Bridgestone "Best in Ireland" Award
by Hop Head
John and Sally McKenna are recognised as Ireland's leading food commentators, so when they say something good about your product it is only natural to jump up and down with excitement and tell anybody who'll listen. But what they said about Galway Hooker quite simply brought our happiness to another dimension. Here's what John had to say at the recent launch of their book:
The easiest question you can ask us about this new Bridgestone Irish Food Guide is, "what is the best new drink you discovered during three years of research?" The answer is "Galway Hooker." No question about it. Aidan Murphy and Ronan Brennan's beer is a masterpiece of brewing, a pale ale that is quiet the most moreish drink we have encountered in years. Everything about Galway Hooker is the antithesis of mass-produced beers: it is subtle, graceful, has superb texture and mouth-feel, the fruit and hop notes are poised and tantalizing, it is refreshing rather than gaseous, and it is fresh rather than flat and dull. An amazing feat of brewing.
The easiest question you can ask us about this new Bridgestone Irish Food Guide is, "what is the best new drink you discovered during three years of research?" The answer is "Galway Hooker." No question about it. Aidan Murphy and Ronan Brennan's beer is a masterpiece of brewing, a pale ale that is quiet the most moreish drink we have encountered in years. Everything about Galway Hooker is the antithesis of mass-produced beers: it is subtle, graceful, has superb texture and mouth-feel, the fruit and hop notes are poised and tantalizing, it is refreshing rather than gaseous, and it is fresh rather than flat and dull. An amazing feat of brewing.
