The famous Hot Press sofa is, as we speak, on its way to the RDS for Friday and Saturday's Dublin Beer Festival – the virtues of which are extolled here – https://www.hotpress.com/lifestyle-sports/dublin-beer-festival-with-100-new-and-festival-special-brews-to-sample-you-might-want-to-book-both-the-friday-and-saturday-sessions-23049148

As our Head of Beer Imbibing, Stuart Clark, observes: "With 100+ new and festival special brews to sample, you might want to book both the Friday and Saturday sessions..."

Stuart is selflessly spending both days in Ballsbridge and hosting a quartet of Meet The Brewers Q+As in the main hall, the schedule for which is as follows:

FRIDAY
5.30pm Jack Smyth's, O'Hara's and Vault City
6.30pm Rascals, Lone Pine and Lineman

SATURDAY
4.30pm Black's of Kinsale, Mad Scientist and Brewski
5.30pm Killarney, Garrison and Rye River

With lots of people flying in and beer festivals being a somewhat imprecise science, there might be a few tweaks along the way to the schedule but we'll keep you updated here and across our socials...

In the meantime, you can buy tickets at https://dublinbeerfest.ie/get-tickets