Against the Grain (Galway Bay)

Buzzing place on Friday evening. Absolutely buzzing. Good service keeping flights flowing in front of my nose in that chaos. Very good range of Galway Bay beers and some other local micros too. Not all taps were on, but still more you can handle alone. Must visit place.

The original Galway Bay bar in Dublin but not my favorite which was The Black Sheep. This bar goes surprisingly deep and it was a bit too dark, very sunny day, it was quite dark inside. They had a television on which played bits of shitty 1950s – 1960s B-movies with no sound almost seemingly colors wrong, interesting for sure. 10 taps only which is less than expected, usual Galway Bay, Brú and a Lervig which I saw also at a different Galway Bay bar and Chouffe for whatever reason? Fridge with the to be expected cans. Walls lines with beer memorabilia, could use tad more character, felt slightly staged, music. Good bar for sure but might have had bit of a Galway Bay Bar exhaustion going on.

Comfy bar very much focused on craft beer. Front bar is lively / noisy. Back are is quieter. Friendly service. Around 20 pumps plus cans and bottles. I don’t think food is available. Seemed a little pricey to me but maybe I chose some expensive string beers.

The place looks good. There are twenty-odd taps with some Galway Bay beers and plenty of other interesting breweries. Good service. The food is not great, but perfectly edible. Flights available.

Stopped in hoping to catch music next door later but plans fell apart. Kind enough to charge my phone. Draft list not exciting but just realized I kept avoiding Galway beers assuming I’d get to but never tried one. Normal styles. 3 levels there was Harry Potter trivia on top, a pool table in middle and the regular bar below. Fairly busy. Liked didn’t love but not sure why exactly.

Nice pub near St. Stephen's Green. Not many people inside in early afternoon. Good range of Galway Bay beers, some more (Wylam) or less (Lindemans) interesting guest beers, mediocre cider. Worth stopping by, not a destination bar.

El Against the grain (11 Wexford St, Dublín 2) es una cervecería de loa cervecera Against the Grain, donde podéis disfrutar de cervezas artesanales de gran calidad en Dublín (de nuevo, aquí no hay cervezas mainstream). El local está un pelín alejado del centro-centro de la ciudad, pero nada, se puede ir caminando igualmente. Está decorado con carteles publicitarios antiguos, un poco estilo pop art, bastante interesante. Hay (creo que solo) dos pisos, con billares y un montón de sitio para sentarse. Sirven comida que tenía bastante buena pinta y, de hecho, en el piso de arriba, la cocina es abierta y les ves preparar los platos. Sobre sus cervezas, tienen 6 variedades, de las que yo destacaría su IPA, la Full Sail: muy rica y bastante intensa; aunque, en realidad, todas las que probamos allí estaban muy buenas. Es el lugar perfecto para ir si os gustan las cervezas artesanales de calidad.

This was my least favorite of the Galway Bay pubs. Long bar and restaurant tables, plus a downstairs area that I did not visit. Lots of Galway Bay and guest beers on tap. Young server had never heard the term flights before, but he figured it out. They were out of all four beers that I ordered, so their list was not helpful. Finally got four others, one of which was in terrible condition, the others were fine. I'd stick to one of the other GB locations.

Good craft selection in another Galway owned pub. I'd rate it a bit higher than Brew Dock. Good bottle list. The food menu is identical - however they had celery with the wings. Atmosphere was loud, table of young lads pounding pints of beers with atrocious noise, I even had to move back to the bar. Ok for some ticks or to visit during non peak hours. In this respect I much prefered Brew Dock.

the best selection of dublin on tap