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Friday, 22 March 2024

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #19 - Arnott’s Prize Medal Porter Ghost Sign c.1890

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“T his stout is of full Alcoholic Strength, and possesses great body, as shown by the proportions of Malt Extract present. It is quite free ...
Thursday, 7 March 2024

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #18 - ‘International Bar’ Half-Pint Tankard (c. 1902)

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… t o run “as dim eyed animals do, towards any glittering object, were it but a scoured tankard, and mistake it for a solar luminary” … Mem...
Friday, 16 February 2024

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #17 – Time 'Pilsner' Glass (1960s)

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T here’s pleasure in a glass of beer When hard by work opprest; It soothes the brain with thought o’ertaxed, And sets the mind at rest. Its ...
Wednesday, 31 January 2024

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #16 – Cairnes Brewery Invoice (1940)

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I last tasted (and swallowed every drop) a glass of Drogheda strong ale, and if any of my readers in Ireland or England or any where else do...
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Thursday, 21 December 2023

Of Lovers & Libations

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P inpricks of light wink and twinkle in the milky smear that runs across the night sky. In the distance yellow light brightly glows through ...
Thursday, 7 December 2023

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #15 – Murphy Stout Label (1960s?)

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T ypography is the craft of endowing human language with a durable visual form, and thus with an independent existence. Its heartwood is cal...
Monday, 20 November 2023

Solved - A Mystery 'Brewery in Ireland' & Guinness's Plea

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'THE HUMBLE recorders of the scene all too often pass unsung and even unrecognised. One whose skill is today becoming more appreciated i...
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Mostly writing about Irish beer history of late, but I am not a historian. Email me on beerfoodtravel(at)gmail.com or follow me on Twitter & BlueSky (at)beerfoodtravel
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