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In the Shadow of the Gate

Dublin

Dublin, Ireland

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Breweries
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Towns
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Tally's take

The character

Every brewery in this city works in the shadow of one building. St James's Gate has brewed since 1759 and for most of that time Dublin beer meant Guinness and nothing else. The modern scene grew up in industrial estates on the ring road — Ballyfermot, Inchicore, Glasnevin, Ballymount — making session IPAs and barrel-aged sours for a city that took a long time to admit it wanted them. Several of them have no taproom at all, which tells you what Dublin commercial rent does to a brewery.

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The breweries

7 in this scene

Dublin 12, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Dublin City Brewing Co.

Dublin City Brewing Co. brews in Co. Dublin. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.

IndependentLiberty Pale Ale

Ballyfermot, Dublin 10, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Whiplash Beer

The most exported reputation in modern Irish brewing. Whiplash built a following abroad before Dublin quite caught up, and Rollover is the beer that made a session IPA feel like a statement.

IndependentRollover Session IPA

Rathcoole, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Lineman Brewing Co.

Lineman Brewing Co. brews in Co. Dublin. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.

IndependentFrank IPA

Inchicore, Dublin 8, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Rascals Brewing Company

A taproom and pizzeria in Inchicore, and one of the few Dublin breweries where you can drink the beer in the room it was made in — the city has more brewers than it has places to sit with them.

IndependentHappy Days Pale Ale

Ballymount, Dublin 12, Co. Dublin, Ireland

DOT Brew

A blending house more than a brewery, working in barrels and mixed fermentation. No public room; you find DOT on other people's taps, which is its own kind of reputation.

Independent

Tallaght, Dublin 24, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Jack Smyth Brewing Co.

Jack Smyth Brewing Co. brews in Co. Dublin. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.

Independent

Glasnevin, Dublin 11, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Third Barrel Brewing

Third Barrel Brewing brews in Co. Dublin. The full profile — founding, people, beer library, travel — is still to be written.

Independent

Counts here are the length of this list, not an estimate. For why a brewery you know might be missing — closures, shared roofs, contract brands, ownership exclusions — see how we count.