LEARN HOW TO BREW A BELGIAN BEER
Saturday 22nd September 10am - 6pm
The brewers at Mescan will be using their pilot brewhouse to teach you how to make a real Belgian beer from raw materials. Being fun and informative, the course will cover the windy road from sourcing materials to packaging the finished beer.
Follow up support available. Lunch, full notes, Mescan T-shirt and “Smile on your Face” included.
Cost €60
LEARN HOW TO DRINK BEER LIKE A REAL (WO)MAN
Sunday 23rd of September 10am - 6pm
• Learn how to taste, analyse and appreciate beer
• Develop your sensory analysis by identifying key flavour components
• Discover the major beers styles and what defines them, emphasis on Belgian styles • Identify off flavours
• Learn how to describe and judge a beer
• 30 BEERS TO TASTE & ENJOY!
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April 29th & 30th | Gracy's Pizzeria & Bistro, Westport House
PLACE YOUR CHRISTMAS ORDER WITHIN THE NEXT 4 WEEKS - BEFORE DEC 12TH - TO RECEIVE YOUR FREE GIFT!
Free t shirt, baseball cap or beanie with every order of a case or more of beer placed between now and Dec 12th. (See shop for details)
ABALUS RANGE
Just in time for Christmas, we are releasing a limited number of bottles from Abalus series of barrel-aged beers in presentation 750ml sharing bottles. These are very special beers aged in Cognac and Whiskey casks, then bottled by hand with tender, loving care with cork and cap closure.
Click here to read more about Abalus.
WE’D LIKE TO WISH OUR CUSTOMERS A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR.
We will not be shipping orders again until Dec 28th and 29th. We will also be closed for shipping during the first week of January, except for January the 4th. Thanks for your understanding.
'Local Click & Collect' still available
Order through the website, collect on Saturday in Mill Street Car Park beside PAX, between 1 & 2.
OUR STORY
We never intended to know about warehousing legislation, VAT, Excise and setting up companies, about how to build cold rooms or weld stainless steel fittings, how to troubleshoot problems with plumbing, electrics, heating elements, hydraulics, gas burners, glycol chillers and a lot more. Being unhappy in our demanding jobs as veterinarians got us thinking about beer, lots of it, and that is how it all began.
In 2010 Bart welded together our first brewery - a 50 litre set up. For three years, we brewed each week in Cillian's garage, creating recipes and learning from our mistakes. The real work started when we set about converting a farm shed on Bart's farm building a 1000 litre brewhouse from scratch.
Many expansions later, we’ve now lost most of our hair, but, on a good day, we wouldn't swap it for anything.
VISIT US
Let us show you around the brewery and tell you a bit of the story of how we left veterinary practice to run a microbrewery. We will lead you through our range of 7 beers describing the flavour profile and some of the history of each style. Finger food is served, the tours are informal and fun and we encourage questions. The tours lasts about one and a half hours and costs €15 per person.
OUR BEER
Mescan Brewery is named after Mescan the monk who was St. Patrick's friend and personal brewer. It is situated on the slopes of Croagh Patrick and is owned and operated by Bart Adons and Cillian Ó Móráin, two Westport vets who have been friends and colleagues for nearly 20 years. The pair spent four years perfecting their original recipes inspired by the beers of Belgium, Bart's homeland before starting to brew commercially in 2013.
INGREDIENTS
The water for Mescan beers comes from deep underneath Croagh Patrick via a spring beside the brewery. Malts, hops and yeast for the beer come from Belgium.
WESTPORT BLOND BEER 5.5%
Golden ale with pear and floral notes and restrained hop bitterness to perfectly balance the malt flavours. Crisp, clean on the palate and flavoursome. Serving Temp 4 - 6 C.
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WESTPORTER STOUT 5%
Dark ruby in colour, densely flavoured with sweet and bitter notes complementing coffee and caramel roasted maltiness. Long and balanced finish. Serving Temp 4 - 6 C.
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WESTPORT WHITE 5%
Pale coloured, hazy when yeast re-suspended, with frothy white head. Crisp, well carbonated, refreshing and thirst-quenching. Subtly spiced with floral, citrus and yeast notes, and a hint of bitterness at the finish. Serving Temp 4 - 6 C.
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WESTPORT RED TRIPEL 8.5%
Complex, full bodied, warming, malty and fruity with additional nutty and caramel flavours. A beer to sip and savour. This is our take on the strong beers pioneered by the Belgian Trappist monastery-breweries. Tripels are strong, complex beers and are traditionally golden in colour. We decided to make ours red and the malts used to achieve this add even more complexity to the flavours on the palate. Serving Temp 7 - 10 C.
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WESTPORT EXTRA 9.3%
Strong, dry, well carbonated golden ale, bursting with fruity esters and spicy yeast notes. Balanced hop bitterness and warming alcohol. Serving Temp 3 - 6 C.
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WESTPORT SAISON 6.2%
Dry, light in body, fizzy and refreshing. Citrus notes from new world hops perfectly balance the earthy, spicy yeast flavours. Saison is a traditional farmhouse style from the South of Belgium brewed to sustain the workers during long days of toil in the sun.. Serving Temp 4 - 6 C.
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SPECIAL RESERVE 8.4%
A robust dark beer, with strong caramel aromas, maltiness and sun dried fruits on the palate. Dry with a pleasant bitter finish. Serving Temp 8 - 10 C.
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SEVEN VIRTUES LAGER 4.9%
Days of the week, deadly sins, wonders of the ancient world. Seven Virtues lager is the first in a series of one-off brews. Crisp and slightly dry hopped, a nod in the direction of both tradition and innovation.
Serving Temp 2 - 4 C.
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SEVEN VIRTUES LAMBIK 4.5%
Sour, wild and unconventional. This is brewed in the tradition of the famous Belgian Lambic beers. Matured in oak
for 3 years before bottling, it differs from most other beers as it is fermented through exposure to wild yeasts and bacteria. This results in a distinctive dry, vinous and cidery flavour.
Serving Temp 2 - 4 C.
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SEVEN VIRTUES CARNAL
KNOWLEDGE 7.1%
Carnal Knowledge is a wheat tripel spiced with coriander and bitter orange peel. It is dry, with notes of soft citrus, ripe bananas, clove, pear and spice.
Serving Temp 3-4 °C
