Agri-Business
Ballykilcavan craft beer, produced on a Laois farm, is brewing more than this time last year to keep up with demand, especially for cans.
Tillage
The number of microbreweries has increased from by 60 since 2012, according to Bord Bia's latest report on the craft beer industry.
With his new American brown ale 'Farmer's Tan' having struck gold at the Alltech Dublin Craft Beer Cup Awards, Paddy McDonald of 12 Acres Brewing Company is busy expanding the enterprise, with sights set on the export market.
A Laois farm enterprise is tapping into the growing market for craft beer. Paddy McDonald's 12 acres brewing company, is gaining ground.
Rural Life
Ballykilcavan Brewing Company will release a one-off batch of beer made from hops sourced from the Walsh-Kemmis hop garden, on November 4.
A Stradbally, Co. Laois, farmer has recently launched his own craft beer range under the Ballykilcavan label.
It's a long way from Laois to Hanoi. But, in Vietnam, Paddy McDonald, of The 12 Acres Brewing Company, sowed the seeds of his business.
The Laois farmer behind Ballykilcavan Brewery is getting ready to do his first brew later this month, with early June earmarked for launch.
