The Cork brewery going gluten-free

For Don O’Leary and Gordon Lucey of gluten-free brewery 9 White Deer, it’s not just about making the beers they like personally, but also the ones that people will buy

Gordon Lucey of 9 White Deer: ‘We’ve picked most of the low-hanging fruit in Ireland’ Picture: Cathal Noonan

A brewery in Baile Bhuirne in Co Cork has turned 100 per cent gluten-free with an eye on expanding internationally.

9 White Deer was founded in 2014 and currently has eight staff, five full-time and three part-time. The company is targeting expansion into France, Germany, Portugal and Spain over the rest of the year. It intends to add at least one permanent staff member in continental Europe and make the existing part-time staff ...