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Lots of interesting stuff in this report[/url:2s95pz3s] from Bord Bia on the current state of play in Ireland. More than anything I think it shows how far we've come, since non-macro beer was no more than a footnote in the Competition Authority's 2008 report on the Beamish takeover, this shows that craft beer is embedded and here to stay. 1.5% of sales on 0.3% of production is a very encouraging metric.

43% increase in 3 years! that's outstanding

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Hmm, me too, It was open earlier.

Sam black Facebook link is also blocked

Strange. I didn't see a confidentiality warning on it.