Wednesday, 30 December 2020

Of Puns & Prairie Oysters - An American Drink Buffet in Dublin, 1892

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I n March of 1892 The Burlington Hotel & Restaurant in Dublin (Not the newer iteration, this one was in that lovely building on the corn...
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Thursday, 3 December 2020

The City of Dublin Brewery - An early illustrated brewery advertisement

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A nother short post just to show this nice illustrated newspaper advertisement for The City of Dublin Brewery from 1870. It features a styli...
Wednesday, 2 December 2020

More Historic Irish Mild Ales! Up North in Coleraine Brewery ...

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J ust a quick post to flag more Irish Mild Ales - Coleraine Brewery were brewing three different types in Derry in 1859. I haven't delve...
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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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