County Louth hosts several chief craft breweries and distilleries that contribute to the local production of beer and spirits. Carlingford Brewing Company in Carlingford at The Old Mill on Riverstown began operations in 2015. It produces craft beers with its chief products including ales and other styles with a USP in its combination of brewing with a rustic venue offering wood-fired pizza and events in the Cooley Peninsula.
Jumping Church Brewery in Ardee operates on a family farm where the owners have farmed for four generations. It produces craft beers with its chief products centring on ales and other expressions with a USP in its farm-based production by family members Robert and Oran.
Brehon Brewhouse functions as a craft beer brand. It produces Irish beers with its chief products including ales stouts and seasonal releases with a USP in its inspiration drawn from the history and landscape of the area through storytelling in its branding.
Dundalk Bay Brewery & Distillery in Dundalk produces beers and spirits. Its chief products include premium Irish beers alongside gins vodka gin seltzers and traditional Irish whiskey with a USP in the combined brewing and distilling operation merging passion for drinks production with engineering standards.
Great Northern Distillery in Dundalk on the Carrick Road site of the former Great Northern Brewery commenced operations in 2015 as the largest independent distillery in Ireland. It produces bulk whiskey batches private-label products contract-distilled spirits and retail own-brand partnerships with its chief products centring on a range of Irish whiskey spirits including grain triple malt double malt peated malt and pot still expressions with a USP in its scale of independent production using pot stills and column stills for diverse flavour profiles from malted Irish barley maize and peated malt.
Boann Distillery in the Boyne Valley includes a craft brewery whiskey distillery taproom and visitor centre. Its chief products feature Irish whiskey alongside brewery offerings with a USP in its integrated facility for whiskey and beer production in the historic valley.
Craft Brewing & Distilling county by county
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow
Dining
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow
Restaurant awards
Antrim – Armagh – Carlow – Cavan – Clare – Cork – Derry – Donegal – Down – Dublin – Fermanagh – Galway – Kerry – Kildare – Kilkenny – Laois – Leitrim – Limerick – Longford – Louth – Mayo – Meath – Monaghan – Offaly – Roscommon – Sligo – Tipperary – Tyrone – Waterford – Westmeath – Wexford – Wicklow – Overall – County winners – Georgina Campbell – Good Food Ireland – Michelin Star
County Louth:
Ireland’s county Louth is a county of historic depth and coastal beauty, with Drogheda’s St Peter’s Church housing a historic shrine and the Boyne Valley offering ancient sites like Newgrange, a UNESCO-listed passage tomb just over the border in county Meath. Carlingford’s medieval streets and castle provide scenic walks, while Dundalk’s coastal paths add natural allure. Other attractions include the Cooley Peninsula’s hiking trails. Louth is Ireland’s smallest county by size (821 sq km) and 17th largest by population (139,703). Population peaked at 128,240 in 1841 and reached its lowest point, 63,665 in 1926. In terms of hospitality, Louth is Ireland’s 21st most visited tourist county with around 108,000 international visitors per year.
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