With the independent beer industry facing an uncertain future during the covid-19 pandemic, it's more important than ever to support it. Irish licensing laws give breweries very little scope to sell directly to the public.

Several are now offering delivery or collection from the brewery directly, and these have been compiled into a new website: DirectFromBrewery.com, the work of Craig Kearney, from an idea by Wayne Dunne. It lists the breweries doing direct sales, states the arrangements on offer and links to the online shop where there is one.

Social distancing is no reason to go thirsty!