McGargles are delighted to be returning to Hamburg for this year’s Craft Beers Days event. Taking place on the 26th and 27th of August the festival will play host to twenty eight breweries from Germany, Denmark, Austria and of course Ireland! There will be plenty of great food, live music and a wide variety of beers […]
We are very excited to be bringing you three bangin’ new Mcgargles’ beers. The first two are super hoppy with about 6 grams of hops in every pint. This equates to one and a half times the body weight of brewer Darragh in every batch so we are using him as a guide from this […]
McGargles’ Beers go really well with a variety of dishes. Here’s a couple of pairings that we tried recently:
We met Chef Sham at a recent food festival and he gave us some of his sauces to try with our beers. The first one we tried was the Sweet Chilli Sauce which we used in our […]
Here’s the one you’ve all been waiting for: McGargles’ Beer Can Christmas Turkey Recipe. This is another one from brewer Bill Laukitis, the man is a real all rounder! Take it away Bill…
Ingredients:
1 Large Turkey
7 McGargles Uncle Jim’s Stouts or Toothless Dec’s Brown Ales.
3/4 cup of salt
1/3 cup of sugar
Assorted herbs and spices
Method:
Make a beer brine with […]
We promised you more Beery Christmas recipes and we always deliver on our promises! Here’s Brewer Steven Loftus’ recipe for Baked Ham with our Toothless Dec’s Brown Ale. Mouth watering indeed!
Ingredients:
-1 bottle of Toothless Dec’s Brown Ale
-2 tablespoons of brown sugar
-2 tablespoons of Dijon mustard -ham
Method
•Preheat oven to 200c
•Whisk beer, sugar and mustard in a […]
We asked our brewers for some seasonal recipes which included beer. Brewer Bill shared this one for Beer and Cheese Bread but was sure to credit his Mom Sally for the original recipe:
Sally’s Beer and Cheese Bread
Ingredients:
8 ounces Gruyere cheese ; 4 ounces shredded and 4 ounces cut into ¼ inch cubes
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 […]
Toothless Dec’s Sweet Potato Brown Ale Fries
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Feeds: 4-6
It’s come to that dark, dreary time of year when comfort food and dark beer go hand in hand. So…how perfect do a batch of sweet potato fries with a good soak in brown ale sound? We can tell you, only about half as good […]
Soooo, we’re hitting the road to The Great Irish Beer Festival in Cork tomorrow! The emails, phone calls and Facebook messages have all been taken care of. The out of office is on. The very important kegs are safely loaded up. Loading kegs is the most fun you can have with a Hi Viz on. […]
We’re insanely excited about the arrival of McGargles cans! Keep an eye out for Fancy Frank and Francis who’ll be arriving in very handy 330ml cans before the end of the year!
Cans are one of the fastest growing packaging styles for craft beer in Ireland and, most importantly, they’re the perfect package to ensure premium […]
Last month, we advertised a position that most Irish beers fans were drooling about. Our beer specialists role. After making our way through hundreds of amazing applicants, we were delighted to offer the role to Simon Broderick. Here’s a quick introduction to the man himself.
Where are you from?
Athlone, but I’m living in the big city […]
