Like the Perry stuff at the Laois County Library. Filling in a few, of the gaps, in my knowledge of Irish brewing. Filling more in would be great.
I've been asked about writing a book om Irish brewing. Maybe I will, if I can scrape together enough information.
I know they have some brewing records in the Cork archives. But I'm damned if I can find them in their online catalogue. If you can help a poor oldie person to find the relevant documents, do let me know.
Probably in April I'll be over. Any other archive suggestions are very welcome.
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The Murphy's Archive is at UCC: https://libguides.ucc.ie/MurphysBreweryCollection
The Beamish one definitely used to be at Cork City & County Archive, though I don't see it listed there any more either. I'm sure if you ask they'll be able to tell you if it's somewhere else. I think there's a lot of information about the pub trade which is still deemed commercially sensitive in there.
If you want to I could recommend you pubs by DM on Twitter to visit.
Oscar
Like brown envelope stocking deals
I expect you'd be well aware of the book by Bill Yenne "Guinness, the 250 year quest for the perfect pint".
Certainly stood me in good stead as I won a comp with my Irish stout by incorporating some of Bill's info that he obtained staying as a guest at the St. James Gate brewery!! I don't know if Guinness are as accommodating as that nowadays, worth a try I suppose.
I'd be very interested in what you learn about earlier versions of their modern day stout.
I have visited the Cork Archives they have a fair amount of Murphys records - I wrote a chapter in Guile Brews about what I found. Cheers Peter
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