A fresh, bright, effervescent and refreshing easy drinking sour ale. This brew is gently kettle soured using a lacto culture before the additional of fresh raspberry during fermentation.
The name Stookan comes from a headland on the world famous Causeway Coast
Brewed using a range of 8 different malts, this stout is full bodied, medium dry, with nutty & dark chocolate notes from the roasted malts.
Shamrock Pinnacle is a dive site about 10km north west of Bull Point, Rathlin Island. Shamrocks, as we all know, are synonymous with St. Patrick just as Lacada beers are known to be the pinnacle of good beers.
A tart, refreshing and easy drinking sour ale brewed with additions of sour cherry and raspberry, soured with a unique yeast strain.
Named after the Shallow seas around the North Coast of Ireland where the waters are abundant with amazing creatures and underwater scenery.
Brewed with our good friends Brehon Brewhouse from Co. Monaghan. Expect tropical fruit, pine, and robust bitterness from Talus, Idaho 7 and Simcoe hops.
Named after the castle just East of The Giant's Causeway which dates back to the 5th Century. One of the five great royal ancient highways of Ireland, Slige Midluachra, had its Northern terminal point at Dunseverick castle.
A malty, floral, and herbal beer brewed with noble hops and heritage malts.
Named after the elusive and rare Irish Golden Hares which are unique to Rathlin Island off the North Coast of Northern Ireland.
A smooth fruity pale with notes of orange and citrus. Brewed with El Dorado and Rakau hops and a unique ancient Kveik Norwegian yeast.
Named after the Northern Lights, "Aurora Borealis" that can sometimes be seen illuminating the night sky above the Causeway Coast.
A New England style Pale Ale brewed with Idaho 7, Rakau and Motueka hops. Expect tropical notes along with a smooth mouthfeel.
Named after a local North Coast longboarding surf legend that many say "dances on the waves" when they see him in action.
A low alcohol, easy drinker with lots of hoppy character. Brewed with heritage malts, and hopped with Citra, Galaxy and Vic Secret.
Named after the ever changing and shifting tide line along the beaches and shorelines of the North Coast.
Brewed with a range of speciality Heritage malts and aged in Irish Whiskey casks for over a year.
Plunder the malty depths...
This is a silky smooth milk stout with malt notes of chocolate, caramel, and coffee married to masses of lightly toasted coconut flavour which we achieved by ‘dry coconuting’ the brew several days before it was packaged.
When we decided on this quirky name, little did we realise that it also coincided with the 25th anniversary of the launch of the same titled debut album from the band Supergrass, a band some of us at the brewery are quite fond of…
A rich and robust IPA with a classic earthy spiciness from the rye, hopped with Citra, Amarillo, Centennial and Mandarina Bavaria.
Named after a headland area on the world famous Causeway Coast.
This is our take on what could be an emerging new style and we believe also a first from an NI brewery. Merging the best of East and West Coast IPA styles - piney and tropical with a soft body, hopped with Chinook, Talus, Centennial & Columbus.
We chose a fairly local mountain - the mythical and distinctive looking Slemish near Ballymena to name this one.
A traditional German sour beer with a North Coast twist brewed using Sea Buckthorn and local Mussenden Sea Salt.
Named 'Up The Dunes', chiefly because there is quite a lot of Sea Buckthorn bush in the sand dunes along the North Coast where the small bright orange, pungent, tart berries grow.
A New England style Pale Ale brewed with Idaho 7, Talus and Bru-1 hops. Expect tropical notes along with a smooth mouthfeel.
Named after the many rocky coves that make up the famous Whiterocks cliffs on the eastern coastline of Portrush.
Also known as a 'Steam Beer' - toasty with a light caramel maltiness, and rustic, woody notes from the Northern Brewer hops.
The name comes from the 'Screw Steamer / SS' ships. One famous ship was the SS Hazel which was a steam packet ferry that ran between Ardrossan, Scotland and Portrush in the early 1900s.
Our own take on a unique style with a rich, complex, deep maltiness from the Chevallier heritage malt, accented with US hops for a resinous finish.
Named after the bay that is just West of Lacada Point where the galleass of The Spanish Armada, La Girona hit rocks and sank spilling its golden treasure which included the golden salamander which adorns our branding.
A collaborative brew between Dead End Brew Machine, MashDown, North Coast Smokehouse, and Lacada Brewery Co-Op.
Brewed using locally sourced Dulse from the North Coast of Ireland and malt smoked by Ballycastle based North Coast Smokehouse.
A crisp, clean and distinctly Bavarian styled Helles Lager brewed with classic German Perle and Hallertau hops. An easy drinker at any time...
Named after an area of rock just East of Dunluce Castle on the world famous Causeway Coast.
Our award winning full bodied, medium dry stout with a silky smooth mouthfeel, warm roasted malt aroma with dark chocolate and coffee notes.
This is no Imperial Stout, this is no Export Stout. This Stout takes you to Utopia!
A mysterious malty beer brewed with four hops and four malts. Swirl it around and solve the taste mystery of this North Coast Dark Ale.
The Devil's Washtub is an enigmatic rocky inlet on the east side of Ramore Head where the sea rushes around the rocks with the ebb and flow of the tides.
A Raspberry “Smoothie” IPA brewed using Oats and Lactose for a sweeter, fuller body. Citra and Mosaic hops enhance a fruit forward flavour.
9 Rubies were set into the golden salamander that was retrieved from the Girona. 3 rubies remain & the jewel is now held at the Ulster Museum.
Our Mango Smoothie IPA adds Chinook to Citra and Mosaic, tempering the smooth tropical fruit with a bittersweet ending.
Brewed in collaboration with Modest Beer NI, using Chevalier and Hana Pilsen heritage malts offering a good body to the beer. We hopped with Nelson Sauvin and Moteuka, two stunning New Zealand hops and used a new yeast from our supplier, Wicklow Hops Company, which is specifically cultured for low ABV beer. This really does deserve the moniker "quaffable"...
American style Pale Ale dry hopped with Vic Secret and classic Mosaic.
Named after a seldom seen breaking mutant wave near Portrush.
Dive into a hoppy assault of Galaxy, Citra and Mosaic. We brewed this with a true New England yeast strain and a good portion of Oats & Wheat in the grain bill for a smooth, soft body and full mouthfeel.
Named after the popular local deep sea diving pool made famous in the early 1900's for public diving displays and exhibitions during the summer holiday season in Portrush. The original diving boards are now long gone but many locals and visitors alike still have fun diving and jumping into the sea at this beautiful location looking out over the Atlantic Ocean.
West Bay, Portrush is sheltered by Ramore Head and the Black Rocks. On summer evenings you can watch the sun set over misty Inishowen in a blaze of colour.
This pale ale has been dry hopped with Citra, adding its zesty note to an easy drinking, food friendly beer that’s perfect for this time of year. Drink it fresh!
A single malt crush under a mass of hops breaks into this fruity IPA.
Surf's up…
Enjoy the ride…
“East the Beast” is a surfer’s wave, beloved and feared, that barrels and dredges the far East Strand of Portrush from powerful North Atlantic swells.
A very special release to celebrate the magic figure of brewing our 100th beer.
Brewed with a range of Heritage malts and hopped with Centennial, El Dorado, Talus, Citra and Mosaic. Expect a strong mix of citrus, tropical fruit, and also piney resin.
A 'Smaller Stout' that we ran off during the same brew session for our 13% ABV Barrel Aged Imperial Stout. A smooth, refined, easy drinking classic.
Apparently sharks were always called 'Sea Dogs' around our coastline but then they got named AFTER people who were known as loan sharks!
We've packed this with a load of Raspberry, Blueberry and Redcurrant giving a tart jammy drink with a solid refreshing sourness.
As probably most people know the Dark Hedges road is quite short. However it meets the longest road in Ireland, the Ballinlea Road which runs from Ballymoney to White Park Bay. It was the longest road historically, as I am sure most of you are thinking surely the A26, M1, N56 (fill in your favourite!) is longer?
An easy drinking American style Pale Ale bursting with ripe, juicy peach flavours and subtle hops for that perfect seaside sipper.
Our brewery is literally beside the seaside, with 2 beaches within a couple minutes walk... we love the seaside!
Our 2022 'Community' version based on last year's 'Community of Hope' release. Brewed using a Kveik yeast strain, and dry hopped with Azacca and BRU-1 this gives the finished beer subtle fruity notes of orange, pineapple and citrus, and is a nice easy drinking hoppy pale.
This beer will have its profits ring fenced by us so we can help out groups, individuals, or projects etc. in the North Coast community.
A crisp, clean, fruity and refreshing New Zealand style Pilsner hopped with Nelson Sauvin, Rakau, Motueka, and Southern Cross.
'Fairy Palace' was the Irish Gaelic name for 'Breen' with Breen Oakwood, a few miles south of Ballycastle in the Glens Of Antrim, being one of the last ancient Oakwoods remaining in Ireland.
Named after the prominent elephant shaped rocky island formation just West of Ballintoy Harbour on the North Coast.
Amarillo hops lead a bouquet of pineapple, passion fruit and orange. Then mandarin and caramel flavours meld with silky oats before a subtle ginger spiciness plays over the late bitter finish of this India Pale Ale.
An East Coast style Pale Ale brewed with Kohatu, Ella, Galaxy and Citra Lupomax. Floral, citrus, and tropical with a smooth mouthfeel.
Named after an area of water that flows between the eastern Skerries Islands off the coast of Portrush.
Our North Coast take on the classic crisp, bitter, and refreshing West Coast style. Fruity, piney, and resinous from the Talus & Summit hops.
Named after the lines of North Atlantic swell that march into the bays and beaches in Portrush and along the North Coast of Ireland to the delight of surfers and spectators alike.
The second in our series of sour beers brewed with a unique yeast, and this time we used a light pilsner malt base with lashings of sour cherry puree for the ultimate summer thirst quencher!
Named after the "Go Ahead" shipwreck which was a cargo ship that sank off Ramore Head, North of Portrush in 1877.
A New England style Pale Ale brewed with oats & wheat for a soft and smooth mouthfeel. Combined with some of our favourite hops; Citra, Mosaic, Eclipse and Centennial giving a juicy, citrus and tropical flavour.
Named after an offshore reef and sandbank area just North of The Skerries islands off the coast of Portrush.
We've brought the juice to our first DIPA using a combination of innovative Citra hop products from our supplier GetErBrewed. This includes Lupomax and Spectrum hop products as well as malt from Crisp and yeast from Lallemand.
The first in a new series of sour beers brewed with a unique yeast and dry hopped with Vic Secret and Mandarina Bavaria. Named after the "Devereux" shipwreck which was a timber cargo ship that ran aground at White Rocks beach in 1864. The remains of the wreck can sometimes still be seen protruding from the sands at very low tide.
A Pale Ale whereby we took our highly successful NEIPA recipe and dialled it down a little, so think pillow soft and hoppy. We used a combination of Azacca and El Dorado with a touch of Galaxy and Sabro for good measure. Named after the famous rock arch formation near the Whiterocks outside Portrush.
Continuing our exploration into hop combinations with our New England style IPAs, this is brewed with Talus, Sabro, and Mosaic, alongside generous helpings of Oats & Wheat in the malt bill. Named after a sandbank reef area North of The Skerries islands close to Portrush.
This beer will have its profits ring fenced by us so we can help out groups, individuals, or projects etc. in the North Coast community. Brewed using a Kveik yeast strain, and dry hopped with Azacca and BRU-1 this gives the finished beer subtle fruity notes of orange, pineapple and citrus, and is a nice easy drinking hoppy pale.
Brewed exclusively with Southern Hemisphere hops. We had been excited to use a new varietal Eclipse from Australia which became available to us to try out, which is matched up with Galaxy and Ella in the dry hop.
This Gose is a slightly tart and sour beer brewed with lots of wheat, and we have added Blood Orange & Passionfruit along with a touch of sea salt which is aligned to our modern take on a traditional German style of beer. Named after a headland and natural port along the world famous Causeway Coast with artwork depicting the orange/yellow lichens that grow on the Basalt rocks all along our North Coast.
Taking a very similar malt base to the massively well received and reviewed Blue Pool NEIPA, we changed up the hop schedule to include one of our favourite hops in Sabro, matched up with Citra and Mosaic. Expect sweet soft fruit flavours, with a smooth body and some subtle coconut flavours with this one.
With this release, we have teamed up with our good friend, coffee expert, and proprietor of the North Coast's finest Kitchen Cafe, Babushka, Mr. George Nelson.
We brewed this with Santa Rosa 1900 Costa Rican coffee from Swedish roasters Koppi. Expect a silky smooth sweet stout (contains milk sugar) with notes of chocolate, dark fruits, and fresh ground coffee.
Full bodied and smooth drinking, heavily hopped with Simcoe, Amarillo and Columbus. If you enjoyed our previous Black IPA release “Zostera” then this is the beer for you.
Named after the rocks and surfer’s break West of Portrush.
A classic rich and malty dark wheat beer with soft hints of caramel, a spicy and fruity profile from the yeast, along with a balanced finish.
Named after the wildflower-rich sand dunes and small river that runs from the base of Downhill onto the beach at Benone towards the North Atlantic, and home to some of the rarest species of insects in the UK.
Our collaboration with good friends Beer Hut Brewing Co. where we have brewed the same beer in each brewery but dry hopped with a different blend of hops. Ours has been dry hopped with Citra and Simcoe. Besides the punch from the hops there is also an interesting passion fruit note coming from the yeast we used. It's a Sour IPA balanced with a malty sweetness from the grain bill.
This Pale Ale uses two of our Chairman's favourite hops; Sabro has distinct tangerine, coconut, tropical fruit, and stone fruit aromas, paired with the ever classic Mosaic with its complex blend of floral, tropical, fruity, and earthy notes. The addition of Oats in the grain bill give a smoother and rounder mouthfeel to this easy drinker...
"Diffuser" is a mysteriously named mark on the marine map just off the coastline between Portrush & Portstewart on the North Coast of Ireland...
Named after the sea area that surrounds Portrush and the whole of the world famous Causeway Coast.
This IPA has been dry hopped with new US variety Strata. Expect tropical fruit tones. We detect mango, pineapple and some lemon. Store Cold, Drink Fresh!
Our exclusive collaboration brew with Harry’s Shack restaurant, situated on the beautiful strand at Portstewart.
An easy drinking American style Pale Ale, perfect for those sundown sessions.
Brewed using a total of 13 malts giving a rich and full bodied Imperial Stout. Our seasonal “Share With Society” big bottle release. Limited to 540 numbered & hand waxed bottles.
"Elatha" in Irish mythology was a moon God. There are 13 moons in the year, matching the 13 malts in this beer.
A collaborative brew between Dead End Brew Machine, MashDown, North Coast Smokehouse, and Lacada Brewery Co-Op. Aged for 2 years in a local whiskey barrel.
Brewed using locally sourced Dulse from the North Coast of Ireland and malt smoked by Ballycastle based North Coast Smokehouse.
This is the easy drinking, medium body drink that a Porter should be, a coffee bitterness, a liquorice background, and a faint hint of blackberry.
The loneliest wee colony of rabbits are on The Skerries, a collection of rocky islets off the North Coast of Ireland near Portrush, alone, stranded, watching...
The second in our series of Single Batch Pale Ales featuring a rotating selection of hops and experimenting with a range of different malts.
Knot Series #2 'The Reef Knot' or 'Knot of Hercules' is thought to be 4,000 years old (almost as old as beer itself)!
This has been dry hopped using Galaxy and Simcoe hops.
The first in our series of Single Batch Pale Ales featuring a rotating selection of hops and experimenting with a range of different malts.
Series #1 'The Granny Knot' has been dry hopped with Eldorado and Mosaic.
Rathlin Gold is named after the golden hares on Rathlin Island, offshore from Ballycastle. The hares have evolved, because of their isolation on the island, to have a sandy coloured coat unlike hares anywhere else.
We brewed a 3.8% pale ale with a heritage malt, Chevallier, which gives a little more sweetness than usual. Using Bramling Cross and East Kent Goldings hops we have a pale that is quite honey like, and also herbal, floral and earthy. We think its a great tribute to yon hare.
Our first canned beer is a collaboration with our good friends in Beer Hut Brewing.
Extra Pale, Wheat Malt, Flaked Wheat, Flaked Oats, Golden Naked Oats, Dextrose and Lactose got a massive treatment of Mosaic T90 and Mosaic BBC Hops for the New England Yeast to work its magic on.
Are you ready?
As the sun sets over Malin Head, the most northerly point of Ireland, in a blaze of pink and orange, it’s the perfect time for a sundowner.
This IPA has a deep hue and a slightly sweet, malty note, which complements the juicy citrus hops and the smooth blood orange finish.
A Belgian Style Pale Ale fermented with a mix of two Belgian yeast strains and conditioned on Black Cherry giving a unique floral, fruity aroma and taste.
Beloved by locals for fishing and ocean gazing, Ramore Head shields Portrush Harbour from Atlantic swells. After a hot day, the basalt rocks glow in the sunset.
Our first beer in a 750ml sharing bottle.
You can expect notes of molasses, blackberry, chocolate, vanilla, raisins which will merge over time.
350 bottles have been numbered individually.
We put some of our award winning Utopian Stout into a locally sourced whiskey barrel for 6 months and then conditioned it in bottles for another 6.
There's a wonderful aroma from the spirit before a complex array of flavours, with some raisins, smoked malt and the whiskey tapers into a lovely oaky finish.
A Double Dry Hopped (DDH) Pale Ale brewed with Amarillo, Mosaic & Simcoe hops and New England Yeast.
"Escudos" were gold Spanish currency from the 16th Century, part of the treasure from The Girona shipwreck, discovered by the Belgian aquanaut Robert Stenuit in the late 1960s.
Scot giant Benandonner must have had a quare sour bake on him, when he saw his adversary, Finn McCool, disguised as a baby by his wife Oonagh…
Benandonner then fled.
This dry-hopped kettle soured Pale Ale contains a light tartness, and is a sessionable introduction to the style.
This full bodied Black IPA has a strong blackberry aroma, followed by muted roast flavours from the single dark grain, leading into a slightly spicy bitter finish.
Zostera marina is a seagrass which grows around The Skerries, Portrush and is nursery to some of our wonderful locally caught seafood.
The ghost of Half Hung MacNaughton upturned the fishermen from their hammocks in Portmoon Bothy. Sip this beguiling rye & beware of Half Hung!
Aromas of vanilla & citrus float up from the rich body of this IPA. Then a harvest of fruit & pine flavours bursts over an earthy spiciness from the rye itself.
A collaborative brew between And So I Watch You From Afar and Lacada Brewery Co-Op.
Born of the groundings of the North Coast that we all share.
Summer's here on the North Coast!
So we have tweaked our Sorley Boy's Stash beer to match the season. It's a little more hoppy, a touch more fruity, and with a lower ABV in a bigger bottle... Quaff away!
A one off special brew for the Portrush Beer & Food Festival 2016 in collaboration with Babushka Kitchen Cafe in Portrush using Workshop coffee blends.
The 1st ever official North West 200 beer and our 1st ever collaboration beer!
A zingy session pale ale, with light floral and spicy notes and a touch of sweet malt for balance.
Perfect with friends and banter...
A smooth, silky, medium bodied stout aged for 6 months in a single malt whiskey barrel.
Winner of a Bronze medal Irish Food Awards 2017
A full bodied, slightly sweet wheat beer. A caramel colour and a big banana nose and taste.
Portrush Beer & Food Festival 2016 special.
The Giant's Organ just got bigger! We upped the malt bill and dry hopped with Mosaic to create a big peachy aroma and a more fruity taste.
Portrush Beer & Food Festival 2016 special.
A zippy pale ale dry hopped extensively with Citra to give that big citrus aroma and taste.
Portrush Beer & Food Festival 2016 special.
A gentle introduction to sour beers, our Eldersauer is a crisp summer beer. We took a basic pale ale - single malt and single hop (Eureka) - and then infused the finished fermented beer with freshly picked local Elderflower for two weeks.
An amber ale with chocolate at the front and a hint of Seville orange at the back and more than a smidge of Cascade hops to get your citrus fix.
One of the boldest honeys, the ivy honey in this beer provides a depth that is elusive and unforgettable.
Toffee and caramel are present but offset by a herbal, woody bitterness.
Our award winning full bodied, medium dry stout with a silky smooth mouthfeel, warm roasted malt aroma with dark chocolate and coffee notes.
This is no Imperial Stout, this is no Export Stout. This Stout takes you to Utopia!
Winner of a Silver medal Irish Food Awards 2017
The loneliest wee colony of rabbits are on the Skerries, a collection of rocky islets off the North Coast of Ireland.
As they nibble the sparse grass they are able to glimpse the twinkling lights of Portrush and see the marram grass waving on the dunes of East Strand.
Winner of 1 star: Great Taste Awards 2016
Sorley Boy MacDonnell was the flaxen haired rogue chieftain.
His base of Dunluce castle on the Causeway Coast once experienced a lavish make-over, believed to be funded by gold that Sorley had secretly salvaged from the wreck of The Girona.
One of the most curious features of the world famous Giant’s Causeway is known as the Giant’s Organ.
When the wind blows the right way, at the right time, you may hear the giant playing upon his rocky organ.