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We currently offer our brewery tours on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at noon. These are 45 min tours with one of our fabulous BrewHouse team. They will tell you a little bit about Hilden House and Barbour Threads Linen Mill.
A bit more about how we came to start a brewery in Hilden over 40 years ago as the first Independent Brewery in Ireland and a little bit more still about how we make our beer here in Lisburn. You will be able to see the brewhouse where the magic first began, the new brewhouse, bottling plant and canning line.
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We will follow that up with a lovely bowl of our very own Irish stout stew and a slice of wheaten bread (how can you have one without the other!) and accompanied by a flight of three beers of your choice from the 8 taps in the Tap Room. (Groups of more than 10 will all receive the same three beers.
For groups of more than ten who would like to book a private tour, please email [email protected]
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Hilden Brewery is situated in the Georgian courtyard of one of the Linen houses of Ireland. Not only does it have two brewhouses, it also has a fabulous coffee shop, offers fantastic quirky brewery weddings and is a unique conference & event venue in Lisburn. It offers a brilliant opportunity for tourists to experience authentic Northern Irish hospitality in a setting of real Irish heritage.
Hilden House Grand Street Hilden Lisburn BT27 4TY
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WHITEWATER BREWERY
Established 1996 on the fifth generation family farm amidst the spectacular mourne mountain range in the north of ireland, whitewater brewery still retains the passion and desire to brew beers with fantastic flavours..
Maggies Leap
4.7% ABV – A formidable India Pale Ale style beer brewed with Australian, New Zealand & American hops. Packed with citrus flavours, the ideal partner for spiced food… or enjoyed just on its own.
7.0% ABV – Not afraid of being the Maverick this IPA Heavyweight has a great balance of bittering and hops. The dominant citrus & grapefruit tones come from the American Cascade hop.
Belfast Lager
4.5% ABV – Crisp & full flavoured this continental style premium lager is brewed with the finest Saaz hops, rich in aroma and taste.
Belfast Ale
4.5% ABV – Whitewater’s aromatic russet ale is brewed with the addition of wheat and roasted barley. Rich fruitiness and gentle hop flavour leading to its smooth succulent finish.
Belfast Black
4.2% ABV – Roasted barley, rolled oats, chocolate & black malts combine to produce our Traditional Irish Stout brimming with flavour. The gentle coffee aroma is balanced wonderfully by rich hop flavours.
Bee’s Endeavour
4.8% ABV – A wonderful golden ale with the flavoursome combination of honey & ginger, gentle warmth to the aftertaste.
Hoppelhammer
6.0% ABV – A triple-hopped 6% abv India Pale Ale, delivering up-front American hops and rich fruit flavours.
Hen, Cock and Pigeon Rock
4.8% ABV – A punchy red ale delivering good bittering and aroma hop balance, with ripe berry fruits on the finish. Named after 3 summits within our splendid Irish Mourne Mountain range.
Helles Lager
4.2% ABV – Using juicy German Hallertau Blanc hops along side spalt select hops for a touch of bitterness. This result is a traditional helles lager with a hoppy aroma, a light slightly sweet malt body and restrained bitterness.
Hallion Red
4.2% ABV – A cheeky Red ale brimming with malt and caramel overtones. There’s plenty of the maltiness on the nose with bready aromas with hints of dark, dried fruits.
Marado Pale
Marado 4% Session Pale Ale. A Blend of both names and essence of American Amarillo & El Dorado hops. This easy drinking Pale Ale has a rounded citrus finish.
Marado Rattlin’ Red 3.7%. The perfect balance of caramelised malt and hop presents a smooth, easy drinkin’ red ale. A beer with backbone & the right amount of bitterness.
Hard Seltzer: Yuzu
5% ABV –Whitewater Hard Seltzer is a clear sparkling alcoholic beverage bursting with the aroma and flavour of Yuzu, an Asian Citrus fruit, 84 calories, gluten-free and vegan friendly. Free from preservatives & sweeteners,
Fizzibly Refreshing
Hard Seltzer: Grapefruit & Pineapple
5% ABV –Whitewater Hard Seltzer is a clear sparkling alcoholic beverage bursting with the aroma and flavour of Grapefruit & Pineapple, 84 calories, gluten-free and vegan friendly. Free from preservatives & sweeteners,
Hard Seltzer: Coconut & Raspberry
5% ABV –Whitewater Hard Seltzer is a clear sparkling alcoholic beverage bursting with the aroma and flavour of Coconut & Raspberry, 84 calories, gluten-free and vegan friendly. Free from preservatives & sweeteners,
Hard Seltzer: Passion Fruit & Peach
5% ABV –Whitewater Hard Seltzer is a clear sparkling alcoholic beverage bursting with the aroma and flavour of Passionfruit & Peach, 84 calories, gluten-free and vegan friendly. Free from preservatives & sweeteners,
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We consider our beers to be a little bit off the beaten track. brewing with naturally soft water originating high in the mourne mountains. powered by 100% renewable energy. we are the only cold chain brewery on the island of ireland*., new releases.
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Discover Northern Ireland's many distilleries and breweries in Belfast and beyond. Enjoy a tour and taste some of the best Irish beer during your visit.
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The Deer's Head & Bell's Brewery
The Deer’s Head is Belfast city’s original brewpub with a fully functional on-site craft brewery, Bell’s Brewery, on full display inside this newly refurbished saloon bar. With beers named after once known pubs of Belfast including their core North Star Lager, Black Bull Stout & Monkey Shaving the Goat IPA, rotating specials and a fantastic local craft beer selection, The Deer’s Head is the perfect city centre destination for beer enthusiasts.
Hilden Brewery
Hilden Brewery is Ireland’s Oldest Independent Brewery, brewing a great variety of beers to taste. Hilden Brewery offer a brewery tour and lunch in the Stables restaurant and white-washed Georgian courtyard that housed the stables and loose boxes. If you are looking for heritage and charm alongside a fabulous experience then look no further. They have their very own range of beers that you can purchase and some brewery merchandise if you would like something to remember your visit by.
Bullhouse East
Belfast’s very first permanent taproom, serving 20 taps of the freshest craft beer and woodfired pizza Belfast has to offer. With the biggest bottled and canned beer selection in NI, Bullhouse East’s friendly and knowledgeable staff will help guide you through a world of Belgian lambics, German lagers and the freshest UK, Irish and European juicy hop bombs, including their very own!
Out of Office Brewing
Out of Office is a micro-brewery and taproom located above the Ulster Sports Club, which is an underground live music and craft beer venue. The taproom is open Thursday-Sunday, serving a core range of freshly brewed beers, together with some local heroes and familiar favourites. Tours take place Friday-Saturday. Tickets include guided tour of the brewery, in-depth session learning about the beer brewing process and beer flight at the end.
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Brews & Views Craft Beer Tour
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- Hour Glass Duration: 3 hours
- Clock Time: 14:00
- Calendar Schedule: Saturday
- The meeting point is outside the front gates of Belfast City Hall.
- The tour ends at The John Hewitt Bar, 51 Donegall St, Belfast.
- Delicious burgers get us set up for the rest of the tour.
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Craft Beer Tour
We start our Craft Beer Tour after we meet at Belfast’s City Hall. Following a quick description of the city (to get our bearings) we’ll be heading to our 1st Craft Beer destination.
Our 1st stop is Tribal Burger for some tasty food – you don’t want to start drinking on an empty stomach! Along with the food, you’ll sample a couple of local Craft Beer and learn all about the breweries that produced them.
Next, we visit the Sunflower Bar – here we review the amazing street art and the old security cage at the bar’s entrance before sampling a selection of fine locally brewed Craft Beers.
Following the Sunflower it’s off to the Deer’s Head, one of Belfast’s Brew Pubs, to sample a few of their excellent in-house beers. Here there’s time to discuss the craft beers on offer find out more about our local breweries and their back stories.
You’ll discover lots of Belfast sights and sounds and more fascinating Street Art as we make our way through the Cathedral Quarter to the John Hewitt pub, our final destination where we sample Boundary Brewing’s finest local brews. You’ll love the ambiance, the beers and the craic!
Example of beers on tour include
- Kinnegar Brewing Scraggy Bay, IPA 5.3%
- Heaney Brewery Tired of Being Wired, Farmhouse Ale 5%
- Bullhouse Brew Co. Road Trippin’, Pale Ale 4%
- Lacada Brewing Seaside, Pale Ale 4.6%
- Bell’s Brewery White Cross Cherry Sour 3.9%
- Bell’s Brewery Red Cow Red Ale 4.9%
- Boundary Brewing Normal For You, Pale Ale 4.5%
- Boundary Brewing More of a Phenomenon, IPA 6.4%
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IMBONGO Tropical Pale Ale (5.5%)
PILLOWS Pale Ale (4.3%)
CAMPER Session IPA (4.8%)
SHAMELESS Lager (4-pack) 4.8%
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SO MANY PLANS IN STORE IPA (4-pack) 6.5%
DON'T LOOK AT ME Peach & Mango Berliner Weisse (4-pack) 5%
I'M NOT GOING TO PAVE THE JUNGLE FOR YOU Pale Ale (4-pack) 3.4%
IMAGINE NOT LIKING THE CORNERS Oatmeal Porter (4-pack) 4.1%
ISN'T ANYTHING Rye IPA (4-pack) 5.8%
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2 x A CERTAIN ROMANCE (4.3%) This classic Best Bitter is brewed with traditional, floor malted Golden Promise Barley & hopped with Fuggles & Goldings.
2 x NO ONE KNOWS (5.7%) This Saison is brewed with a classic Belgian yeast strain & hopped with Styrian Goldings & Saaz. Together they create layers of clove, allspice & black pepper.
2 x WISHFUL THINKING (3.4%) This Pale Ale is hopped with Kohatu, Citra & Idaho 7 for a load of Tropical, Pine & Citrus.
2 x ISN'T ANYTHING (5.8%) This Rye IPA is hopped with Amarillo and Columbus. It‘s floral and resinous with a wee bit of spice.
2 x I'M NOT GOING TO PAVE THE JUNGLE FOR YOU (3.4%) This little Pale Ale is hopped with Citra & Azacca for soft Citrus & Tropical Stone Fruit flavours!
2 x CAMPER (4.8%) Camper is our Session IPA. Inspired by our time on the west coast of America, this little delight enjoys layers of tangerine, grapefruit and marmalade.
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Seafood straight from the boat, a cooperative brewery, community hubs – these daring food and drink producers are proof that necessity is the mother of invention
Hats off to Harry’s in Portstewart
With views of the Causeway Coast, the weathered, wood-panelled Harry’s Shack , overlooking Portstewart Strand beach, in Co Derry, serves seafood caught by local fishing boats, locally brewed beer (hello Lacada) and some lip-smacking cocktails. In summer, walk-ins are welcomed, DJs spin real records, the barbecue is sometimes fired up and there’s always a good gaggle of customers hanging around on the huge terrace just above the sand. It’s not new, new, perhaps, but Harry’s has become part of the local landscape during lockdown.
Seafood scran in Portstewart
Out of work and spurred on by local fisherman Peter Boston, who supplied them with a catch of lobster, Stevie and Rebekah McCarry put a message out on social media in lockdown that they were starting out as fishmongers, and within the hour they had sold the entire catch. They were the talk of the town. From there it’s been a whirlwind. Soon they were selling lobster rolls, monkfish ceviche and other dishes as Native Seafood & Scran . Rebekah says: “We changed the menu up every day, depending on what the boats brought in, which made for a stressful, sometimes hilarious scramble as we shot off around the area to get the ingredients needed for each dish every morning.” There are now plans to open a proper sit-down restaurant in the old yacht club in September. Until then, you can buy seafood from the pod in front, where there are often queues round the corner.
Beer for all in Portrush
Opened in 2015, the beer from the community-owned Lacada Brewery in the seaside resort of Portrush, County Antrim, is not your standard fare. There are both the raspberry and the mango “smoothie” IPAs, for starters, plus a new line in sour beers, which can be found in many local pubs and shops. The brewery decided to press on with plans to upgrade and improve through lockdown, producing 26 new beers in a year. Stormont red tape doesn’t make it easy for microbreweries in the north, so there is no tap room at present, but as soon as it is feasible they will be running brewery tours again.
Chocs away in Castlerock
In January 2020 Geri Martin moved her bespoke chocolate business, the Chocolate Manor , to the coastal village of Castlerock, Co Derry, with a view to running chocolate experiences. “We were weeks away from our official opening when we closed due to Covid,” Geri says. “My team and I went home to home-school, and I didn’t know if we’d ever reopen.” But reopen they did, turning the premises into a chocolate shop and artisan food emporium supporting other businesses that are part of the Taste Causeway collective. Chocolate experiences – from alcohol and food pairings (whiskey and chocolate anyone?) to making your own box of chocolates – are also now up and running for private groups, and prices start at £25pp.
Flying off the shellfish in Dundrum
Though there is also a restaurant in Belfast, it’s the Mourne Seafood Bar in Dundrum, Newcastle, where you can try fresh shellfish in a pebble throw from the Co Down coast, that really suits the fresh-from-the-sea dishes. This year, as well as the restaurant, the company has also launched a hot food bar called Squid Shack a short walk away, where you can try classic fish and chips and favourites like salt’n’chilli boxes with a choice of squid or prawns. Perfect for customers who want to grab something and cross the road for dinner with views of Dundrum Bay.
Paddle and baking in Strangford Lough
If you like to work a little for your supper then these foodie adventures with Mobile Team Adventure , in which you do some coastal canoeing before landing ashore, learn how to make soda bread and then fill up on lashings of tea and homemade cake sound pretty perfect. Guests head out from Ballymorran Bay by canoe to Strangford Lough, a marine nature reserve where harbour seals, herons, occasional otters and even the odd surprise whale can be spotted, before popping to an island or two. Tracey is a local tour guide who runs cookery classes from her very own Farmhouse Kitchen . Three-hour canoe/cookery courses cost £65pp .
Hatch a plan in Belfast
What began as a pop-up in February 2021 in the Cathedral Quarter’s Hill Street Hatch – a space that gives up-and-coming culinary talent the chance to test ideas without exorbitant costs – the Toast Office is here to stay. It was either that or Belfast would have had an angry mob of cheese toastie fans on its hands. These fully-loaded grilled cheese sandwiches use locally sourced, high-quality ingredients and have proved incredibly popular – the slow-cooked ham hock with Coolattin Irish cheddar certainly lives up to its “fancy ham and cheese” name. Now based in a permanent kiosk by the nearby Dark Horse pub, you can sit down and enjoy a pint with your sandwich or eat it as you tour some of Belfast’s famous sights.
Food for your soul in south Belfast
Set up in the summer of 2020 as an artist-run cafe and social space in a suburban neighbourhood of south Belfast, Fruit Shop is forging deep-rooted relationships with local producers and growers, while creating a place where the whole community can feel at ease. The cafe sells good coffee and has a mood-lifting brunch menu with excellent vegan options. The doughnuts have some of the most outlandish pastry and filling combos ever, and events such as last autumn’s Feast of Saxifrage, an art and food-sharing project as part of the Outburst Queer Arts festival , bring the residents of Galwally together through the age-old tradition of breaking bread.
Cocktails and small plates in Derry
In late 2019, David Lafferty finally realised a long-held dream to buy his own restaurant – the Castle Street Social – and then, well, we all know what happened. David just about made it through the first lockdown, but he then shrewdly prepared for the next one by launching a baked goods service through the restaurant, offering homemade bread and cakes to take away. Now people are allowed inside again, the restaurant, which sometimes collaborates with other food and drink producers, is building up a good reputation for its small plates, which use local produce, and fabulous cocktails – the strawberry and raspberry G and Tea, for instance, is inspired.
In-off-the-streets food in Derry
Derry’s food revolution may be slower than that of other cities, but street food here is finally catching [itself] on. Pyke ‘N’ Pommes is a case in point. Over the past eight or so years it’s gradually grown in status from selling food from an adapted van in an old car park to running out of a converted shipping container by the River Foyle with a doubledecker bus and DJ, to a proper, grown-up restaurant on the Strand Road in 2020. Don’t worry, the more rustic POD isn’t going anywhere, but now customers can also enjoy a restaurant environment as they tuck into wagyu beef burgers cooked from scratch (with meat from local breeder Joe McGinnis) without worrying about the weather.
Cooking as therapy in Co Derry
For several years former nurse Bronagh Duffin has been helping people “heal” through her cookery lessons in the countryside by recreating the warmth and love of her granny’s kitchen, with a griddle over an open fire, good food and plenty of craic. “It takes me back to those feelings of being safe by my granny’s side as she cooked,” she says, “and I want to transport my guests to a place that conjures up similar feelings for them.” Though lockdown forced many of the lessons on to the dreaded Zoom, now her Bakehouse classes such as “digging for gin”, in which guests forage for berries, and “family day out”, in which you’re encouraged to cook your meal of choice together, are to take place in person again, which sounds like good therapy to us.
Coffee and s’mores in the Mountains of Mourne
In the foothills of the Mountains of Mourne, hillwalkers have found this vintage horsebox a welcome sight over the past few months. The Hen and Cock Coffee Dock (named after nearby hills), run by couple Ally and Jamie, only set up shop in January this year but is doing a roaring trade selling coffee, cakes and milkshakes as more and more locals take to the hills. It’s a place particularly popular with families as Hen Mountain is a beginner’s mountain – “Take the path into the bog, it’s a dander walk, which is calm and peaceful” Ally says. And don’t forget to stop off on your way back – on Thursday evenings they do s’mores, which should be enough of a bribe for the kids.
More than an apple a day in Co Armagh
County Armagh is renowned for its Bramley apples and at Wee Buns Cookery School , just outside Moy in Dungannon (near the border with Tyrone), founder Mary Anne Mackle is hoping to connect visitors and the local community with the traditional recipes she grew up with after they’ve taken a tour of the orchard. As well as tasting some of the produce from the orchard – apple cider vinegar, chutney and apple jelly – you will also learn how to make a little-known (outside Armagh, anyway) recipe of potato apple bread (like apple tart but with potato bread in place of pastry). In harvest time guests can also come and help with apple picking. Half-day orchard and apple-baking tours are £70pp .
High steaks at Hillyard in Co Down
At the newly restored boutique guest house of Hillyard House , on the edge of the Castlewellan Forest Park, you can enjoy craft beers in the bar, or sit down for a locally sourced lunch or dinner in The Yard restaurant . Dundrum mussels and Portavogie prawns appeal on the menu, but it’s the meat really that takes centre stage here – ethically raised beef (farm to fork) hung for optimum time on the restaurant’s Himalayan salt seat ager before being cooked on the broiler makes for a really good steak.
Whiskey (and gin) galore in Co Down
Before craft beer and cider tours, Ireland is known for its whiskey, and if you’d like an alternative to touristy Bushmills then try the craft Hinch Distillery in the beautiful setting of Killaney Estate in Co Down. The county was once home to seven whiskey distilleries and this one hopes to be part of a revival of whiskey-making in Ireland, using traditional techniques but modern ambition. Water for the grain-to-glass whiskey comes from the Mourne mountains – the triple distillation process is adhered to, and you can taste the results on a tour. As expected, the distillery also makes gin, and on its gin tour you get to make your own, which you can take home with you. Whiskey tours from £18, gin experience £45 .
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