On a recent trip to Dublin, Ireland I visited a goodly number of pubs; I was there for ten days after all. Go into any pub in Ireland and you will find the ubiquitous beer mat (or beer coasters as we call them in the United States) upon which you can rest your beer. Today’s beer mat Continue reading The Humble Beer Mat
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The Guinness Storehouse
One could hardly come to Dublin without visiting the Guinness Storehouse. So that is what my wife and I did during our recent trip to that fair city. Guinness and I go back a long way. Of all the beers that I currently drink with any regularity Guinness is the one with which I have the longest association. My Guinness drinking days go back over 30 years to when I was undergraduate student at the University of Continue reading The Guinness Storehouse