PICTURES: Ballykilcavan farm walk for Heritage Week leinsterexpress.ie/news/pictures-…

We’re all set for today’s National Heritage Week trains 🚂 We’re open from 11am-4pm and you can get your tickets from the shop when you arrive 🎟️ See irishsteam.net for all the details 🚂 #HeritageWeek2024

That's a wrap for #HeritageWeek2024 in Laois! Here's just a snapshot of the many excellent events this week Laois Libraries Dunamaise Arts Centere Ballykilcavan Stradbally Woodland Railway

Our last public brewery tour of the year is on Friday September 6th at 2pm. If you'd like to join us for a look around the old farmyard, into the brewery and a tasting afterwards, tickets are available at ballykilcavan.com/tours.html #Ballykilcavan #Laois #IrelandsAncientEast

Happy #InternationalDogDay! #Ballykilcavan #Laois

Great support as always from Stradbally SuperValu Ireland. Shelves fully restocked again. #Ballykilcavan #FoodAcademy #SupportLocal

Barley is fit to cut. Now just need a bit of dry weather to make a start on it. Fingers crossed for Thursday onwards. #Ballykilcavan #Laois #Harvest2024

First day of malting barley harvest here at Ballykilcavan. Underwhelming results so far, but heading into the better crops this afternoon so hoping for better results from them.

Thanks to Ronan McGreevy for the article in today's The Irish Times about the difficulties that small Irish microbreweries have against the giant multinationals. Full article (paywalled) at irishtimes.com/business/2024/…

A very well researched and fair article by Ronan McGreevy about macro v micro in Ireland.

The reason why there are no craft beers at Electric Picnic has nothing to do with promoter Melvin Benn not liking local brewery Ballykilcavan irishtimes.com/business/2024/…

When I take over the country I'm going to make it law that sports venues must stock at least one beer from a local independent brewery.

Cutting the first of our brewing barley as the sun goes down at Ballykilcavan. Yield is nothing to write home about this year after a difficult start, but the quality looks good at least. #Ballykilcavan #Laois #Harvest2024

The old walled garden is all quiet again after the excitement of Stradbally Glamping and Nourish and Flow. A big thank you to everyone who stayed here for leaving the place in such good condition. Photos - Alan Salter #Ballykilcavan #Laois #StradballyGlamping

⁦Ballykilcavan⁩ ⁦Kinnegar Brewing⁩ ⁦Western Herd Brewing⁩ In defence of craft beer!

We're very proud to be a supporter and sponsor of Laois Pride. Laois Pride week starts today and finishes up with the Pride Parade, fun day and block party on Saturday. #Ballykilcavan #Laois #LaoisPride #Pride Midlands LGBT+ Project

As soon as the barley is cut, the next job is to get the cover crop in absorb nutrients and keep the soil alive over the winter. Simple set up - disc, fertiliser spreader and roller. #Ballykilcavan #Laois #Farming

Delighted to be hosting a concert here with Emer Dunne (Emer Dunne Singer) for Culture Night on September 20th. Tickets are completely free but limited, so to book your place, please scan the QR code in the poster or text Emer on 086 3758602. Hope to see you here.

Fantastic group of international students from Croatia, Finland, Romania, Argentina and Ireland in for a tour today. Lots of interesting questions about carbon footprints and supply chains. Thanks to South East Technological University Carlow for bringing them to us. #Ballykilcavan #Laois

Thanks to Ronan McGreevy from the Irish Times for coming to visit the brewery during EP, and for getting our side of the story. You can see a short video of it at youtube.com/watch?v=wv63en… #Ballykilcavan #IndependentBeer #SupportLocal