Export sales 'a saving grace' for local brewery amid slump in beer sales and production

Export sales have "been a saving grace" for a local brewery amid a slump in beer sales and production.

Seamus Brehon, of Brehon Brewhouse in Monaghan, added that energy and input costs will create big challenges for the year ahead.

A new report from Drinks Ireland shows Irish Beer sales and production have fallen for the second year in a row.

The report found a 46 per cent drop in beer production between 2020 and 2021, while consumption of beer per person was down 2.3 per cent.

Speaking on The Wider View, Seamus said every sector will be challenged by energy costs in the year ahead: