In his decade long tenure at BNY Mellon in Dublin, Barry O’Neill remembers the nights out most fondly. “It was the embodiment of work hard, play hard,” he said. “It was a great place to be in, no family, no commitments and good income.” But after countless Friday evenings spent in Dublin pubs with his corporate comrades, there was one thing O’Neill couldn’t get past: the slim selection of Irish beer. Sure, there was Guinness, Murphy’s, and Kilkenny, along with plenty of craft beers, but O’Neill had a taste for what he called “big, juicy, hoppy beers”, which he could…

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