Franciscan Well Brewpub
- ★ 4.3
- €€
- Shandon and North Mall
Cork's original craft brewery, founded in 1998 on North Mall beside the medieval city wall and a monastic well that gives the pub its name. The Molson Coors.
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Rising Sons Brewery
- ★ 4.3
- €€
- City Centre
Cork city's most visible craft brewery, operating a glass-fronted taproom on Cornmarket Street where brewery operations are visible from the bar.
Elbow Lane Brew and Smoke House
- ★ 4.3
- €€€
- City Centre
Cork's smallest production brewery, a nano-brewery embedded in a restaurant and smoke house on Oliver Plunkett Street. Opened in 2014, the Elbow Lane brewing.
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Murphy's Brewery
- ★ 4.0
- €
- City Centre
Cork's legendary stout brewery founded in 1856 and owned by Heineken since 1983. The Leitrim Street brewery is a working production site with heritage tours.
9 White Deer Brewery
- ★ 4.2
- €€
- City Centre
Based in the Gaeltacht region of Ballyvourney, one hour west of Cork city, 9 White Deer is one of Ireland's most innovative craft brewers. Named for the nine.
Stonewell Cider
- ★ 4.4
- €€
- West Cork
Ireland's Supreme Champion premium cider, produced by husband-and-wife team Daniel and Geraldine Emerson since 2010 at their Nohoval farm near Kinsale.
Eight Degrees Brewing
- ★ 4.1
- €€
- City Centre
An award-winning craft brewery established at the foot of the Galtee mountains in Mitchelstown by New Zealander Scott Baigent and Australian Cameron Wallace.
Blacks Brewing and Distilling
- ★ 4.4
- €€€
- City Centre
Ireland's first co-located craft brewery and distillery, founded by Sam and Maudeline Black beside the Bandon River estuary near Kinsale. The distillery.
West Cork Brewing Company
- ★ 4.1
- €€
- City Centre
A small craft brewery in the fishing village of Baltimore, 90 minutes southwest of Cork city. Produces distinctive Irish craft beers including a Coffee.
Cotton Ball Brewing Company
- ★ 4.2
- €€
- Mayfield
Lynch family pub since 1874 with a microbrewery installed beneath the lounge in 2013. The ground-floor bar pours their own beers alongside Irish craft guests.
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Clonakilty Distillery
- ★ 4.3
- €€€
- City Centre
A purpose-built single malt Irish whiskey distillery on the Clonakilty waterfront, producing whiskey from Inchydoney headland water and local barley.
Eight Degrees Brewing Cork Stockists
- ★ 4.1
- €
- North Cork
A Mitchelstown craft brewery founded in 2011 by New Zealander Scott Baigent, with Howling Gale Ale and Sunburnt Irish Red stocked across Cork.
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