Showing posts with label Irish Brewing History. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Irish Brewing History. Show all posts
Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Irish Brewing People of the Past - #2 Eliza Alley

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T he history of Irish brewing is no stranger to women. There is much talk and commentary regarding the brew wives of the far past, and some ...
Thursday, 30 January 2025

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #24 – Smithwick’s Poker Cards (c. 1957)

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Someone behind drinks ale, And opens mussels, and croaks scraps of songs Towards the ham-strung rafters about love. Dirk deals the cards. Ex...
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Thursday, 7 March 2024

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #18 - ‘International Bar’ Half-Pint Tankard (c. 1902)

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… t o run “as dim eyed animals do, towards any glittering object, were it but a scoured tankard, and mistake it for a solar luminary” … Mem...
Thursday, 7 December 2023

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #15 – Murphy Stout Label (1960s?)

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T ypography is the craft of endowing human language with a durable visual form, and thus with an independent existence. Its heartwood is cal...
Wednesday, 23 August 2023

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #11 – Mountjoy Brewery Cask Return Postcard (1888)

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R eturning to the larger yard, we crossed over to the cask-washing sheds constructed principally of iron and tiled roofs. […] Three thousand...
Friday, 26 May 2023

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #8 - Label Facsimile for Greenmount Brewery (c. 1870)

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Perry Archive in Portlaoise Library T he PALE ALE was beautifully clear, bright, and sparkling. It had a very pleasant bitter flavour of the...
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Wednesday, 17 May 2023

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #7 - Time Beermats from Smithwick's Brewery (1962)

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'T he manufacturers of Time Beer have produced a number of new drip mats with some very amusing little designs, all based on well-known ...
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