Cork's Elbow Lane microbrewery picks up two international awards

Cork’s Elbow Lane Microbrewery, the smallest brewery in the country, has scored both a Gold Award and a Best in Ireland Award for its Elbow Larger at the 2024 World Drinks Awards.

Elbow Lager is a continental-style lager and owes its flavour to Pilsner and Munich malts and “Noble” hop varieties imported from Germany and the Czech Republic.

The core range of six beers at Elbow, including the award-winning Elbow Larger, is brewed according to the principles of the German purity law, meaning that only four ingredients are used; water, barley, hops and yeast.

Speaking about the win, master brewer at Elbow Lane Russell Garret said: “We are delighted to win Best in Ireland for our Elbow Lager.

“This is one of the first beers we made at Elbow Lane when we set up the brewery in 2014 so it is great to celebrate this win as part of our 10th Anniversary.”

Meanwhile, resident mixologist and front of house manager at Elbow Lane restaurant, Joe Timbrell, also won a Silver in the Liqueur Category for his own ‘Joe’s Amaretto’.