'We can't serve our beers in there': Laois brewery calls on Electric Picnic to promote local

Would you like to see more local Irish beers at festivals? Heineken seems to be the main beer in a lot of them, but would you prefer to see some craft Irish beers? One brewery from Stradbally is calling for their local festival Electric Picnic to stock their beer. They say that if the festival claims to be sustainable, that supporting local should be an important element of that. David Walsh-Kemmis from Ballykilcavan brewery, Craig Hughes, Co-founder & Head of Communications for Night and Day Festival, Joe Donnelly from Rascals Brewery and Peter Breen from Drink Irish to discuss...

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10.21 25 Aug 2023

'We can't serve our beers in there': Laois brewery calls on Electric Picnic to promote local

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10.21 25 Aug 2023

Would you like to see more local Irish beers at festivals? Heineken seems to be the main beer in a lot of them, but would you prefer to see some craft Irish beers?

One brewery from Stradbally is calling for their local festival Electric Picnic to stock their beer. They say that if the festival claims to be sustainable, that supporting local should be an important element of that.

David Walsh-Kemmis from Ballykilcavan brewery, Craig Hughes, Co-founder & Head of Communications for Night and Day Festival, Joe Donnelly from Rascals Brewery and Peter Breen from Drink Irish to discuss...