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A New Rye River Seasonal for the Summer! Die Hundestage Köter Kölsch

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A new Rye River Seasonal is hitting shelves this summer and you don’t want to miss this one! Die Hundestage Köter Kölsch, or the Dog Days Mutt Kölsch, is a special collaboration brew with our friends at Old Street Brewery in East London.

This one is for the dog days of summer! We brewed what we love: Kölsch and hops. Grab some cans, find some sun and crush a few cold ones. This mutt of a Kölsch style is crisp and clean with a Tango and Callista dry hops bringing forward a spritz of citrus and sweet fruit. 5.0% ABV and limited edition. Prost!

“This mutt of a Kölsch-style was born from drinking beers and making friends on a recent trip to Germany. Josh from Old Street Brewery and I thought a project to celebrate some German Hops would be a bit of craic and with the dog days of summer fast approaching, our heads jumped to Kölsch. We brewed a crisp and clean Kölsch with Dingeman’s Pilsner and Wheat, fermented it out with a Kölsch Ale yeast strain and then laced it with Callista Lupomax and Tango Spectrum for a hit of sweet fruit and citrus on the nose. Sup’em while the sun is shining.” – Bill Laukitis, Head Brewer at Rye River

Check out this video from our buddies at Get ‘er Brewed from the collab brew day back in June!

“Both Old Street and Rye River are full of dog lovers. When I met Josh he was telling me about how Old Street are a dog friendly brewery and taproom. So we took inspiration from that and it was an opportunistic moment to put both of our dogs on a beer label. We further sought opportunity to include photos or videos from all our beloved brewery hounds for this project. We love dogs and we love beer… just don’t ask us to choose between them!” – Bill Laukitis

So right about now you’re probably wondering where you can get your paws on this beautiful Kölsch collab… We’ve got you covered!

 

Where To Find Die Hundestage Köter Kölsch

We’ll be updating this list as Die Hundestage Köter Kölsch lands on more shelves, so be sure to check back! Or you can get in touch with us directly, let us know where you’re located and we can help you find it near you.

Let us know what you think! Tag us in your photos on social media, check it in on Untappd, and tell all your friends! Follow us on Instagram for all the good brewery news at @RyeRiverBrewingCo, on Twitter at @RyeRiverBrewing, over on Facebook, and now TikTok!

Be sure to give our friends at Old Street Brewery a follow as well on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter!

Introducing Kahuna Krush Tropical Sour!

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Our latest Rye River Seasonal brew has landed and we are stoked to share this one with you! Say hello to Kahuna Krush Tropical Sour!

This fruit punch sour is awash with Calamansi, Sudachi and Morello Cherry. A tropical storm of tart, fresh citrus and berry to barrel you over. 4.5% ABV and limited edition. Get it while you can!

Wondering where you can find Kahuna Krush in time for the sunny spring season? Keep on scrolling!

Retail

Check back soon as we continue to update this list!

Let us know what you think of Kahuna Krush! Tag us in your pictures on social media, check it in on Untappd, and tell all your friends, family and neighbors! Be sure to follow us on Instagram for all the good brewery news at @RyeRiverBrewingCo, on Twitter at @RyeRiverBrewing, and over on Facebook.

Miami J IPA BHX Edition In Stores Now

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We’re kicking our Rye River Seasonal range for 2022 off with the return of our popular brew – Miami J IPA. And with a twist! This edition of Miami J is a special collaborative brew with our friends at BarthHaasX and it’s hitting shelves across Ireland right now. We are delighted to share with you our Miami J IPA BHX Edition!

In this edition of our beloved Miami J, we collaborated with our friends at BarthHaasX to pack their advanced hop products into this juicy IPA. Lupomax, Incognito, and Spectrum have saturated this brew to accentuate all the things we love about the softer side of hops. Brace yourself!

Want to learn more about the finer details on this seasonal? Our friends at Get ‘er Brewed joined us back in February to capture the brew day and learn more about the innovative advanced hop products from BarthHaasX. Check it out!

So, you’re wondering where you can find Miami J? You’re in luck! Freshly canned last Friday, it’s hitting shelves and select locations on draught right now. Keep scrolling to find out where.

Retail

On Draught

Please note that this list is not exhaustive and will be updated as more locations receive this seasonal, so check back for updates!

Let us know what you think of the Miami J IPA BHX Edition! Tag us in your pictures on social media, check it in on Untappd, and tell all your friends, family, neighbors! Be sure to follow us on Instagram for all the good brewery news at @RyeRiverBrewingCo, on Twitter at @RyeRiverBrewing, and over on Facebook.

2021 Corporate Christmas Gift Guide from Rye River

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Choose the gifts that your employees will absolutely love this Christmas season! In this gift guide, we have five amazing gift ideas for you direct from our brewery that are an excellent way to show your colleagues your appreciation.

Rye River Brewer’s Choice Variety Tote Pack

This season we launched a special version of our Brewer’s Choice Variety Pack that includes 5 x 330ml cans of our award-winning Rye River beers with a bangin’ tote bag to carry your big bangin’ bag of cans inside! This tote pack includes 2 of our ever-popular Big Bangin’ IPA, and  1 each of Lil’ Twist Grapefruit IPA, Hop Drops Citra Extra Pale, and our new brew to the Rye River line up, Coastal IPA. A great gift for anyone this Christmas season!

 

Rye River Seasonal Pack

For an extra special treat for your staff this holiday season, check out our exclusive Rye River Seasonal Pack! Featuring this year’s bottle release, Embers, our Wheat Wine that was aged for 6 months in añejo barrels, and 2 x 440ml cans of Lupulos Borealis Hoppy Pils, this seasonal pack is an exceptional way to say thank you to your colleagues for all of their hard work this year.

 

McGargles Sampler Pack

From our McGargles range, we have put together a fantastic sampler pack that features a range of popular McGargles beers. Including 12 x 330ml bottles from the McGargles family, this sampler pack is a great gift for those who like to try different styles to find out which one is their favourite or to share with a friend! You can learn more about this sampler pack right here.

 

Rye River Brewing Co. Sampler Pack

We’ve put together a case of our core range of beers from Rye River. Each 12 x 330ml can pack features a mix of our award-winning beers including Big Bangin’ IPA, Lil’ Twist Grapefruit IPA, and Hop Drops Citra Extra Pale, along with our new popular brew, Coastal IPA. This Rye River mixed case contains 3 x 330ml cans of each beer.

 

Rye River Seasonal Sampler Pack

A selection of our Rye River Seasonals also made it into a mixed case this Christmas season!  Each 12 x 440ml can pack includes a mix of Brunch Baltic Porter, Lupulos Borealis Hoppy Pils, and our latest seasonal release, Revelation Brown Ale, a collab brew with Crisp Malt using our bespoke Crisp x Rye River Seasonal Coffee brown malt. You can learn more about Revelation here! This mixed case contains 4 cans each of our seasonal brews.

 

Interested In Our Corporate Christmas Gifts?

If you are interested in any of these great Rye River brewery Christmas gifts for your team, please get in touch with us for more information and pricing. You can email us at info@ryeriverbrewingco.com or call us directly at +353 (01) 628 7255. We look forward to hearing from you!

 

Revelation Brown Ale: A Crisp Malt and Rye River Collaboration Brew

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Our latest Rye River Seasonal has been released this week and we’re thrilled to finally be able to share it with you! Revelation Brown Ale is an extra special seasonal brew that you definitely do not want to miss out on.

 

 

Inspired by innovative malting technology at Crisp Malt‘s Great Ryburgh site, we teamed up and fired up the RevTech to create a revelatory brown malt expressive of modern coffee.

Revelation Brown Ale is brewed with Crisp’s finest malts and a favourite Belgian yeast strain to invoke the nutty, fruity and roast characteristics we love about modern coffee and a great brown ale.

 

 

Behind the scenes of Revelation Brown Ale

 

This autumn, we teamed up with Crisp Malt at their state-of-the-art roasting facility, the Speciality Malt Plant, to create a special limited edition small batch of coffee-inspired malt. This exceptional malt was the inspiration for Revelation Brown Ale.

We know you all love to see behind-the-scenes action for our brews (who doesn’t?!), so for a video breakdown of this unique and incredibly special seasonal collab brew, including exclusive footage from our visit to Crisp Malt and interviews with our Rye River brew team, check out this excellent video from the team at Get ‘Er Brewed.

 

 

What exactly is RevTech?

 

In a nutshell, the RevTech system is a highly innovative and state-of-the-art system employed by Crisp Malt to create an even roast and greater consistency of colour across every single grain of malt. This piece of technology not only was the key to developing our bespoke brown malt in Revelation Brown Ale, but was also the inspiration behind our label design as well.

 

 

 

 

 

We highly recommend you to check out this excellent Good Beer Hunting Article written by Matthew Curtis, Welcome to Fringe Division – The Innovative Malting Technology That’s Producing Better Beer, that explores the RevTech system at Crisp Malt in-depth.

 

 

Where Can I Find Revelation Brown Ale?

 

Revelation Brown Ale was just canned last week, which means it’s hitting shelves right now. Are you wondering where you can find Revelation near you? You’re in the right spot! Check out the list below of where to find Revelation.

Please note: This list is not exhaustive and will be updated as more locations receive this seasonal, so keep checking back for updates!

Dublin

Leinster

Munster

On Draught

We hope you love Revelation Brown Ale as much as we do! A lot of teamwork, love, and care went into this seasonal collaboration, and we are really proud of this brew. Let us know what you think! Tag us in your pictures on social media, check it in on Untappd, and tell all your friends! Follow us on Instagram for all the good brewery news at @RyeRiverBrewingCo, on Twitter at @RyeRiverBrewing, and over on Facebook.

Our Embers Añejo Barrel Aged Wheat Wine: This Season’s Perfect Match

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Introducing our next Rye River Seasonal release, one that has been in the making since March of this year and one that we are burning with fire to share with you all… Say hello to Embers, our Añejo Barrel Aged Wheat Wine!

We mashed one tonne of Oak Smoked Wheat into this wheat wine. It’s basically a Grodzizkie dialled up to 11, but we didn’t stop there. We aged Embers an additional 6 months in freshly emptied Añejo tequila barrels, bringing forth sweetness and notes of citrus, vanilla, raisin and earth. We are stoked to finally share Embers with you!

If you’re wondering where to find Embers, you’re in the right place! Here’s a handy list of stockists where you’ll be able to find it right now.

Dublin

Leinster

  • SuperValu Leixlip
  • Nally’s SuperValu Celbridge
  • Pettitt’s SuperValu Wexford
  • SuperValu Enniscorthy
  • SuperValu St. Aidan’s Wexford
  • SuperValu Athy

Munster

We’ll be updating this list as Embers rolls out across the country. Let us know what you think when you try it!

Great Taste and Blas na hÉireann 2021

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The 2021 awards season has truly been an excellent one for us here at Rye River Brewing Co.! Following our outstanding results at the World Beer Awards, our beers were once again put to the (taste) test at the Great Taste Awards in London and the Blas na hÉireann awards in Dingle, Co. Kerry. Curious about the results? Keep reading!

Great Taste 2021 Results

The Great Taste Awards is the world’s largest and most trusted food and drink awards. Organised by the Guild of Fine Foods, the Great Taste Awards supports both large and small food and drink producers across the globe. Great Taste judges look for a variety of qualities when blind-tasting products, including aroma, appearance, texture, and overall quality. Ultimately, awards are based on how great the product tastes and provide consumers a stamp of excellence on products. Learn more about the Great Taste right here.

We’re blown away by our results! This has been our best performance yet at the Great Taste awards and we’re immensely proud of our Rye River team for their continuous hard work and dedication to bringing you the best Rye River beers possible.

Blas na hÉireann 2021 Results

The Irish Food Awards, also known as Blas an hÉireann, celebrate the very best tasting Irish food and drink products from passionate and dedicated producers from all over the country. Products from every county in Ireland are entered with judges blind tasting products from a wide array of food and drink categories.

The Blas na hÉireann awards have the highest recognition amongst Irish consumers for quality Irish products. Curious to learn more? You can visit the Irish Food Awards website for more details!

Taste Our Beers!

Now it’s your turn! Curious where to find our beers? You’re in the right place!

Our Solas range is exclusively brewed for Tesco which you will be able to find in-store and online.

Grafters is exclusively brewed for Dunnes Stores.

And Lidl carries our full range of The Crafty Brewing Co. in stores all across Ireland!

Let us know what you think! Tag us in your photos on social media too if you’re in the sharing mood. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for some great brewery content!

2021 World Beer Awards Results

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We are ecstatic to announce that we are the world’s most decorated brewery for the second year running! This is a historic achievement for an independent Irish craft brewery and puts us distinctly on the world stage of craft beer.

This year has been another phenomenal year for us here at Rye River Brewing Company, culminating in a total of 31 awards across both beer style and design at the 2021 World Beer Awards. Our range of beers received an incredible 22 awards for taste and 9 for design across our 6 brands. The World Beer Awards are the global awards selecting the very best in all the internationally recognised styles.

A very special thank you to everyone on the Rye River team for all of their incredible hard work, dedication, and commitment to making 2021 another memorable year for us all.

This year our Crafty Brewing Co. American Style Brown Ale won the World’s Best Dark American Style Brown Ale award which is a fantastic accomplishment. We also have a total of 6 country winners (including the Crafty Brewing Co. American Style Brown Ale). This includes our Rye River Brewing Co. Big Bangin’ IPA, 3 of our Rye River Seasonals – Brunch, Belgian Imperial Stout, and Garnet – and finally Dan’s Double IPA from our McGargles range. And finally, we received a total of 8 silver and bronze medals each across our range of beers.

Curious to see the full list of winners? Keep reading!

Taste Awards

Style Winner

  • The Crafty Brewing Co. American Style Brown Ale – World’s Best Dark American Style Brown Ale

Country Winners

  • Rye River Brewing Co. Big Bangin’ IPA – American Style
  • McGargles Dan’s Double IPA – Imperial/Double
  • Rye River Seasonal Garnet – Wood Aged
  • Rye River Seasonal Belgian Imperial Stout – Imperial Stout
  • Rye River Seasonal Brunch – Strong Porter

Medals

  • Silver – Rye River Brewing Co. Hop Drops Citra Extra Pale – American Style Pale Ale
  • Silver – Rye River Seasonal High Noon Fruited Sour – Flavoured Wild/Sour
  • Silver – Rye River Seasonal The Dropper – American Style Pale Ale
  • Silver – Grafters Labour of Love Extra Pale – American Style Pale Ale
  • Silver – Grafters Working Day IPA – American Style
  • Silver – The Crafty Brewing Co. American Style Pale Wheat Ale – American Style Wheat Beer
  • Silver – The Crafty Brewing Co. Irish Lager – Classic Pilsner
  • Silver – The Crafty Brewing Co. Red Ale – Amber
  • Bronze – Rye River Brewing Co. Lil’ Bangin’ Session IPA – Session
  • Bronze – Rye River Brewing Co. Brogue Red Ale – Amber
  • Bronze – Rye River Seasonal The Herd Bourbon Barrel Quad – Wood Aged
  • Bronze – Rye River Seasonal Miami J Cryo Edition – American Style
  • Bronze – Solas Belgian White – Belgian Style Witbier
  • Bronze – The Crafty Brewing Co. Irish Craft Stout – Stout
  • Bronze – The Crafty Brewing Co. Irish Craft Pale Ale – American Style Pale Ale

Design Awards

  • Gold – Rye River Seasonal Miami J Cryo Edition – Can Design
  • Gold – Rye River Seasonal High Noon Fruited Sour – Can Design
  • Silver – Rye River Seasonal Brunch – Label Design
  • Silver – Rye River Seasonal Miami J Cryo Edition- Label Design
  • Silver – Rye River Seasonal The Dropper – Label Design
  • Silver – Rye River Seasonal Garnet – Label Design
  • Silver – Rye River Seasonal High Noon Fruited Sour – Label Design
  • Silver – Rye River Seasonal The Dropper – New Launch
  • Silver – Rye River Seasonal Garnet – New Launch

 

Lupulos Borealis Hoppy Pils

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Our latest Rye River Seasonal is not to be missed! Lupulos Borealis Hoppy Pils is hitting shelves across Ireland now.

The canvas for Lupulos Borealis is a Hoppy Pils laden with Strata and Motueka hops saturating this brew like the lights of the northern sky. Tropical, Dank, and Citrus.

 

 

So, you want to know where you can find Lupulos Borealis? You’re in the right place!

Dublin

Leinster

  • Nally’s SuperValu, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
  • Egan’s Wines, Co. Laois
  • Dead Centre Brewing, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
  • O’Keefe’s, Co. Kildare
  • Carry Out, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
  • SuperValu Leixlip

Munster

Ulster

Don’t forget to tag us in your photos – We love to see it! You can follow us over on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for some peeks into the brewery and updates of new releases!

 

Rye River Brewing Co. on Tap

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The countdown to Monday June 7th and the reopening of pubs and restaurants across Ireland for outdoor dining is well and truly underway. You may notice a slight change in draught offerings in your locals.

Here at Rye River Brewing Company, our brewing heritage is rooted in producing the highest quality Irish craft-brewed beer and we never have and never will lose our focus on that. As the demand grows for our range of craft beers brewed right here in Celbridge, Co. Kildare, we believe that a greater focus on Rye River Brewing Company as a brand will help the brewery in our next phase of development.

Therefore, we are so excited to share with you our brewery-led, Rye River Brewing Company brand launching on draught in pubs and restaurants across Ireland this June, replacing McGargles on tap.

We are pleased to say that our beers are not changing…

It’s the same great beer, with a great new look!

 

It’s an exciting time for us here at the brewery and we are so thrilled to finally share these great developments with you.

So when you’re enjoying your Rye River pints in beer gardens and outdoor areas this summer, definitely share your photos and tag us on social media for us to see and share with everyone! We love to see it! Make sure you’re following us on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook.

And if you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch with us by emailing us at info@ryeriverbrewingco.com.

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