Thursday, 26 May 2022

'Immortal Lager Beer'

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  LAGER BEER Tune - 'My Long-tailed Blue' --- I've drank of all the various taps, With which men soak their clay, From Red-eye W...
Wednesday, 25 May 2022

Some (Unhelpful & Incoherent) Thoughts on Irish Brewing History ...

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I t is said that history is written by the victors and that is certainly the case with Irish brewing history, where the need to shoe-horn ev...
Wednesday, 18 May 2022

The Loop-Liner - Dublin's Lost Porter Measure

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I have a tedious fascination with the various terms for measures of alcohol served around Ireland in our past and have featured some previo...
Wednesday, 11 May 2022

Giving it Both Barrels: 19th Century Sketches of Smithwick's & Sullivan's Kilkenny XX Porter

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T he history of brewing in Kilkenny is a topic I keep returning to again and again  as there is such a wealth of real history to be mined i...
Wednesday, 4 May 2022

The Burgundy of Ireland - Drogheda Ale or Cork Stout...?

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M y often-addled brain can get somewhat confused when scrolling through the many advertisements and other texts that I need to absorb before...
Wednesday, 30 March 2022

Irish Brewery Advertisements: Castlebellingham Bitter Ale

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I am quite partial to old Irish beer advertisements and this is a nice one for Castlebellingham Brewery in Louth for their bitter ale, whic...
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Wednesday, 23 March 2022

Pub Fiction: The Stars beneath the Sea ...

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M y favourite pub, The Stars beneath the Sea, sits on a narrow, cobbled street a short ten-minute walk from my home. There are well-worn lim...
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