Ballykilcavan Farm and Brewery

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Family farm for 13 generations since 1639, with on-farm craft brewery and visitor centre. Beers brewed with our own barley and water. Tour details - http://ballykilcavan.com/tours.html

Young barn owl being held in front of a stone wall.
Sample glass of IPA.
Picture of a large black walnut tree in winter, spring and summer.
Cleo the Springer Spaniel doing a downward dog position in the old farmyard at Ballykilcavan.
Two photos of a group of Italian publicans at Ballykilcavan farm and brewery.
A pint of stout in a Ballykilcavan Brewery glass
A bag of Blanco Nino blue corn tortilla chips in front of a Back Lawn lager tap badge.
David Walsh-Kemmis in front of the Ballykilcavan bar at Bloom.
Hawk Poplar moth with its wings extended.
Green barley field under blue skies
Black and white photo of a bubbling airlock on a fermenter.
Bright blue sky above old stone buildings, with slate roofs and red doors
David and Lisa Walsh-Kemmis in black tie and purple dress at the Laois Business Awards.
18th century millhouse at Ballykilcavan Brewery. Bright blue skies and sunshine.
Mill race and stone farmyard at Ballykilcavan
A pint of nitro stout in a Ballykilcavan Brewery glass.
Barley crop at four leaf stage in a field with woodland behind it.
Old car in the 18th century farmyard at Ballykilcavan.
Four pictures - the old farmyard at Ballykilcavan, fermenters in the brewery, the visitor centre and a pint of Endurance dark mild.
Purple orchid, cowslips, primrose and bluebells in the woods at Ballykilcavan, Co Laois.
Bluebells in a young beech and walnut woodland.
Red wooden door with upside down horseshoe and a small round hole at the bottom.
Finalist badges for the Laois Business Awards 2025
Hop trellis with poles and strings for climbing hops.
David with Nina Carberry MEP in the old farmyard at Ballykilcavan
A can of Clancy's Can #15 beer
A young spring barley crop at two leaf stage
Two photos of mountains in the sunshine and a pint of beer.
David Walsh-Kemmis, owner of Ballykilcavan Brewing Company.
Field of young barley plants
Clear blue skies above the 18th century stone farmyard at Ballykilcavan.
Conference room full of people at the Irish Food Trade Connect Forum.
Sunny skies over a stone farm yard
A pint of beer, a bank of beer taps and a blackboard with beer listings.
Group of people behind a bar
Group of people behind a bar
Bare field under blue skies
Group of eight people standing outside a brewery.
View of the 18th century farmyard and modern visitor centre at Ballykilcavan, under a blue sky. Stone buildings and golden gravel on the ground.
Brewing vessels, stone walls at Ballykilcavan Brewery
Side by side pictures of a very large black walnut tree. Winter snow (left) and Spring sunshine (right).
A green Claas tractor pulling a red Horsch seed drill on a rolled field, sowing spring malting barley.
Brown and white springer spaniel with clean paws lying in a ploughed field.
Three pictures of a newly ploughed field under blue skies.
Still video of native woodland trees.
Rays of sunshine through a forest with a springer spaniel on a path in the middle.
Brown and white springer spaniel sitting on a wooden bench in front of a red window.
Four photos of filming the TV series Saol na Feirme at Ballykilcavan. TV cameras in the brewery and barley fields.
Yellow daffodils in the sunshine in front of a stone wall.
Kegs of beer on pallets in front of stainless steel fermenters in a brewery.