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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
Category Archives: Ireland
MESSRS MAGUIRE CRAFT BREWERS: DRINK IN DUBLIN DAY 2: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #32
ADDENDUM: This visit took place September 22nd 2012. According to Dean McGuinness @BeerMessiah, J.W. Sweetman’s has replaced Messrs Maguires. Oh how quickly the world of beers keeps turning. Enjoy this step through near-history. After a whirlwind first day in Dublin, … Continue reading
THE PORTERHOUSE: DRINK IN DUBLIN DAY 2 and 4: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #31
On Day Two in Dublin we go to the immense Archaeological Museum. After a few hours of breathtaking, minute Celtic metalwork, hunger takes us. Incapable of eating fine metalwork, we soon find The Poterhouse Brewery‘s “Central” pub on Nassau Street. … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Ireland, WINERIES WANDERED
Tagged Bolero, Brewery, Cask ale, Celtic, Chocolate, Dublin, Food, Guinness, Hop Head, Ireland, London, Oyster Stout, Plain Porter, Ravel, Ravel's Bolero, Shopping, Stout, The Porterhouse, United States, Wrassler's 4X Stout
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DRINK IN DUBLIN: Day 1 Part 2: Bull and Castle, Jameson Distillery, Book of Kells: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #30
For our first Dublin morning, the liquid brunch at Stag’s Head and tempting Celtic Whiskey Shop had simply whetted our palates. Now, annoyingly sober again, we follow the River Liffey west. Having tasted the antiquated, we search for Dublin’s modern … Continue reading
Posted in Beer, EMPTIED BOTTLES, Ireland, WINERIES WANDERED
Tagged Book of Kells, Bull & Castle, Bull and Castle, Carlo Brewing Company, Celtic Whiskey Shop, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, F.X. Buckley, German, Golden Ale, Guinness, Guinness harp, Ireland, Irish people, Irish whiskey, Long Hall, Madame Tussaud, Old Jameson Distillery, Open Doors, River Liffey, Trinity College, Whiskey
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LONDONDERRY CALLING: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #28
Our Seven Month EU Austerity Drinking Tour continues. Last Monday’s post covered a visit to Bushmills Distillery and the Giant’s Causeway. This Monday, my wife and I cut North, to the burnt borderland between the United Kingdom and Ireland: Londonderry. … Continue reading
Posted in Ireland, WINERIES WANDERED
Tagged Bloody Sunday, Bogside, Bono, David Cameron, Derry, Free Derry, Giant Causeway, Guinness, IRA, Ireland, London, Lundy the Traitor, Sunday Bloddy Sunday, Troubles, U2, United States
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