When fans poured into Croke Park for last Sunday’s Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Camogie Final, most were focused on the action on the pitch.

But tucked away in the Lower Hogan Stand, a quiet revolution was underway at one of the stadium bars with the debut of Brisk, a new rapid-service drinks system from Irish company Kappture.

Kappture Executive Chair and Renatus Capital Partners Co-Founder Mark Flood says it’s a game-changer for live events. We spoke to him after the excitement of last week’s game and as the team prepared for a massive weekend at the stadium with Oasis.

SFB: For those who weren’t in the Lower Hogan, what exactly did Brisk do on Sunday?

Mark Flood: We set it up in one of the two main bars in the Lower Hogan. Typically, that whole middle spine area is the busiest for pints. On a big match day, queues can snake back past the toilets. Brisk changes that.

You tap your card at a turnstile, walk in, pick up your drink from the bar where pints are delivered via a multi-dispense unit — 16 pints in 40 seconds — and walk out. Five seconds from tap to exit. No ordering, no paying at the counter, no waiting.

SFB: So this was a test run?

Mark Flood: Exactly. We kept it simple — two products for Camogie, Guinness and Rockshore, and just Rockshore for Oasis this weekend.

The system can handle up to 12 products, and in Norwich, where we’ve installed it, we’ve doubled bar throughput. In Croke Park on a full house, we’re targeting an increase of over 50% in sales.

SFB: And it’s Irish-designed?

Mark Flood: 100% Irish. The brains behind it is Neil Haran, from Clarinbridge, Galway. The development hub is the Portershed in Galway. We got the stainless steel fabricated in Cork, and a Meath company did the installation.

What’s special is it needs no broadband and no capital expenditure from the venue — two things that make other international versions difficult to roll out.

SFB: What about accuracy and security?

Mark Flood: No personal data, no pictures. The system recognises your shape and size to match the purchase to your card. Neil spent six months trying to break it with student testers. If Galway students cannot break it or game it, we are confident it is robust. On Sunday it ran with 100% accuracy.

SFB: Where do you see it going next?

Mark Flood: We’re in for Oasis, Robbie Williams, and the NFL game in Dublin. We’ve also got several Premier League clubs to go live with in the next couple of months. By next year, I’d expect sports fans will be seeing this in a lot more venues and multiple outlets per venue. Fans will be able to spend time socialising and watching sport not queuing.

SFB: How long did it take from handshake to installation?

Mark Flood: About a month. We agreed on July 10th, and it was live by August 10th. That’s design, fabrication, and installation in a few weeks.

The teams at Croke Park and Aramark, led by Peter McKenna, Michael Teehan, David Adams and John on the bar side, deserve great credit for the ability to see the benefit and act on it along with their partners in Aramark led by Tom Neville and Richard Li. Innovators lead and others follow and we see this team as true innovators.

SFB: What does it mean for Renatus Capital and Kappture?

Mark Flood: Kappture has supplied tills to Croke Park for years. Brisk is the next step. Renatus owns the business alongside the founders. Renatus is backed by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, AIB, and several Irish entrepreneurs. It’s a Galway-built product with Irish funding — and now, truly international potential.

SFB: And finally — how will it change the fan experience?

Mark Flood: It’s about unlocking unsatisfied demand. The person who typically has no pint might have one. The person who has one might have two. And all without missing the game. It’s not about overconsumption — it’s about giving fans more time with their friends and more time watching the sport.

Brisk may have started quietly in one Croke Park bar last weekend, but if Neil Haran and Mark Flood’s vision plays out, the “fast lane” pint could soon become part of the matchday experience across stadiums in Ireland, the UK, and beyond.

 

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