The Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival is about to kick off!

Team Hop Press is about to move out en mass for the Irish Craft Beer & Cider Festival in the RDS, which opens for business at 5pm and runs till the midnight hour.
If you're dropping by between now and Saturday look out for the Hop Press stand where you'll be able to find out how this bountiful bevy of brews and more still to be added to the basket could be yours for free!
The Hop Press Talks kick-off at 7pm with our man Stuart Clark, 2fm DJ and beer blogger Rick O'Shea, Kinnegar Brewing's Rick LeVert, White Gypsy's Cuilan Loughnane and Eight Degrees' Caroline Hennessy contemplating the Beer Necessities of life.
Make sure to come and say "howaya!" The festival also runs on Friday and Saturday with regular pictures and updates on hotpress.com