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Hi Guys,
I know im only new to this and am completely out of my depth but i think there is a big enough market for strong american style ipa's in Ireland. There are more and more of them coming into the country for a reason...o'haras ipa is one of our best selling craft beers anyway! seasonals/ limited editions always shift fast and i really hope the franciscan wells next one (an IPA out next month) blows me away but it will never be a game changer in that price bracket and format in my opinion.
as for the cask fest i too thought it was quite conservative and that any of the hoppy pale ales i liked just had cascade thrown at them and as i said im new to this but i got a bag of citra (15% alpha!!)the other day and the smell alone blew me away! i would love to try some professional 'homebrew' where the brewers experiment more and use new exciting ingredients not just what they have lying around in the brewery.

White Gypsy have a few strong hoppy ales e.g. Mustang American Ale (circa 6.5%). Remember having them at the Craft Beer Festival although I've not seen them elsewhere.

I really liked Mustang in the rds last year.

"nigel_c":erejztqz wrote: I really liked Mustang in the rds last year.[/quote:erejztqz]

Agreed; I'd definitely drink Mustang if I could get it.


Adam

Interesting thread, this, with some detailed analysis of emerging trends in the Irish brewing industry.
It begs the question why, if hoppy beers would be a sure-fire commercial success, some of the contributors haven't started their own breweries to quench the thirst of the clammering hordes of Irish hopheads?

&amp;quot;mr happy&amp;quot;:2s840d74 wrote: So when are we going to see an Irish micro producing a sour beer? <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt="" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: -->[/quote:2s840d74]

They might not intentionally brew them, Mr H, but I've been served up a few... <!-- s:shock: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_eek.gif" alt=":shock:" title="Shocked" /><!-- s:shock: -->

&amp;quot;yarmot&amp;quot;:2ixuw1w3 wrote: It begs the question why, if hoppy beers would be a sure-fire commercial success, some of the contributors haven't started their own breweries to quench the thirst of the clammering hordes of Irish hopheads?[/quote:2ixuw1w3]
Tim (bighair) and Gráinne (grainne) did just that and seem to consistently hitting the nail on the head.