Wednesday, 23 August 2023

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #11 – Mountjoy Brewery Cask Return Postcard (1888)

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R eturning to the larger yard, we crossed over to the cask-washing sheds constructed principally of iron and tiled roofs. […] Three thousand...
Sunday, 9 July 2023

Opinion: On Beer Twitter ...

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T he beercentric side of Twitter is for me like a favourite pub … It's one I’ve been going to for quite a while because it’s easy to rea...
Friday, 23 June 2023

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #10 – The Guinness Waterford Tankard (1960s)

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B ut when a cauliflower-wigged tankard of brown stout crowned the repast, his rapture knew no bounds. He pressed it with ecstasy to his lips...
Thursday, 8 June 2023

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #9 - At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien (1939)

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W hen things go wrong and will not come right, Though you do the best you can, When life looks black as the hour of night – A PINT OF PLAIN ...
Friday, 26 May 2023

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #8 - Label Facsimile for Greenmount Brewery (c. 1870)

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Perry Archive in Portlaoise Library T he PALE ALE was beautifully clear, bright, and sparkling. It had a very pleasant bitter flavour of the...
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Wednesday, 17 May 2023

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #7 - Time Beermats from Smithwick's Brewery (1962)

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'T he manufacturers of Time Beer have produced a number of new drip mats with some very amusing little designs, all based on well-known ...
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Tuesday, 25 April 2023

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #6 - A Drayman's Delivery Docket from Sullivan's Brewery (1892)

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I could speak of the beer drinking capabilities of some of the Walshe mountain girls - but why should we cavil at the amount of refreshment...
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