Thursday, 8 March 2018

Beer History: Exhibitions All Round...

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O n the day that the Alltech Craft Brews & Food Fair  (There's a post from last year's event here . ) starts in The Convention ...
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Tuesday, 27 February 2018

Recipe: Mangel Wurzel Ale, Whisky ... and Paper!

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I 've been quite busy and distracted over the last few weeks so blog posts have been scarce to say the least, but with a bit of luck I...
Thursday, 1 February 2018

Beer & Travel History: A Grand Day Out in Kilkenny - October Ales & Orchards

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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about William Cobbett's visit to Kilkenny and his thoughts on the city, people and the beers of Irel...
Thursday, 18 January 2018

Beer History: Politics versus Bad Beer ... and The True Heart of Man?

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I n 1834 William Cobbett an English journalist, farmer and member of parliament wrote a series of letters back to a labourer called C...
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Thursday, 4 January 2018

Food & Drink History: {Opinion} Be Careful What You Wish For...

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A s you may be aware, many food writers, bloggers, tweeters and other so called food/nutrition/wellness ' experts ' tend to ann...
Friday, 22 December 2017

Travel: Bonn, Germany Part I - Christmas Markets, Castles and Beethoven's Birthplace!

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S o here we go again... I have a reoccuring fear that our annual pilgrimage to a Christmas market each December has become so regula...
Wednesday, 20 December 2017

Beer History: Genuine London Porter in Kilkenny - 1767

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H ere's a nice early-ish mention from 1767 of London porter being available in Kilkenny - hardly a shock but nice to see it in print....