Hop Press Talks at the Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival

With just days to go before this year's Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival in the RDS, we're delighted to reveal the line-up for our Hop Press Talks panel discussions.
Partaking in some frothy conversation will be:

Thursday @ 7pm                   
THE BEER NECESSITIES Part I
Rick O’Shea                RTÉ 2fm DJ & Beer Blogger
Rick LeVert                Owner & Head Brewer, Kinnegar Brewing
Cuilan Loughnane       Owner & Head Brewer, White Gypsy Brewery
Caroline Hennessy      Head of Marketing, Eight Degrees Brewing
 
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Friday  @ 7pm
THE BEER NECESSITIES Part II
Grainne Walsh            Owner, Metalman Brewing Co.
Wally Kearon              Grand Cru Beers / Lagunitas Brewing Company
Michael Cowan           Head Boy (CEO), Manor Brewing Co.
Jerry O’Sullivan          Director, Dingle Brewing Company

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Saturday @ 3.30pm
BREW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
Quincey Fennelly       Co-owner, Wicklow Wolf Brewing Co.
Alain Dekoster                        Owner & Head Brewer, RadikAle
Joe Kearns                   Master Brewer, The White Hag
Pat McKeever             Owner &  Brewer, Long Meadow Cider
 
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Saturday @ 5.30 pm
THE CRAFT PIONEERS
Cormac O’Dwyer       Owner & Head Brewer, Dungarvan Brewing Company
Seamus O’Hara (MD) / Conor Donoghue (Head Brewer), O’Hara’s
Oliver Hughes             Co-Founder & CEO, The Porterhouse Brewing Company
Aidan Murphy                        Owner & Head Brewer, Galway Hooker

To secure a place at the above natters, which will be chaired by our resident beer nut Stuart Clark, log on to [link]www.irishcraftbeerfestival.ie/events[/link]