: Rascals Session IPA;
Marzen: Kinnegar Leaf Kicker 2023 Marzen.
Red Ale: O’Hara’s Irish Red Ale
Collaboration: Wicklow Wolf (with Devil’s Peak & Fierce Beer) Tryfecta Hazy Pale Ale.
September 2023
Session: Wicklow Wolf Eden Session IPA;
Pale Ale: Galway Hooker Irish Pale Ale.
IPA: Ballykilcavan Long Meadow IPA; Kinnegar Black Bucket Black Rye IPA.
Stout: Ballykilcavan Blackwell Stout
Red Ale: Brehon Brewhouse Killanny
August 2023
Stronger Beers: Mescan Westport Extra; Mescan Special Reserve Dark Beer; Mescan Westport Red Tripel. Hope West Coast IPA
Session: Whiplash Rollover Session IPA; White Hag Little Fawn Session IPA; Wicklow Wolf Pocket Dial Juicy IPA.
IPA: Torc Kerry Natterjack; White Hag Atlantean NEIPA.
Red Ale: McGill’s Maude Delap Irish Red Ale.
Pale Ale: Heaney Notifications Off DDH Nelson Sauvin Pale Ale.
Stout: Wicklow Wolf Apex Oatmeal Stout.
July 2023
IPA: White Hag Danann Juicy; Boundary Imbongo Tropical; Wicklow Wolf Tundra Tropical
Pale Ale: Wicklow Wolf Elevation; Sullivan’s Pale Ale; Lineman Fluid Dynamic Extra PA; Whiplash Body Riddle.
Session: Blacks Brewery Citrus Chiller Gluten Free Hoppy Lager;
Lager: Third Barrel Stop the Clocks Pilsner; Hope Munich Helles Limited Edition No 27
June 2023
IPA: Heaney New England IPA; Heaney West Coast IPA.
Lager: Wicklow Wolf Running With Wolves India Pale Lager; Kinnegar #30 Unfiltered Hoppy Lager; Mescan Seven Virtues Lager; Lineman Undertone Dark Lager.
Session: DOT Brew Spin Off Series Session IPA
Baltic Porter: Mescan Seven Virtues
Saison: Mescan Westport Saison.
Honey Hefeweizen: Wicklow Wolf Honey Hefeweizen Locavore Spring 2023
May 2023
Barrel aged stout: McGills An Coirean
Pale Ale: West Kerry Béal Bán
Porter: Kinnegar Yannaroddy; West Kerry Carraig Dubh;
Stout: Tom Crean Six Magpies.
Honey Beer: Galway Hooker Honey Beer
Brown Ale: Lough Gill Macadamia Nut Brown Ale
April 2023
IPA: 9 White Deer Stag IPA; Hope Limited Edition No. 28 Double Rye
Lager: Cotton Ball Mayfield 5; Whitefield Ivy Hall, Dark Lager; Tom Crean St Brigid’s
Wheat: Rye River Backwaters American Wheat.
March 2023
Lager family: Galway Hooker Organic Pilsner; Whitefield Jockey Hall Vienna Lager; 9 White Deer Stag Kolsch.
Stout: 9 White Deer Stag Stout; Whitefield Traditional Series Irish Stout
Red Ale: 9 White Deer Stag Rua
Session: Brehon Seisún Pale Ale; Third Barrel Boom Session IPA;
February 2023
IPA: Blacks Red Eye Redemption; 9 White Deer Black Lightning
Brown Ale: Ballykilcavan Bambrick’s Brown Ale; Whiplash Quiet Crowd Robust Brown.
APA: Western Herd Spanish Point
Saison: Black Donkey Sergeant Jimmy Barrel Conditioned Saison; Mescan Westport Saison; Black Donkey Sheep Stealer Irish Farmhouse Ale,
January 2023
IPA: Cotton Ball Fury
Session: Whiplash Rollover.
BA Beers: 9 White Deer Stag BA Export Stout; Brehon Oak & Mirrors BA Imperial Porter.
Lager: Kinnegar Brewers at Play #27 Black Lager
Porter: West Kerry Carraig Dubh.
Strong Blond Ale: Mescan Westport Extra
December 2022
IPA: Third Barrel Electric Eyes Idaho & El Dorado IPA
Witbier: Whiplash Alma Witbier
Stout: Cotton Ball Lynch’s Stout; Dungarvan Coffee & Oatmeal Stout; Lineman (with Craic Beer Community) Pulse Irish Extra Stout; Whiplash The Wake Export Stout;
Ales with Wild Yeast: Black Donkey Underworld Rua Amber Ale; Black Donkey Underworld Allta Farmhouse Ale; Black Donkey Underworld Savage Farmhouse /Saison Ale.
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