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GO RAIBH MAITH AGAIBH
Slán libh!
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Bridewell Brewery Clifden
Thank you very much to all our customers and supporters who have enjoyed Bridewell Brewery beers and encouraged Clifden’s local craft brewery at every step.
With heavy hearts we have taken the challenging decision to close the brewery. It was our pleasure to produce local draft and bottled beer. Go raibh maith agaibh agus slán libh!
Bold and Refreshing
Original draught beers brewed in Clifden the capital of Connemara in County Galway
On tap in local bars, hotels and restaurants
Ask for Bridewell
Bridewell Blond
ORIGINAL DRAUGHT BEER
Brewed in Clifden with the pure soft water that the Atlantic weather brings to the Connemara hills, Bridewell Blond is a blond ale with a distinctive all-malt flavour from Pilsner and wheat malts and a balanced noble hop character, a beer influenced by Belgian blond ales
Drier and with less alcohol than its Belgian cousins
Pairs well with seafood and quite happy to be enjoyed on its own
Bridewell Red
ORIGINAL DRAUGHT BEER
A dry, light-bodied Irish Red Ale with roasted barley character and a twist of Belgian Dubbel malted barley
Pairs well with roasted meat dishes
Bridewell Pilsner
ORIGINAL DRAUGHT BEER
A crisp and refreshing, cold-fermented Pilsner style lager
Associated with local stories in selected Clifden pubs
Light Keeper
BRIDEWELL PILSNER
Here is the local story behind the Light Keeper Bridewell Pilsner name
Back in the day when Guys was a grocers and general store, Guys supplied the provisions to the Lighthouse Keepers on Slyne Head. And the current proprietor’s late father was a Lighthouse Keeper on Clare Island
Generator
BRIDEWELL PILSNER
Generator is named after Clifden’s hydroelectric station that brought electricity to Clifden in 1925
The station was built by Clifden entrepreneur EJ King assisted by engineers from the Marconi station
The hydroelectric plan brought lighting to the town until the 1950’s
Did you know that Clifden had electricity before Galway did?
Bridewell Brewery is located overlooking the remains of the hydroelectric station on the Owenglen river
Mullarkey’s
PILSNER
Another local story…
You’ll find Bridewell Pilsner on tap in Mullarkey’s Bar at Foyle’s Hotel in Clifden
Mullarkey’s is named after a previous name of the hotel
Bottled Beers
Limited Editions
Celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the First Non-Stop Transatlantic Flight by Alcock and Brown from St John’s, Newfoundland that landed near Clifden, Co Galway in 1919, we brewed two limited edition beers: Pilot and Navigator
Pilot Transatlantic Gold is a Golden Ale and Navigator Transatlantic Brown is a Brown Ale.
Currently out of stock
Bridewell Kölsch-style
ORIGINAL DRAUGHT BEER
Brewed from Connemara water, extra pale Pilsner malt and Tettnang hops
Beer brewed in the Kölsch style, it is a study in subtle flavours. LIght-bodied, dry and balanced with subdued malt and pared-back hop aroma
The agreeable nature of Kölsch means that it will get along well with many foods. A summer beer
Currently out of stock
Festus
BOTTLED BEER
Ale inspired by Dark Lager
Dark chocolate, coffee flarours, light body, citrus and currant hops
Limited edition first brewed in 2018
Currently out of stock
Brewed in the shadow of Clifden’s Bridewell or Old Gaol
The Bridewell was built over two hundred years ago as part of an effort by the British Government to tame the area rife with smuggling and illegal alcohol production
Bridewell Brewery draws on the rich, sometimes harsh history and the continuous foreign influences associated with this beautiful part of the world
St Bride’s Well
Clifden’s Bridewell is over 200 years old and was named after the first such Bridewell in London
London’s Bridewell was originally a prison for “punishing disorderly and loose women and petty offenders”
It became the model of a combined prison, hospital and workrooms that led to many others being opened, all called Bridewells
The first Bridewell was on the site of Bridewell Palace, built for Henry VIII in 1520
A royal palace where the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V was lavishly entertained
Bridewell Palace was named after the nearby holy well of St Bride
And St Bride was of course Ireland’s St Brigid…
Traditionally known as the Patron Saint of Brewing
