Fidelity

Fidelity opened at 79 Queen Street just before Christmas 2022, the joint project of Whiplash, Dublin's most decorated modern brewery, and the team behind audiophile pub The Big Romance. The Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs ranks it among the city's essential new rooms.

Twenty four taps run Whiplash year rounders like Rollover and Slow Life beside guests from Verdant, Garage, and J. Wakefield, each line on a custom pouring system that controls pressure and temperature per tap, per the Whiplash blog.

Who would hate it? Anyone who wants Guinness and quiet. This is modern hops at listening volume.

A clean lined corner room where the speaker stack gets equal billing with the tap wall, and vinyl sets run most nights. The Studio space behind hosts gigs, DJ nights, and tap takeovers, per fidelitybar.ie, and Visit Dublin lists the whole package among the city's best craft beer experiences.

Start with Rollover, the flagship session IPA, around €6 a pint, then work toward the dark beer lines the bar keeps as a point of pride. The guest list rotates weekly across the world's hyped breweries, per the Whiplash blog.

Order tasters before committing; the custom system means every line pours right. Skip nothing, but non beer drinkers get a real cocktail list and wine rather than an afterthought, and BigFan supplies the Asian kitchen.

Early evenings bring Dublin 7 locals and post work pints; later the room splits between tap list photographers and people who came for the vinyl set. Gig nights in the Studio pull the whole northside beer scene through one door.

What regulars say:

• The Weirdo Guide to Dublin Pubs calls it a must visit for anyone serious about Dublin beer.
• Wanderlog reviewers rate the sound system as the best in any Dublin bar.
• Visit Dublin features it in its craft beer guide for the tap depth alone.

Who it is for:

• Craft beer completists chasing the Whiplash range at the source
• Music heads who judge bars by the speakers
• Avoid if you want a trad session; The Cobblestone in Dublin is four minutes away for that

Dublin's best new beer room and its best sounding one, in the same body. Go on a tap takeover night and trust the dark lines.

Getting there: 79 Queen Street, Dublin 7; the Smithfield Luas stop is three minutes on foot.

Timing: Open seven days; vinyl sets most evenings, Studio gigs and takeovers announced on the bar's socials.

Cost: Whiplash pints from €6, guest pours €7 up, BigFan plates from €8.