James Ward founded Lough Gill Brewery in Sligo in 2016. “I come from a pub background, and I was managing a pub by the age of 19. I moved to America, where I worked for a craft beer distributor in New York. I made the move from Bud to IPA back then.”

On his return to Ireland, he rented a pub, but wanted to get back into craft beer. Back then in 2004 there were only six breweries in the country. He looked at his hometown of Sligo before eventually opening White Hag in 2010. He sold on to his fellow investors before opening Lough Gill.

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