Hilden Festival Pallet
Irish Beer Festival Package
Are you having a beer festival and fancy something a little different? Hilden Brewery has just the answer. We can supply you with more than 20 different cask beers from Ireland’s independent breweries. Find below in geographical order from the furthest north down a little information about each of the breweries, the beers available and their tasting notes. This package is only available in pallets of 18 which can be sent anywhere in the UK.
Hilden Brewery you now know about but just to remind you of our range here it is again.
Hilden Brewery
Hilden, N. Ireland
Scullion’s Irish 4.6% ABV
A bright amber ale, smooth initially with a slight taste of honey which is balanced
by a long dry aftertaste which lingers on the palate.
Hilden Ale 4.0% ABV
A fine full drinking Irish ale, refreshingly clean on the palate. It has
a pronounced hoppiness which arrives at the end of the taste.
Molly Malone Ale 4.6% ABV
A dark ruby red porter brewed in the Hilden Tradition. Complex flavours
of hop bitterness and chocolate malt distinguish this unique beer.
Silver 4.2% ABV
A pale ale, light and refreshing on the palate but with a satisfying mellow
hop character derived from a judicious blend of aromatic Saaz hops.
Hilden Halt 6.1% ABV
A premium traditional Irish red ale with a malty, mild hop flavour. This
special reserve derives its name from the local train stop which used
to service the local linen mill.
College Green Brewery
Belfast, N. Ireland
College Green Brewery is Ireland’s newest arrival to brewing. The brewhouse can be found in Belfast, Northern Ireland’s capital city in a converted coach house behind Queen’ University Belfast. The adjoining restaurant, Molly’s Yard is located behind it in the converted stables, here you can sample Molly’s Chocolate Stout bread and cake. Delicious! A well worthwhile night out if you are ever in Belfast.
Molly’s Chocolate Stout 4.2%
ABV
A dark chocolate coloured beer as the name suggests with a full bodies
character showing through with the use of whole roasted oats. A coffee
taste is clearly apparent from the use of chocolate malt.
Headless Dog 4.3%
ABV
A bright amber ale, smooth initially with a slight hint of the Munich malt
coming through from the grist. This is complemented well by the stronger
refreshing taste from this well hopped beer. Named after the unusual mural
of a headless dog at the front door to the brewery.
Belfast Blonde 4.3% ABV
Coming soon...
Galway Hooker Brewery
Galway, Ireland
Messrs Maguire
Dublin, Ireland
Moving further South to the lively capital of Dublin. Messrs Maguire brewery started out as a flax and rope suppliers company owned by the Messrs Maguire. However it was the then next door neighbours who were selling whiskey and porter to the sailors, passengers and dockworkers. Today the two buildings were put together to form a brewery, pub and restaurant not to mention a library! Cuilan Loughnane, the master brewer brews four regular beers and one changing special.
Plain Stout 4.5%
ABV
A full bodied stout with a hint of sweetness, followed by a dry roasted
bitter finish, direct from the heart of Dublin.
Rusty Ale 4.6%
ABV
A sweet ale with floral overtones with a pronounced but delicate hoppy
finish, a true iriah classic ale.
Haus 4.3%
ABV
A Bavarian style blonde, delicious.
Pils 5.0%
ABV
A true pils with plenty of hops and a good dry finish, who said golden
beers are boring!
Special
Cardens Wild Ale 5.0%ABV
A golden hoppy ale.
Carlow Brewing Co.
Carlow, ROI
Further south now takes us to Carlow and the Carlow Brewing Co. Carlow, a small town located in the Barrow Valley Region, the traditional malt and hop producing region in Ireland, once boasted a number of breweries, but the practice had been discontinued for over 100 years until revived in 1998.
O’Hara’s Celtic Stout 4.3%
ABV
O’Hara’s Celtic Stout is a full bodied, luxuriously smooth
stout. Traditional stout hops and an extra pinch of roast barley
combine with the crystal clear Irish Water to produce a modern dry stout
with enough malt sweetness to balance that discernible roast bite.
Curim Gold 4.3%
ABV
Curim Gold is a bright sparkling wheat beer brewed using a blend of pure
malt, torrified wheat and caramalt. It is lightly hopped using Challenger,
Mount Hood and Cascade varieties resulting in a refreshingly fruity beer
with hints of peach, banana and plum.
Molings 4.3%
ABV
Molings Irish Red Ale is a fruity and aromatic beer. It has a traditional
hop flavour to balance the sweet malty caramel flavours. Brewed with
pale malt, torrified wheat, crystal malt and a generous portion of roasted
barley resulting in a distinctive and memorable smokey/coffee-like finish.
Franciscan Well Brewery
Cork, ROI
Furthest south is the Franciscan Well Brewery in Ireland’s Rebel county of Cork. Established in 1998 on the North Mall in Cork City, the brewery is built on the site of an Old Franciscan Monastary and well, dating to the year 1219. Legend has it that the water from the well has miraculous and curative properties & people would come from afar to drink from it.
Blarney Blonde 4.2%
ABV
A light fruity straw coloured ale brewer in the style of a German “Kolsh” beer.
Shandon Shout 4.3%
ABV
Irish dry stout with roasted malt character and hop bitterness.
Rebel Red 4.3%
ABV
Robust amber coloured ale with distinct caramel flavour, balanced by First
Gold and Goldings hop variety.
So there you are, all the beers presently available to choose from, some may vary with the season or the brewers’ moods!! If you want to place an order just pick up the phone and dial 028 9266 0800 or email Jenny at irishbeers@hildenbrewery.co.uk
We can only send over pallets of 18 nine gallon casks. But please ring if you are a small beer festival and would like a more limited selection, we will try to accommodate you.
If you are on the wrong page and are looking to come to our beer festival it is on the 25-27th August, we will have a great range of lovely beer from all over the UK and Ireland along with a superb entertainment line up.
