Tag Archives: Ireland

KILKENNY: Arthur’s Day; St Canice Cathedral: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #35

Posted on August 12, 2013 by waywardwine

We bus to Kilkenny in the heart of Ireland, after a beer-drowned week around Dublin (posted last Monday). Or least that’s what we think. Exhausted, I book our one-way ticket as round-trip. Idiot. I can’t change it. To top it … Continue reading →

Posted in Ireland, WINERIES WANDERED | Tagged Arthur Guinness, arthurguinness, Barack Obama, Canice, Cathedral, Celtic tower, Diageo, Dublin, Guinness, Ireland, John Kearney, Kilkenny, Kilkenny Castle, Kilkenny GAA, Monday, President Obama, Smithwick, St Canice's Cathedral, Towers | 2 Comments

DRINK IN DUBLIN DAY 4-6: Bull and Castle; Hill of Tara; Newgrange: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #34

Posted on August 5, 2013 by waywardwine

Time is running out. For three straight days we had mostly drunk through Dublin: averaging more three pubs a day. But only three days remain. Light rain turns into a torrent. So we devote most of our time running between … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Blackrock, Dublin, Franciscan Well, Hill of Tara, Ireland, James Joyce, Newgrange, Purgatory Pale Ale, Stone of Destiny, Trim Castle | 1 Comment

GUINNESS FACTORY: DRINK IN DUBLIN DAY 3: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #33

Posted on July 29, 2013 by waywardwine

Our seven month, thirteen country, EU Austerity Drinking Tour continues today with the pint that defines Ireland: Guinness. Last week’s posts visited the decent (but now defunct) Messrs Maguire Brewery Pub and the bolder (and now international) The Porterhouse. Today, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Arthur Guinness, Beer, Brazen Head, Brewing, Cooperage, Coopers, Diageo, Dublin, Eiffel Tower, European Union, Fergal Murry, Guinness, Ireland, James Joyce, Pub, Saint James Gate, St Patty's Day, The Brazen Head, The Gravity Bar | 5 Comments

THE PORTERHOUSE: DRINK IN DUBLIN DAY 2 and 4: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #31

Posted on July 22, 2013 by waywardwine

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 | 8 Comments

DRINK IN DUBLIN: Day 1 Part 2: Bull and Castle, Jameson Distillery, Book of Kells: EU Austerity Drinking Tour #30

Posted on July 15, 2013 by waywardwine

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 →