Porterhouse Brewery
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The Porterhouse Brewing Company is a chain of public houses in Ireland and London, England. It was founded in 1989 by Liam La Hart and Oliver Hughes and now has 5 premises.
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[edit] History
Ireland has traditionally had a long history of brewing. At the beginning of the nineteenth century there were over two hundred breweries in the country, producing a wide range of Irish beer. However, this number dropped significantly by the twentieth century due to the dominance of a few large and famous breweries. Today there are only about 12 breweries in the country, with most producing mass-produced beer, backed by formidable marketing budgets.
It was in this environment that in 1989 cousins Liam La Hart and Oliver Hughes bought a run-down building in Bray, County Wicklow, which became the first Porterhouse. In 1996, the Porterhouse brewpub was opened in the Temple Bar area of Dublin city centre.
[edit] Beers
The beers are filtered, kegged and served under pressure.
The regular beers are:
- Wrasslers 4X Stout, a 5% abv stout claimed to be made to a recipe originally brewed by Deasy's of West Cork in the early 1900s;
- Oyster Stout;
- Plain Porter;
- Turner's Sticklebract Bitter (TSB), a 3.7% abv session bitter first brewed in July 2000 to celebrate the opening of The Porterhouse in Covent Garden, London;
- Porterhouse Red, a 4.4% abv Irish Red Ale ;
- An Brain Blasta, a 7% abv strong ale;
- Hersbrucker, a 5% abv pale lager;
- Temple Braü, a 4.3% abv pale lager;
- Chiller, a 4.2% abv pale lager.
In addition there are a range of seasonal beers.
[edit] Festivals
The Porterhouse Brewing Company regularly host 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 St. Patrick's Day Festival.
[edit] Pubs in order of opening date
- The Porterhouse Inn, Strand Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.(1989)
- The original Porterhouse, opened 1989 and incorporating a 16-room inn.
- The Porterhouse Temple Bar(1996)
- 16-18 Parliament Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
- The Porterhouse (Covent Garden) (2000)
- 21-22 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2 E7NA, England.
- The Porterhouse North (2004)
- Cross Guns Bridge, Glasnevin, Dublin 9, Ireland.
- (Now considered to be an art deco landmark)
- The Porterhouse Central (2006)
- 45 - 47 Nassau Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
