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The venue has two kitchens and will cater for tapas style light bites and full a la carte for dinner service as well as lunch and special events. “We will also have an amazing food offering and this provides a great opportunity to explore beer and food relationships and combinations,” Seamus continued. Each area is designed to convey a different atmosphere, yet staying true to an identity that revolves around an urban and fun atmosphere,” said Seamus. Urban Brewing beers will be available exclusively on site but growlers can be filled to take away: “Whether it’s popping in for a freshly brewed beer and a few bites at the taps and tapas bar and hop garden, or for a more substantial meal over a bottle of wine in the Stack A Restaurant. In addition, there will be barrel-ageing taking place on site with beers available directly from the barrel. These beers will change as tanks empty and new brews go on. There will be up to six beers brewed on site available on tap straight from the tanks at any one time.

There will also be a range of over 200 bottled and canned beers from around the world and a very extensive wine list. As well as the rotating Urban Brewing beers there will be a selection of the O’Hara’s Irish Craft Beer range and other Irish and international beers available on rotational taps. The microbrewery, restaurant and bars will offer customers an extensive list of Irish and international craft beers and ciders, wines, spirits and cocktails, along with the range of constantly evolving experimental and collaboration brews. Urban Brewing is in the sought-after CHQ building. “The brewing facilities afford the brewing team the freedom to flex their creative muscles, we can brew small experimental and collaborative brews, and we have already produced small batches that I am really delighted with”, he stated when explaining the benefits of having the brewery on-site. The design of the building is not so much a restoration as a modern continuation of what was here before, and we know it is something that is going to appeal to our customers.” This is also reflected in the layout of the interior, with separate areas allowing customers to experience something different each time they visit. The location of Urban Brewing, in the sought after area of Custom House Quay in the IFSC, was very important to the company as Seamus said that the area “Has an edge, it’s authentic, and it is an exciting and rapidly developing area of the city, so we see a lot of parallels. He believes that this provides a unique experience for the customer, as not only has the building retained many of the original fixtures but the addition of a full on-site brewery is offered by only a handful of other operators. Seamus O’Hara, CEO of Carlow Brewing Company, explained why Urban Brewing is a logical next step for the business: “Urban Brewing has been a dream of the brewery team for a long time, but we needed to wait for the right space, with the right character and concept, before we were comfortable taking such a big step.” Dublin’s newest craft brewery, bar and restaurant – all in the one venue – is set in a 1,000 square metre restored 19th century bonded warehouse where precious cargo like wine, tobacco, tea and spirits were once stored in the city’s docklands, giving it a decadent atmosphere. Urban Brewing, a new venture from the Carlow Brewing Company, officially opened its doors to the public on 30th August 2017.
