WHAT, no more Beamish?

No more what? Beamish is an Irish stout, it's like the Cork version of Guinness. The old brewery off Grand Parade where it has been made for the last few hundred years is being dismantled.

The drink is now owned by the multinational brewer Heineken and it's being made in another part of Cork City along with the other Irish drink they own, Murphy's. The old brewery is being cleared of all the drink making stuff? I'm not sure what the site is being turned into but I really hope they keep something authentic of the old place.

It's unique to have all that history of brewing (and drinking) in the center of a city and it would be great for tourists and locals alike if they could turn it into something we could be proud of.

Photo taken in September 2009



Photos taken today 15 May 2010