Irish beer has a long history, as well as Irish beer brewing. In the beginning of the nineteenth century there were in total more than 200 breweries in Ireland, this fell during the nineteenth century to about fifty, and now today there are only about 12 left.

Ireland produced historically Irish beer called ale, made without hops because these were not native to the Irish country. But Ireland did not use them all through the 18th century, almost all other countries did use hobs as an ingredient because of the flavor it gave their beers.

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