# Modest Beer — Holywood, Ards and North Down

> Modest Beer in Holywood, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland scores 3.80 out of 5 — Fine, #2 in Northern Ireland. 37 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Modest Beer is a brewery in Holywood, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.80 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #2 in Northern Ireland. Of the 37 beers we track, 43% are IPA and 36% Pale Ale.

## Rating

- Score: 3.80 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #2 in Northern Ireland · #6,322 worldwide
- Popularity: Lightly rated
- Beers tracked: 37

## About

We're a little independent brewery crafting small batch beers for discerning drinkers. Originally from Holywood (with one L), County Down but now brewed and canned down the road in Bangor. 

## What they brew

- IPA — 43% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 36% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 9% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 5% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 4% of the beers we track
- Other — 3% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 10a My Lady's Mile, Holywood, Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland
- Coordinates: 54.6370046, -5.8357727
- Website: https://www.modestbeer.co.uk/

## Breweries nearby

- [Hercules Brewing Co](https://finding.beer/brewery/hercules-brewing-co-8326.md) — 2.87, Limited — Belfast — 1.2 mi away
- [Boundary Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/boundary-brewing-8298.md) — 3.83, Fine — Belfast — 3.6 mi away
- [Tilt & Pour](https://finding.beer/brewery/tilt-pour-28321.md) — 2.86, Limited — Belfast, Lisburn and Castlereagh — 4.4 mi away
- [Out of Office](https://finding.beer/brewery/out-of-office-29077.md) — 3.04, Limited — Belfast — 4.4 mi away
- [Knockout Brewing (Belfast)](https://finding.beer/brewery/knockout-brewing-belfast-16228.md) — 2.83, Limited — Belfast — 4.4 mi away
- [Bell's Brewery (Belfast)](https://finding.beer/brewery/bells-brewery-belfast-29063.md) — 3.02, Limited — Belfast — 4.5 mi away
- [Clanconnel Brewing Co. (McGrath's)](https://finding.beer/brewery/clanconnel-brewing-co-mcgraths-16229.md) — 2.77, Limited — Belfast — 4.5 mi away
- [Downstream](https://finding.beer/brewery/downstream-30320.md) — 2.56, Limited — Belfast — 4.7 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Belfast, Northern Ireland](https://finding.beer/breweries/northern-ireland/belfast.md)
- [Best breweries in Northern Ireland](https://finding.beer/breweries/northern-ireland.md)

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