Opened in 1996 on Parliament Street, the Porterhouse Temple Bar was the first Brew Pub to open in Dublin.
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It was also the first pub in the city to resolutely refuse to serve internationally recognised brands, trusting the pub-going public to embrace its own produce, plus a selected range of Irish and International beers.
Two decades on, that trust has proved to be well founded. Five years after setting up in Temple Bar, capacity issues necessitated a move to a standalone brewery In Ballycoolin, North Dublin.
The continued expansion of the Porterhouse Group combined with an increasing demand for craft beer has meant a move to a 30000HL state-of-the-art facility and a visitor centre in Glasnevin.