The Carlow Brewing Company, also known as O'Hara's Brewing Company,[1][2] is an Irish craft brewery located in Bagenalstown, County Carlow.[2] It is one of the largest craft breweries in Ireland.[3][4]
History
editSeamus O'Hara established the Carlow Brewing Company in 1996[5] along with his brother Eamon.[3] Due to the dominance of macro beers in Ireland at the time, the brewery was initially very export-orientated.[5] In the last few years Irish interest in the brewery, and craft beer in general, has increased.[6] In 2017, Carlow Brewery Company acquired Craigies Cider and Hijos de Rivera, a Galician brewery, purchased a 32% stake in Carlow Brewing.[7]
Brands
editIn addition to the O’Hara’s brand, Carlow Brewing Company also produce the following beer and cider brands in their Bagenalstown brewery/cider mill:
Beers
edit- Aldi Specially Selected Traditional Irish Ale - 4.3% Irish red ale.[10] Brewed for Aldi.[3]
- Carlow Buckley's Golden Ale - 3.8% Blonde ale.[11]
- Carlow Curim Golden Celtic Wheat Beer - 4.3% Wheat ale.[12]
- Carlow Goods Store IPA - 4.4% India pale ale.[13]
- Carlow O'Haras Celebration Stout - 6% Dry stout.[14]
- Carlow O'Haras Celtic Stout - 4.3% Dry stout.[15]
- Carlow O'Haras Druids Brew Stout - 4.7% Dry stout.[16]
- Carlow O'Haras Irish Pale Ale - 5.2% American pale ale.[17]
- Carlow O'Haras Irish Red - 4.3% Irish red ale.[18]
- Carlow O'Haras Leann Follain - 6% Dry stout.[19]
- Carlow O'Haras Smoked Ale No. 1 - 5.2% Smoked beer.[20]
- Marks and Spencer Irish Stout - 4.5% Dry stout.[21] Brewed for Marks & Spencer.[22]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Our Brewery - O'Hara's | Carlow Brewing Company". Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c [1] 'Rising in the Yeast', 26 March 2011, The Irish Times.
- ^ "The Best Craft Beers in Ireland". Holidays Around Ireland. September 5, 2011. Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Carlow Brewing Company's O'Hara Stout Review
- ^ a b 2010, Lonely Planet: Ireland, p. 68.
- ^ Merrill, Jessica (18 June 2006). "Microbreweries in the Land of Guinness". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
- ^ Taylor, Charlie. "Spanish beer company takes 32% stake in O'Hara's parent". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
- ^ "O'Hara's beer owner acquires brands from Boyne Brewhouse". independent.ie.
- ^ "About Craigies Cider". craigiescider.ie.
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- ^ "The world's best beers - brewed in Bagenalstown". The Carlow People. 15 June 2010. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.