Lacada Brewery

Art in Beer; Democracy in Business. We are a community owned co-operative brewery on the North Coast of Northern Ireland. #beertotreasure

Lacada is derived from Liach Fada. It means 'the longstone' and refers to a low, mean rocky outcrop about 300 yards east of the famous Giant's Causeway. In 1588 one of the remnants of the Spanish Armada, a galleas named Girona, was desperately trying to return home but a relentless storm forced her onto the north coast of Ireland. She was wrecked on Lacada point with only nine survivors. In the late 1960's a diving team located the wreck off Lacada and the salvage work brought up many artefacts, the most valuable being a gold salamander that was, originally, encrusted in rubies