While this year’s Indie Beer Week is happening virtually online, the brews will be real if you order one of the accompanying taster packs available from http://indiebeerweek.ie.

These range from one-day boxes costing €35/€50 to the Extravaganza ones, which run the full beery gamut from stouts, sours and lagers to blondes, IPAs and darks.

Taking place from May 17-23 with the guided online tasting sessions on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, participating breweries include 12 Acres, Ballykilcavan, Black Donkey, Blacks, Bru, Canvas, Cotton Ball, Dead Centre, Dungarvan, Hope, Kinnegar, Lineman, Lough Gill, Metalman, Porterhouse, Reel Deel, St. Mel’s, Trouble, West Kerry and Wicklow.

Having selflessly sampled the lot of them, we can confirm it will be the hoppiest of occasions!