Friday, 29 January 2021

Tivoli - The First Lager Brand in Ireland?

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J ust a quick post to answer a question that I'd meant to research a while ago (and thought I had!).  What was the first branded lager a...
Monday, 25 January 2021

A Fifty and a Snipe of Skol: What beers were we drinking in Ireland in 1965?

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A rchive searching has become a bit of a escape for me of late, as trawling through old and not so old photos and records is a good distract...
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Thursday, 21 January 2021

Egan's Tullamore Pale Ale - Beautiful! Bright! Brilliant!

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H ere's a nice front page advertisement from The Midland Tribune from 1888 for 'Tullamore Pale Ale' brewed by P & H Egan ...
Monday, 11 January 2021

Lost in the Noise? - Smithwick's Black Diamond Ale

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A while back I came across what I thought was quite an obscure label for an ale brewed in St. Francis Abbey Brewery in Kilkenny - more popu...
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Monday, 4 January 2021

Ty o' Letch an Koornt Vleash : Some thoughts on Yola words for food and drink ...

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B ack in 1867 an Englishman called William Barnes published a book with the typical-for-the-time long title of 'A Glossary with Some Pie...
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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...