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Know Your Beer: EBCU launches consumer education campaign on beer labels
Beer labels contain a lot of information. Some of it is required by law. Some is voluntary. Some is marketing. Knowing the difference is not always straightforward, and that is exactly what EBCU’s new Know Your Beer campaign is designed to help with. The campaign launches today at knowyour.beer, a free multilingual educational resource covering six […]
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Porter & Stout: A Complete History – Review
I hope you like details. The late Martyn Cornell, beer’s foremost historian and mythbuster, said he put five years of his life into compiling this comprehensive history of porter and stout, though I suspect the real number is somewhat higher. I would like to say that, now, it’s all there on the page, but I […]
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Copenhagen and Sheffield Voted Best for Beer in Transit
The European Beer Consumers Union (EBCU) has announced the results of its European Travel Beer Survey, celebrating the best places to enjoy a quality beer while in transit. April 2025 – Brussels The European Beer Consumers Union (EBCU) has announced the results of its European Travel Beer Survey, celebrating the best places to enjoy a […]
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Help Us Find Europe’s Best Airports & Railway Stations for Beer!
Are you a beer-loving traveler? Have you ever been pleasantly surprised by a great beer selection while waiting for a flight or train? At EBCU (European Beer Consumers Union), we want to find out which European airports and railway stations offer the best beer experience—and we need your help! We’ve launched a fun online survey to collect travelers’ experiences […]
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Review: Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland
A comprehensive history of beer in Ireland is something I’ve been hearing demand for for as long as I’ve been paying attention to the local industry. It has finally come into being thanks to the specialist Irish food and drink publisher Nine Bean Rows. The author is Ireland’s foremost scholar of beer history, Dr Christina […]
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Eight Degrees returns to bottling
Since its introduction earlier this year, the Re-Turn deposit system for cans has had a number of knock-on effects on the beer market. Several breweries and distributors have expressed frustration with the expense and bureaucracy of the scheme, especially when it comes to limited-run beers. Today, Eight Degrees launched a new bottled beer range, with […]
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Trains and Beers: Three Irish Cities in One Day By Rail
I’ve always liked trains. This is probably because I grew up in Carlow town right beside the Goods rail siding and I spent many hours watching Goods trains shunting. It was some time later before I developed an interest in craft beer! In Ireland, we have a limited rail network and Inter-city services often […]
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New website, who dis?
Welcome to the new Beoir website. Here’s what you need to know. The development required a complete rebuild and, while all user accounts were migrated across, the security set-up means that passwords were not. So, to log in to the site, please use the “Lost Your Password” link on the homepage login box and set yourself […]
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Review: The Devil’s in the Draught Lines
Christina Wade’s book is subtitled “1,000 years of women in Britain’s beer history” and is the Campaign for Real Ale’s contribution to restoring women to their place in the history of beer, with an emphasis on the UK. There’s no better person to tell it than its author, an outspoken historian, beer campaigner and feminist, […]
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What should beer labels say?
With all the coverage recently about what the labels on alcoholic drinks should or shouldn’t say, one side that nobody thought to ask is us, the consumers. Everyone recognises that we need to be informed about the products we buy, but exactly what and how? Alcoholic beverages have a long, and in Beoir’s view inappropriate, […]
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