Our Story
A lifetime of Larkin’s
2008
Cillian, living in Paris, has the idea to open a brewery in Ireland that is 100% independently owned by the family.
2012
Nick, Cillian’s brother, starts brewing at home in the family kitchen.
2013
Kicked out and banished from the family kitchen by mum, they buy bigger home brewing equipment and move to the garden shed!
2015 / 2016
After years of talking about it as a family, the decision is taken to make brewing the new family business.
The family travel to various brewery manufactures and finally place an order for the system that is now in place in Kilcoole.
2017
Equipment starts arriving and the brewery is built and commissioned. Late 2017, test beers are put out at the Irish craft beer festival at the RDS.
2018
Larkin’s formally launches into the market at the Alltech beer festival in March.
2019
Larkin’s is now distributed in pubs across Ireland as well as exporting to other markets in the EU.