Festivals
The Porterhouse Brewing Company regularly hosts beer festivals. Every October sees an Oktoberfest, and there have been many Belgian beer festivals, as well as a Winter Beer Festival, an Australia Day Festival and a Beer and Whiskey Festival Festival.
- The Beer and Whiskey Festival in 2011 was in its 8th year. Fourteen breweries and 3 distilleries from all over Ireland showcase their beers and whiskies. Free beer and whisky sampling sessions take place throughout the bars over the 10 day festival. Each bar has a dedicated beer bar for the duration. It usually runs from the end of March through early April.
- The Belgian Beer Festival usually takes place in the Summer and showcases bottled and draught beer from all over Belgium with free beer sampling sessions taking places throughout the 10 day festival. This year, 2011, the group is running a Summer of Love for June, July and August. They will showcase fruit beers with some guest bottled and draught for the month of June, for July they will have American Pale Ales and for August they will have wheat beers.
- Every Thursday they have beer tastings in their bars. They sample guest beers as well as their own brews and groups are limited to 20. They require advance booking and are free to take part. Check out Facebook for details, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Porterhouse-Bars/352400873236
- The Oktoberfest runs from mid to end of October in all bars. They brew a special brew for the festival and ranges from a Kolsch, Alt, Herbsrucker Oktoberfest and Kolsch Oktoberfest. This is one of their most successful festivals and draws people from all over.
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