James Huey of the Walled City Brewery
James and Louise Huey opened the Walled City Brewery at Ebrington in the Waterisde area of the city in May 2015.
Mr Huey, a qualified diploma brewer having spent 12 years brewing with the largest beer company on the island, said there is an opportunity for 15 beer tasters.
“We’re looking for what are called super tasters,” he told the BBC. “We’ve had about 790 applications in the last 12 hours so there’s a bit of a queue.
“People will be invited in in waves and we need to find these super taster. It’s to do with genetics actually, they can detect certain flavours in beer.
“And once we find those, they’re the best beer tasters and can make our product taste even better.”
Some people have “incredibly sensitive palates” that allows them to detect flavour notes that others can’t.
In 2023, the Walled City Brewery has set itself the target of making its beers ”even better”.
The terms & conditions were listed as follows:
* Must be a fan of local beer
* Available on Fridays in Derry just after 5pm
* Class banter
* Sophisticated palate
“We will reimburse your time in beers (because it’s a beer taster job),” a post said urging anyone interested to contact via a Facebook message.
After opening the restaurant in 2015 the owners realised there was a huge opportunity for an adjacent Taproom to serve drinks only without having to sit down for a meal.
After seven years in the making, they opened Derry’s first ever taproom in September 2022 thanks to an extension that doubled the size of the premises.
They try to make beer with a strong identity to the city and its “wonderful people”.
“Breaking the city’s corporate monopoly on the selection of drinks, we strive to provide fresh, unfiltered beer, brewed right on site in the Taproom!
“From our opening in May 2015 we have created and developed over 500 different varieties of beers, each named after an aspect of the which is easily recognisable to our locals and tourists.”
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