'Kilkenny' and Smithwick's to be brewed at €200m Diageo brewery planned for Kildare

Beers including Kilkenny, Smithwick's, Rockshore, Harp, Hop House 13 and Carlsberg are to be brewed at the planned €200 million Diageo brewery that has been given the green light by Kildare County Council.

The new brewery will be the first built by the company in Ireland since the 1960s.

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When fully operational with a capacity of 2 million hectolitres, it will be the second largest brewing operation in Ireland after St. James’s Gate and support the future growth of Diageo Ireland’s beer brands.

The state-of-the-art brewery will be powered with 100% renewable energy and will harness the latest process technology to minimise overall energy and water consumption. This will enable the brewery to avoid up to 15,000 metric tons of carbon emissions annually.

As the production of lagers and ales is transferred to the new facility it will enable St James’s Gate to increase the production of Guinness to meet global demand.