Introduction

Dog on the Road Brewing is not a serious brewery, but you might have worked that much out already. Like countless others, we decided to enter the world of homebrewing and, like countless of said countless others, we couldn't resist the temptation to name our newly-formed "brewery". Nor, it seems, could we resist the temptation to create a logo and a blog. I'd like to make a joke about watching this space for t-shirts, but it might come back to bite me on the ass...

Dog on the Road brewing was "founded" in late 2010 by Donnelly and Dónall (me). Here is a picture of us looking silly:


Donnelly and I are recent converts to the church of craft brewing (despite the fact that we own shares in Heineken). Unfortunately there just aren't that many really interesting beers to be had in Dublin; most places only stock offerings from large brewing corporations (with a few notable exceptions). With this in mind, we decided to brew our own beer to better understand the intricacies of this venerable beverage and to get us trousered for cheap.

The name "Dog on the Road" is an in-joke. It refers to an incident that took place when we were teenagers in Wicklow and which offers absolutely no entertainment value to anybody who wasn't present at the time. The fact that many breweries seem to involve canine references is merely serendipitous (check out that last link - you won't be disappointed).

And so that is who we are and what we are doing. This blog will be a record of our brewing adventures, recording every step of the brewing process; the hospital visits; Donnelly's inevitable divorce proceedings and our eventual deaths due to a poorly sanitised carboy.

Stay tuned.