Nearly every email coming being received by Blacks Brewery and Distillery in Kinsale over the last few days has contained a 10 per cent price increase from suppliers. Everything from label manufacturing to transport to the cost of bottles has gone up, while the availability of other supplies, like nitrogen, have become scarce. Despite the impending price raises, which Blacks will have to pass on to consumers, Sam Black, co-founder of the business with his wife Maud Black, is buoyant.  A deal, long in the making for a  €8 million development of 19,000 square foot brewery, distillery and visitor centre…

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