Brewing The Fermanagh Monks Favourite Tipple

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The beer making traditions of Irish monks who once lived on the islands of Lough Erne disappeared centuries ago.

But a local farmer is hoping to recreate the taste once enjoyed by the local monastic orders by setting up the county's first micro-brewery in the hills above Derrygonnelly in County Fermanagh.

Gordon Fallis of the Inishmacsaint Brewing Company began brewing commercially about a year and a half ago.

"We've linked ourselves with a local monastery on an island in Lough Erne called Inishmacsaint.

"We're actually in the parish of Inishmacsaint.

"In the past, the monasteries would have had a very strong tradition of brewing," he said.

"I'm not sure if they actually brewed out on the island but the likelihood is that they did.

"We're hoping to make that link with the past and carry on the brewing tradition in Fermanagh, following on from that."

Mr Fallis said they had begun brewing on a very "small" scale on his farm.

"We started off supplying just a local restaurant in Enniskillen, to test the market, really," he said.

Following interest in the locally crafted beer, he applied for a food innovation grant from Invest Northern Ireland.

"They have hooked us up with Loughry College near Cookstown, where we're trying to develop a new wheat beer, with the ultimate goal of expanding here on the farm ourselves.

[Bizarra]

More power to their elbow

There is quite a bit of this going on now. Small micro Breweries making their own Beer for local consumption.People go for it because they know it isn't mass produced in some enormous Brewery & that the Brewer took a personal interest & pride in his product

I tried to do a Home Brew..... once Even I wouldn't drink it. I did survive the test taste without an Ambulance being called.

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Probably a yeast infection...

[Bizarra]

Probably a yeast infection...

But she swore blind that......................

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Another Latvian princess

[Bizarra]

Another Latvian princess

Yeah ! But look on the bright side. :P Yeast makes bread rise.......so

[Raistlin]

But you Need lots of Dough and maybe a few Flours....

[Bizarra]

With Latvian, or any other, Princesses,you need a very great deal of dough & expensive bouquets of Flours

But, we keep trying

[Raistlin]

You could always rent them on an hourly basis, Or so I am told...

[Bizarra]

You could always rent them on an hourly basis, Or so I am told...

Time share is better :D You get 3 weeks per year at a reduced rate

[Raistlin]

Is that in a block booking or can you spread it....

[Bizarra]

Is that in a block booking or can you spread it....

No, they spread it & it is up to you to block it

Nice Mr Moderator, Sir, It wasn't my fault I shouldn't have gone back to empty the wine bottle. I was just afraid it might have gone off by tomorrow

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[Bizarra]

:lol2: