Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Recipe: Anchovy, Bacon & Potato Pie

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I really like old cookery books... It's a mix of the almost-musty smell combined with the softness of the well-worn pages, plus th...
Thursday, 13 April 2017

Beer History: Kilkenny Porter - An Alternative Reality Perhaps?

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TO BREWERS A n experienced porter brewer and accomptant who for some years has brewed for, and conducted the business of two eminent b...
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Tuesday, 4 April 2017

Food: Recipe - Pickled Hop Shoots

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M y hop plant husbandry took an unexpected turn recently, but one that tied in neatly with another of my interests... Faced with a bu...
Wednesday, 29 March 2017

Beer History: What's your Poison?

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I jumped ahead 50 years in my research out of an interest in seeing how the paper I am currently trawling through - The Carlow Sentinel ...
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Monday, 20 March 2017

Travel : A Return to Kaffee de Planck, Ghent - Poor Poes...

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M y last visit here probably tells you all you need to know about one of my favourite bars in Ghent -  and beyond it - but this return ...
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Tuesday, 14 March 2017

History: Beer and Loathing in 17th Century Ireland

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I f I had come across the first two lines in the following extract a few years ago I would have probably drolly commented that things had c...
Thursday, 2 March 2017

Alltech Craft Brews & Food Festival 2017 - A Sense of Belonging...

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F or me the  Alltech Brews & Food Festival  is unmissable and I was lucky enough to wangle a media pass this year. Previously I had t...