As part of my cunning plan to pace myself I had stayed over at my friend Tony’s and we took a stroll around the city on Saturday morning before heading back out to the festival. We saw a very colourful Hare Krishna parade. My bumper book of world religions tells me that alcohol, coffee, meat and recreational sex are all verboten so I won’t be signing up any time soon. They do make a good float though.
My first stop was on the second day was the Killarney stand. I really liked their Munich Helles.
Next on the list was Wicklow Wolf and their Elevation Pale Ale was excellent, hopefully we’ll see that out in the wild soon.
Rascal’s Chardonnay Barrel Aged Saison had been recommended to me the day before and I was glad there was some left. It was certainly very different to everything else on offer.
Then I caught up with my new friends Mister and Missus Kearns of White Hag fame and he gave me some of their Fleadh Red IPA which had been passed through a special homemade device which added a rake of extra citra to the mix. And sure why not?!
I caught up with Sam who was looking very fetching in pink in keeping with his High Vis, I tried some of their Sour Brown Ale which I didn’t find very sour but pleasingly funky.
The last beer of this post was Metalman’s Sahara Lager which was very aptly named and moreish. I have more pictures from the festival which I will post tomorrow. Thank you Tony for lending me your talents. If you like what you see go check out Tony Burke Jnr Photography on Facebook. Sláinte!