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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
Category Archives: Ireland
WEST KERRY BREWERY, PORTER, DINGLE PENINSULA, IRELAND EU 3.99: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #39
Pints from the Franciscan Well Brewery warm our walk back to our homestay. We stumble upon ruins of a distillery We also visit a militant penitentiary: Soon evening shades the port of Cork, Ireland. Punks chase each other. Couples mouth … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, WINERIES WANDERED
Tagged Beer, Blasket Islands, Bradleys, Connecticut, Dingle, Dingle Peninsula, Ireland, John Kerry, Kerry, Nova Scotia, Porter, West Kerry Brewery
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CORK (IRELAND) PART 2: THE FRANCISCAN WELL BREWERY: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #38
Last Monday sampled beer from the Franciscan Well Brewery in Cork, Ireland. We return to test their cask ale.
A week ago in Dublin, we tried their Purgatory Pale Ale from cask at the Bull and Castle. I got a touch romantic: “Franciscan Well’s ‘Purgatory’ is hardly hell: it is beguiling, a bit sarcastic, and very good (4 of 5): like a first date who clearly is over you by the end. I suppose we should stop by Cork after all.”
Oh, how naive.
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Posted in Beer, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Ireland, WINERIES WANDERED
Tagged apple pie, Beer, Cask ale, cork, Dublin, Franciscan, Franciscan Well Brewery, Ireland, Tank
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BLARNEY CASTLE, THE FRANCISCAN WELL BREWERY: CORK, IRELAND PART 1: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #37
Our EU Austerity Drinking Tour leaves the charms and beer of Kilkenny (posted last Monday). We head to Cork on Ireland’s south coast: our last stop in Ireland before diving headfirst into the wine-filled bosom of France. While munching on … Continue reading
SMITHWICKS VISIT: KILKENNEY, IRELAND: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #36
Like most dark comedies, today we attend a funeral. Last week’s post intimated that Smithwick’s (pronounced Smith-Icks), Ireland’s oldest brewery, will die. Its owner Diageo decided to move Smithwick’s from its birthplace in Kilkenny to Dublin. Demolitions are pending. We’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Diageo, Dublin, Guinness, Ireland, Kilkenny, Rothe House, Smithwick, United States
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