We are now tantalisingly close to the launch of this year’s Irish Craft Beer Festival in the RDS!
Running on Thursday and Friday from 5pm-11pm and on Saturday from 2pm-11pm, over 50 breweries, cidermakers and distillers will be in attendance with tickets priced just €10 available from irishcraftbeerfestival.ie
There’s also a free series of masterclasses and panel discussions, many of which are being hosted by our men Stuart Clark and Colm O’Regan. Here’s what to look forward to:

Thursday
6pm Kevin Dundon Cooking Demo

Friday
6pm Bushmills Malt Masterclass
7pm The Beer Necessities with Metlman, Trouble & Eight Degrees

Saturday
4pm The Craft Pioneers with O’Hara’s, Galway Hooker & Porterhouse
5pm Brew Kids On The Block with MONT, Black Donkey, Kinnegar & N17
6pm All Things Craft! With Longueville Cider, Micil Poitin & Dingle

All of these are taking place in the O’Brien’s Masterclass Suite, located upstairs above the festival in Hall 5. Places are limited so to guarantee your spot log on to irishcraftbeerfestival.ie/bushmills-masterclass