THERE'S can of Lacada's Peach IPA in my fridge which is going to get a touch this weekend.
It's called Seaside - which is probably an affront to the stormy weather this week, although have spent three years living on the north coast in my student days, being beside the sea at this time of year can be more dramatic than the bucket and spade days.
Imbibing a Lacada offering will probably be as close as I'll get to the Portrush Beer Festival, which takes place in the Co Antrim town this weekend.
Years of threatening to return to my old stomping ground have so far failed to bear fruit on a personal front, but after a couple of years of Covid-induced hiatus, Portrush Town Hall will once again play host to a celebration of beer from local breweries and further afield.
Of course Lacada are leading the way, with seven beers on offer, including the intriguing sea buckthorn gose Up The Dunes and a 10 per cent barley, Port Na Spaniagh, on cask.
Other local favourites at the festival include Beer Hut Brewing Co, Bullhouse, Modest and Norn Iron Brew Co, while a few outlets who are relatively new to the commercial brewing scene will also be there.
Punters will be able to sample beers from Bell’s Brewery, the onsite brewery which quenches the thirsts of drinkers at the Deer's Head in Belfast city centre.
Another pub-based brewer is Out Of Office, a new concern operating out of the Ulster Sports Club in Belfast.
They will be bringing a promising blackcurrant and gooseberry sour.
There will be a couple of beers from Our Brewery, the commercial brewing wing of home brew suppliers Get 'Er Brewed.
Travelling to the north coast from slightly further afield will be Donegal's Kinnegar, who will be bringing a few of their old favourites - including the recently award-winning Scraggy Bay - as well as a few new ones, such as a smoked pineapple sour called TRO.
The White Hag make the journey from Sligo while the beers of Dublin-based Third Barrel will also be pouring in Portrush.
The beer will be flowing from 1pm to 10pm at Portrush Town Hall today, with food available from Pie In The Sky, Kraken and Mægden.
:: For more information, check out portrushbeerfest.com
