Ireland has a big beer tradition, according to recent research there is a production of 8 million hectolitres, from those almost the half is bought as a domestic product. Beer has such an impact into Irish daily life that Ireland is on the 7th position of all the world with beer sales per capita of 79.22 litters. That makes them one of the biggest producers and consumers of this extraordinary market.
In the 19th century, Ireland had about 200 breweries, taking this production approximately up to 689 000 barrels for export. We can divide the Irish production into different stages on history, so it can be understandable according to the type of beer, year of production and most emblematic brands now being sold on the world famous Irish pubs!
Lager breweries form part of the 60% of Ireland's inside sales, but has not always been that way, back in the 19th century, the first Irish Lager brewery did not last long, it took a while after Lager takes market share again until the late 60s with brands as Harp Lager, Heineken or Amstel.
Stout forms part of the 34% of Irish market share, the most famous beer in Ireland is part if this specific type of beer, Guinness brewery was established around 1756 by Arthur Guinness. By the beginning of 1900s Guinness became famous by being the best and biggest beer seller around the world, other breweries and brands of Stout are Murphys and Beamish.
Irish ale gets the 6% of the Irish market share, very recently different types of ale and craft beer related, had come to place into the 1990s. Nowadays, big brands as Galway Hooker, Dungarvan Brewing and Porterhouse Brewing.
There's also official brewers associations, as the "Irish Brewers Association" that was founded in 1904. Its purpose is to represent all the brewers in the country. "Beer Ireland" established in 2012 for small microbrewers so they can collaborate with each other and "Independent Craft Brewers & Distillers of Ireland" in 2013, membership is open to all the independent microbrewers of Ireland.
To conclude and as you could read on this "beer blog" Ireland has a big tradition around beer not also including big world known holidays as in St. Patricks Day but also around brands, export, economy and of course different kinds of beer.
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Edison Loza C
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