More Lost Beer Labels - Watkins of Dublin's Extra Stout in 1886

As you may know, I have a fondness for old Irish beer labels and when I cannot find the originals then it is nice to come across facsimiles of labels in books and print. Thanks to the Chesney Brothers and Joseph Watkins & Co. from Ardee Street in Dublin taking out the below advertisement in The Ballymena Observer in 1886 we get to see what the label from that brewery looked like at this time. 

These types of advertisements were common enough given the shenanigans of certain publicans and bottlers who, in order to make some extra profit, would pass off an often inferior product for a 'premium priced' beer, and were often pulled up on the practice - most notably by Guinness and Bass.

Here is the full advertisement:

Watkins' brewery, and its long and mixed history, deserves a much longer post but for now I would suggest watching this video from The Beer Nut's blog ...

Liam

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