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Cork drinks its own. This book pours a history of the city through its breweries and distilleries, from Murphy's at the Lady's Well to Beamish and Crawford on the south channel. You will learn why Irish whiskey collapsed and how Midleton brought it back, where Cork Dry Gin and Tanora came from, and how Father Mathew signed hundreds of thousands to the pledge. It ends in the place the whole story lives, the Cork pub and the evening round. Eleven chapters. Illustrated. Digital download (PDF).
What's inside:
Prologue: Three Pints
1. Water and Barley
2. Murphy's, the Lady's Well Brewery
3. Beamish and Crawford
4. The Fall of Irish Whiskey
5. The Midleton Distillery
6. The Pot Still Style
7. The Recovery
8. Cork Dry Gin and the Other Spirits
9. Cider and the Soft Drinks
10. Father Mathew and the Temperance War
11. The Pub
Epilogue: The Evening Round
36 pages, illustrated.
From the opening pages:
In a Cork pub you can order a Murphy's or a Beamish, and in a few you can get a stout brewed on the premises, and you cannot get that exact set of choices anywhere else in the world. Outside Cork, Murphy's and Beamish turn up in some Irish pubs in the larger cities. Inside Cork, the choice between them is a matter of personal conviction that some Cork people hold with a seriousness mild-tempered visitors find out of proportion to the question.
The Cork stouts taste different. Murphy's is creamier and slightly sweet, with a roasted-grain note that does not dominate. Beamish is drier and more bitter, with the strongest coffee edge of the two.
Cork drinks its own. This book pours a history of the city through its breweries and distilleries, from Murphy's at the Lady's Well to Beamish and Crawford on the south channel. You will learn why Irish whiskey collapsed and how Midleton brought it back, where Cork Dry Gin and Tanora came from, and how Father Mathew signed hundreds of thousands to the pledge. It ends in the place the whole story lives, the Cork pub and the evening round. Eleven chapters. Illustrated. Digital download (PDF).
What's inside:
Prologue: Three Pints
1. Water and Barley
2. Murphy's, the Lady's Well Brewery
3. Beamish and Crawford
4. The Fall of Irish Whiskey
5. The Midleton Distillery
6. The Pot Still Style
7. The Recovery
8. Cork Dry Gin and the Other Spirits
9. Cider and the Soft Drinks
10. Father Mathew and the Temperance War
11. The Pub
Epilogue: The Evening Round
36 pages, illustrated.
From the opening pages:
In a Cork pub you can order a Murphy's or a Beamish, and in a few you can get a stout brewed on the premises, and you cannot get that exact set of choices anywhere else in the world. Outside Cork, Murphy's and Beamish turn up in some Irish pubs in the larger cities. Inside Cork, the choice between them is a matter of personal conviction that some Cork people hold with a seriousness mild-tempered visitors find out of proportion to the question.
The Cork stouts taste different. Murphy's is creamier and slightly sweet, with a roasted-grain note that does not dominate. Beamish is drier and more bitter, with the strongest coffee edge of the two.
