Only here for the beer

Indie Beer Week, which runs till next Sunday, will see the country’s craft brewers come together to promote their wares.

Jeanne Mahony, Hope Beer. Maura Hickey

The bottom of a glass may not be the most likely place to find love, but the Irish craft beer scene is becoming increasingly loaded with breweries founded by couples.

Several of them are among the owners of more than 30 breweries that are coming together over the next seven days for Indie Beer Week, which will see events take place all over Ireland.

The craft beer sector has grown rapidly since the ...