Showing posts with label Shots. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shots. Show all posts
Thursday, 17 July 2025

A Shot of Beer History #9: Explosion at Macardle-Moore Brewery

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I rish breweries are no strangers to calamities over the last few centuries, and at around 7pm on Monday 15th of June 1903 a thunderous expl...
Tuesday, 1 April 2025

A Shot of Beer History #8: The Case of a Naggin Too Much ...

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A curious case presented itself in the village of Moneygall in Offaly in 1869 and was reported in the local newspaper, where an inspector o...
Friday, 6 December 2024

A Shot of Beer History #7 - How Old Are Beer Kegs?

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W e've all seen them, those rows and stacks of beer kegs that line the street outside our public houses - battered, bashed and tarnished...
Thursday, 21 November 2024

A Shot of Beer History #6 - The Irish Reinheitsgebot

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I n 1778 there were a series of brewing related acts passed in Ireland for 'the improvement of His Majesty's Revenue and the more ef...
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Friday, 13 September 2024

A Shot of Beer History #4: On Beer Festivals - Irish Provincial Narrowness vs. English Degrading Eccentricities

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O n Wednesday 21st of May 1873 the following editorial appeared in the Irish newspaper, The Freeman's Journal: T he wit and ingenuity of...
Wednesday, 7 August 2024

A Shot of Beer History #3: Macardle's Coronation Brew ...

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I n July 1911 this advertisement appeared in Dundalk, Dublin and national papers: MACARDLE'S CORONATION BREW Which was supplied under Co...
Tuesday, 23 July 2024

A Shot of Beer History #2: The 'Nearly' & Others ...

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I am no stranger to the historic - and fiscally prompted - short-serve pint, with terms such as the 'Meejum' or 'Medium,' a...
Thursday, 18 July 2024

A Shot of Beer History #1: The Real Baby Guinness ...

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D id you know that prior to the invention of the mini cocktail composed of Baileys floating over Tia Maria in a shot glass called a Baby Gui...
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