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Got a heads up a couple of weeks ago re the above but saw fliers re same this week-end.

Dates Friday 11th Feb 2011 from 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday 12th and 13th Feb from 2 p.m. each day.

The festival will consist of Cask Ales and Seasonal Winter beers only from All Irish microbreweries. My understandinbg is that all breweries will be invited to send beers but will not necessarily be serving themselves.

This sounds a great idea and hopefully will take off - it will obvicously be a on a smaller scale than the EssterFest but naother welcocme opoortunity for poeple to enjoy many different Irish craft brews on the one site. .

Just got the poster from Russell:
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bump!

just in case anyone missed this, it is on and looks like a good festival

Bump indeed!

I'm hoping to yo-yo in and out on the Saturday.

Preliminary beer list just in. Some intriguing new stuff:

WHITE GYPSY: EMERALD PALE ALE ( CASK )
WHITE GYPSY: JUL ÓL ( KEG )
WHITE GYPSY: WINTER WARMER ( CASK )
WHITE GYPSY: RAVEN VINTAGE STOUT ( CASK )

PORTERHOUSE: TSB ( CASK )

CARLOW BREWING CO.: IPA ( KEG )
CARLOW BREWING CO.: STOUT ( CASK )

BEOIR CHORCA DUIBHNE: CARRIG DUBH ( CASK )

DUNGARVAN: COFFEE & OATMEAL STOUT ( CASK )
DUNGARVAN: COPPER COAST ( CASK )

MESSRS. MAGUIRE: NUT BROWN ALE ( CASK )
MESSRS. MAGUIRE: AMERICAN PALE ALE ( KEG )

BARRELHEAD: PALE ALE ( CASK )

FRANCISCAN WELL: PHÚCA SPICED ALE ( KEG )
FRANCISCAN WELL: 3 KINGS SMOKED ALE ( KEG )
FRANCISCAN WELL: PURGATORY PALE ALE ( CASK )
FRANCISCAN WELL: REBEL RED ( CASK )

HILDEN: CATHEDRAL QUARTER ( CASK )

I'll update this if there are more to come.

Ours is actually a Coffee and Oatmeal stout. The red ale is our regular Copper Coast.