Formerly the Cock Tavern, this pub was closed for long enough to make it to the excellent Dublin Ghost Signs under that name. It reopened a few years ago and is now branded as a "Bar and Brewery".
The Irish Times review claims there is a brewkit on site, but other reviews state that their own beers are brewed elsewhere and there doesn't seem to be a brewers licence on the register currently, so I'm not sure about that. I didn't even remember that there was specific beers to have here and had something macro instead, and despite going to many of the many, many, many areas in the pub - it is bafflingly laid out - I didn't see any kit as described by the Irish Times either
I had to get someone to move their seat to use the in-pub ATM and got lost in the aforementioned baffling layout on the way back from the toilets - both of which could be seen as charming in some way I guess. The front bar has a decent fire, bookshelves and a record of shipwrecks in Howth all of which make it feel like a country seaside pub, not one in a hyper-expensive city suburb.
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