Walled City Brewery to open first Homebrew Academy

The Walled City Brewery is to open what's thought to be the first Homebrew Academy in Ireland.

Owner James Huey says the move is down to a large demand from visitors to learn how to brew their own craft beer, he said:

“On graduating from the Homebrew Academy, each student will have the knowledge to brew amazing craft beers in their own homes and share it with friends and family. Or just keep it to themselves!"

The one-day academy will officially launch at the brewery's Ebrington site in January 2017. 

James Huey and his wife Louise opened the first new craft brewery in the city for over 100 years, in May 2015.

Walled City Brewery’s craft beers are inspired by some of the city’s most iconic historical and cultural connections such as its shirt factories (‘Stitch’), while ‘Kicks’ was inspired by The Undertones’ legendary anthem, ‘Teenage Kicks’.

The brewery, which was inundated with applications after it recently advertised for a beer taster, also launched its popular ‘Derry Milk’ beer during NI Year of Food and Drink’s ‘Love Dairy’ month.

Tickets and gift vouchers for the Homebrew Academy are available online now at www.walledcitybrewery.com/homebrew or in the Walled City Brewery during normal opening hours.