Mayo Craft Beer Fest back for its 10th year running

If you missed Electric Picnic this weekend, why not set your sights on the 10th Annual Yeast Meets West craft beer festival in Ballina to bring a close to festival season. Taking place this Saturday, August 30, in the Dr Kathleen Lynn Courtyard, located behind Hogan’s Bar, the festival promises a weekend filled with music, food and of course craft beer. 

Acclaimed Irish breweries including Mescan Brewery, Hop Dog, Reel Deel Brewing Co, Virtues Lager as well as Achill Lager will provide beer enthusiasts with a weekend of new tastes. This year, the festival will also introduce pours from Tiny Rebel Brewery which is Wales largest craft brewery.

Beer is followed best by pizza, so The Pizza Pod Mayo will be serving up a slice from 1pm alongside street food favourites like Holy Moly Guacamole and more.

Pictured: Attendees of previous Yeast Meets West festival.

Organiser Paul Martin, spoke about how this year seems to be really appealing to the youth. 

“This year really seems to be appealing to the younger generation. It’s really great to see. Beer is being mass produced and has become quite commercialised now. For this reason we decided to start the Yeast Meets West festival.’’

There will also be live music to keep the atmosphere buzzing, starting with Billy Forde from 3pm-4pm followed by the River Ratz who are set to perform from 6pm to 8pm. The evening will come to a close later in the night with DJ Nick who will be on the decks from 10.30pm til late.

To keep up to date with the Yeast Meets West, follow along on social media here

https://www.facebook.com/YeastmeetsWestBrewfest

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