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"DrJohn":27c7qldb wrote: I seem to recall that they had "brewed in the EU for Strangford Lough Brewery" on the label...[/quote:27c7qldb]
Sounds like the Arainn Mór BrewCo.

I was curious and found this[/url:27c7qldb]. Scroll down.

[quote:27c7qldb]"[i:27c7qldb]The brewery was founded in 2004 by two management consultants who avoided the costs of building a brewery by having their beers produced by other unnamed producers (<!-- e --><a href="This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.">This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). They plan to open their own plant at some stage. All the beers are bottle conditioned.[/i:27c7qldb]"[/quote:27c7qldb]
And this[/url:27c7qldb]

[quote:27c7qldb]A contract brewery whose products started to appear in bottle conditioned form only in May 2004. The beers are currently produced at an un-named English brewery although plans exist to build their own brewery. It is also possible that the beers may appear in the US market contract brewed in the US.[/quote:27c7qldb]

&amp;quot;DrJohn&amp;quot;:15vdeust wrote: I bought Strangford Lough brewery beers in Sainsbury's of Sprucefield.[/quote:15vdeust]
Yes, I think all NI Sainsbury's have them, so I wouldn't have thought it'd be hard for other distributors to get hold of them. Unless the contract with Sainsbury's included the brewers' souls, of course, which is quite possible.

&amp;quot;DrJohn&amp;quot;:15vdeust wrote: I seem to recall that they had "brewed in the EU for Strangford Lough Brewery" on the label.[/quote:15vdeust]
They make no secret about being contract brewed abroad, but do have a stated intention to set up a brewery here, which they won't do if people can't buy their beer.

&amp;quot;DrJohn&amp;quot;:15vdeust wrote: The Whitewater ales were better (IMHO) especially the Belfast Ale (English Pale Ale).[/quote:15vdeust]
I preferred Clotworthy Dobbin myself, though it's hard to beat a pint of Belfast Ale on tap in The Crown. Whitewater seem to be doing OK, however. It's SLBC that need the encouragement of southern traders IMO.