Ballykilcavan Brewery

About Ballykilcavan Farm and Brewery

Ballykilcavan Farm is situated in a prime malting barley growing area, just outside Stradbally, Co. Laois. It has been farmed by the Walsh family since 1639 and the current owners, David and Lisa are the 13th generation of Walshs to live and work here. David is also an IBD certified brewer and IBD certified maltster(both with distinction).

At Ballykilcavan Brewing, we believe in using the best quality ingredients we can get our hands on, and we believe that the best way to control that quality is to grow our own. 100% of the barley we use to make our beer is sourced from our farm.

We are not the most efficient brewery in the world. Deliberately so. All our beers mature for longer, are unfiltered, unpasteurised and naturally bottle conditioned. We believe that this processing, or more accurately, lack of processing, adds flavour and complexity to our beers and allows the flavour of the ingredients to shine through.

BREWERY TOURS

Join us for a fully guided tour to experience the history of the family and farm and see all around our new brewery. You’ll get to smell the hops, taste the different malts we make from our barley and then enjoy a sample of our range of multi-award winning beers.

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