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Hi All,

The Italian Craft beer festival is back,

Here are the details:

Sunday the 15th of November, noon till late.

The Owners/Head Brewers of the following Breweries will be There (four of the six winners of the most prestigious craft beer award in Italy Birraio del'Anno <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="www.birraiodellanno.it/palmares/">www.birraiodellanno.it/palmares/):

Birrificio Montegioco - Birraio del'anno 2012.
Birrificio Foglie d'Erba - Birraio del'anno 2011.
Birrifioio Extraomnes - Birraio del'anno 2013.
Loverbeer - Birraio del'anno 2010.

They will each have two taps, and four to five different beers each to get through.

Music will be provided by Wexford's best Dj - Redmonk.
There will be a range of Italian Street Food prepared on our new mobile fryer/deep fryer stand.

Entry and Rastal Teku tasting Glass - €6
Beers at €3 to €5 for 2/3 pint.

Slight increase on prices from last year, but we lost money in the end, so being a bit more realistic this year.

Thanks for reading,
happy to answer any questions ye might have.

fionn

Oh, I forgot the location - the Italian Quarter, officially Bloom's Lane, Lower Ormond Quay, the north side of the Millennium Bridge...

here's a nice little video of Schigi from Extraomnes talking about his beer, it even has subtitles.

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And here's the fast-talking Gino from Foglie d'Erba talking about his brewery,

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He'll be presenting the following beers this year:

- Hopfelia I.P.A., 6,7 °

- Canzoni Dal Bosco Imperial Porter, 7,5 °

- Cherry Lady, Sour Fruit Ale, 5,0

- Gentle Giant, Tripel, 8,0 °

Riccardo from Montegioco will be presenting the following beers:

Runa - belgian blond 4.8%vol.
Rurale - English Style Pale 5.8%vol.
Draco - Barleywine with fresh blueberries 11%vol.
Bran - Imperial Stout 9%vol.
Garbagnina - Fruit beer with Cherries 6.5%vol.

Nice, looking forward to it <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) --> will there be a pre-event tasting with the brewers like last year?