Wicklow brewers off to Alltech fair
TWO Wicklow breweries will feature prominently at the Alltech Craft Brews and Food Fair when Ireland’s largest gathering of craft brewers ad distillers returns to the Convention Centre Dublin for the sixth time in March.
Larkins Brewing Co. from Kilcoole, and Wicklow Wolf Brewing Company from Bray will be among the 50 exhibitors featured at the fair from Thursday March 8 through to Saturday March 10.
Larkin’s Brewing Company was founded by Cillian Fahey in 2014 with only home brewing in mind. Working in Paris at the time, he supported his brother to begin brewing from the family’s garden shed. In 2016, the Fahey family decided to all get involved in brewing and invested in the machinery necessary to create their own brews. Focusing on Lagers, Larkin’s Brewing Company which launched this year, provide interesting lager styles which offer something different to audiences. Speaking in advance of the event Cillian Fahey said: ‘2018 is going to be really exciting as the quality and variety of craft beers available continues to rise to meet the increasing interest from the public in honest and transparent brands that they can relate to without compromising on enjoyment.’
Wicklow Wolf Brewing Co. was founded by Quincey Fennelly and Simon Lynch in 2014. The brewery currently supplies
150 pubs and 550 off-licences across the island of Ireland. The company recently announced a major investment, which will allow them to open a larger come on board with us and provide us with their expertise to help manage the IT Services for the Credit Union along with our internal IT team. We chose BITS as our provider because of the skillset that they bring to the table and it helps that they are a local company.’
St. Canice’s Credit Union members expect the highest and best standards in uninterrupted service and accessibility and their Credit Union Online facility means that members need 24/7 remote and instant access to their accounts. That all means that an IT partner needs to be at the top of their game and available at all times, according to Gavin Dixon.
‘We have grown our expertise over the past decade or more across the financial sector and work with accountants, mortgage advisers and others in the industry but this is our brewing site in Wicklow which will enable a 15-fold boost in production.
Their name was chosen due to the variety of hop used – Humulus Lupulus which means little wolf in Latin, and the location of their brewery. With over 400 stockists globally, 13 beers, and over thirty brewery tours conducted so far – the Wicklow Wolf Brewery has grown exponentially since founded.
Quincey Fennelly said :’Our unfiltered beers are full of character, flavour, and inspiration. We will never rest with just a few
‘standard’ brews.’
There will be more than 400 brews available at the fair. first IT partnership at this level. Being their IT partner essentially means we provide all their infrastructure and IT managed services 24/7 and have full access to their ticketing or problem solving system. We’re currently working on an improved data recovery solution and developing that solution with their in-house team.
‘We’ve a fantastic team and the client is very happy. This didn’t just happen overnight – we’ve built a relationship with St. Canice’s Credit Union prior to tendering for the Managed Services work and are delighted to have brought that link to the next level with this contract.
‘ The new deal means that Bits.ie has already recruited one extra staff member, bringing our expert team to 13. An engineer has been dedicated to the site and the new venture is going well and we’re looking to continue to expand our client base in the FinTech sector,” Mr Dixon added.
Bits.ie was founded in 2001 and has an unrivalled reputation for hands-on, around-the-clock customer service, not just in Kilkenny but across the south east region and beyond. With offices in Kilkenny, Dublin and Carlow, Bits. ie works with local clients such as Carne Group, The Pembroke Hotel and Hibernian Hotel as well as Kilkenny Chamber, the County Kilkenny LEADER Partnership, KCLR and more.
The ever growing IT services and solutions company supplies and implements reliable IT Solutions and extensive IT support services to businesses. The Bits.ie team prides itself on providing expertise clients can trust to manage all their business IT from cloud solutions to hardware.