Dublin
Fourteen pubs and taprooms where Irish craft brewing gets the tap space it deserves, alongside a considered selection of international ales and lagers.
Temple Bar · $$
Ireland's first craft brewery pub, still the benchmark. Own-brewed stouts, lagers, and IPAs alongside 100+ bottled beers. Three floors, food menu that works. Consistently the right choice for a group who want craft beer without the attitude.
Baggot Street · $$$
Rugby pub by reputation but craft beer bar by selection. 20 taps featuring Irish and international craft. Runs tasting events monthly.
Rathmines · $$
Neighbourhood craft beer bar with rotating guest taps. Excellent cheeseboards. The south Dublin locals' favourite.
Westmoreland Street · $$$
Reliable if corporate. Always has 20+ Brewdog taps and extensive guest list. Central location useful.
Stoneybatter · $$
Small and focused. 8 rotating Irish craft taps, no-nonsense approach. Always has something from Kinnegar and Trouble Brewing.
Burgh Quay · $$
Riverside brewpub on the Liffey. Own-brewed beers include a Liffey Stout and seasonal IPAs. Terrace with quay views.
Phibsborough · $$
Sports and craft beer bar with 18 taps heavily featuring Irish breweries. Women's sport on screens. Knowledgeable staff.
Portobello · $$
Creative industry beer garden pub. Rotating taps with a bias toward independent Irish breweries. Pizza truck alongside.
Cross Guns Bridge · $$
Less crowded than the Temple Bar original. All own-brewed beers. Worth the commute for serious drinkers.
Rathmines · $$
20 taps with a good mix of Irish and UK craft. Proper food menu. Lively without being chaotic.
Inchicore · $$
Brewery taproom with direct pour from tank. The freshest pint of their IPA and stout you can find. Weekend sessions.
City Centre · $$
BrewDog Dublin runs from a converted red shipping container in the city center, with a long rotating tap list of craft beer and a full kitchen. The brand changed hands in 2026 and the Dublin bar keeps trading. Open daily.
Stephen Street · $$
P. Mac's on Stephen Street Lower pairs a large craft beer list with candlelight, board games and a row of snugs. It took City Bar of the Year in 2014 and shares ownership with Cassidy's and Blackbird. Open daily.
Naas Road · $$
One of Ireland's most respected craft breweries serves direct from source. Worth the short journey outside the city centre.
Grand Canal Dock · $$
Canal-side pub with solid craft beer selection and an outdoor terrace that fills from May onwards.
Liffey Street · $$
Traditional pub that added 12 craft taps without losing its character. The river view from the window is worth the slightly higher price.
The Irish craft beer revolution started in 2013, when the Porterhouse opened its first brewpub. Before that, craft beer in Dublin was an anomaly. Guinness was the default. Stout was the narrative. The Porterhouse changed that conversation, and the city has spent the last decade building on what it started.
From Temple Bar trad sessions to Vicar Street's touring acts. Where to hear Irish music played by Irish musicians, and where to hear everyone else.
How Irish brewing moved from niche to normal. Where the Porterhouse stands a decade later, and what's changed in the bars that followed.
Rugby pub by reputation but craft beer bar by selection. 20 taps featuring Irish and international craft. Runs tasting events monthly.
Neighbourhood craft beer bar with rotating guest taps. Excellent cheeseboards. The south Dublin locals' favourite.
Reliable if corporate. Always has 20+ Brewdog taps and extensive guest list. Central location useful.
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