After the successful first edition of the Fidelity Beer Festival in 2019, little did the organisers know that they would have to wait three years to do it again.
That’s the fate that befell organisers Whiplash Beer and The Big Romance bar, but with a sold-out weekend in store for July 15-16 at the Mansion House on Dawson Street, they are ready to make up for lost time.
“There was a lot of anxiety initially: are we going to able to do it this year?” says Alex Lawes, co-founder of Whiplash Beer, who reveals that they had to cancel the festival twice due to the pandemic. “Now, everyone's going to be able to properly go for it.
