Thursday, 26 November 2020

More than a Glass, Less than a Pint - Getting the Measure of the Irish 'Meejum'

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Kerry Evening Post. - Wednesday 11 September 1889 I n October of 1960 a London visitor to the west of Ireland felt aggrieved enough to write...
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Tuesday, 17 November 2020

Another Historic Irish IPA and Mild Ale Sighting - Nugent's Brewery, Drogheda, Co. Louth

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I 've become somewhat obsessed with historic Irish ales in recent times, and although the world and the marketeers in the larger breweri...
Sunday, 15 November 2020

D'Arcy's Dublin Extra Stout Label

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(Newspaper Page © The British Library Board) T rawling though a few old newspapers online I came across the below advertisement for D'Ar...
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Monday, 9 November 2020

More Non-Intoxicating Drink: Hovenden & Orr - St. Stephen's Brewery, Dublin

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(Image is Courtesy of Dublin City Library and Archive) A mention of an establishment called 'St. Stephen's Brewery' piqued my ...
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Thursday, 5 November 2020

The Red Cow Inn - A Carlow Merchant's Token

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© The Trustees of the British Museum F rom stumbling around in the local history of pubs, taverns and inns I'd previously come across me...
Monday, 2 November 2020

The Dublin Hop Stout Company - Temperance Brewing in the late 19th Century

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O n a Sunday morning in January 1896 there was a freak accident at no 45 Stafford Street in Dublin, when an unfortunate individual named Wil...
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Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Phoenix - The Brief History of an Irish Ale that Burned Brightly

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© Independent News and Media PLC T he history of Irish beer and brewing is awash with the flotsam and jetsam of brands that didn’t quite mak...
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