Ah, it was lovely to meet you too!

Explore history through food & drink at Brewing Power, a six-part public lecture series at Dublin Castle, 6–21 Feb 2026.
The series brings together research, film, reconstruction & guided tastings to uncover everyday life in sixteenth-century Ireland.
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Oh, superb 👏 👌 🤣

Perry poitin?

Potato Pear – National Perry Pear Centre Found in Monmouthshire and the Forest of Dean.  So named because it looks like a potato.

Oh no, I've just looked it up and it needs saving! www.nationalperrypearcentre.org.uk/pear/potato-...

He already gets called Perry Potato (I still think that's an hilarious name for a pear), Perry the Platypus and Perry the Catypus. Poor thing 🤣

Small tabby and white cat sitting like a loaf in his crate.

Hi Barry, I've a new kitten who came to me from Welsh Mountain Cider already named Perry. 😃

So here are some notes regarding those porters brewed for this talk ...

LOST APPLE 'RYMER' REDISCOVERED! Thanks to amazing sleuthing by Stephen Ainsleigh Rice in England and Gary Sully in Australia, this wonderful cooking apple has been confirmed rediscovered. Believed lost for nearly 100 years, DNA testing shows it was a grandparent of Bramley. 1/3

🤣 you're welcome.

Gnashy little git ! 😅

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Sounds like an assassin beaver was set on you, glad it missed.

Quince jelly is sublime 😍
Will you add the medlars or do them separately?

Sounds awful!!

Yes, I think so.

Happy orbit day!

It's really quite cute. I'm surprised it's only half a pint. The handle sits well in my hand, though.

From a now closed pub.

I'm drinking cider from a 1900 half pint silver-plated pub mug. And it makes the mug looked gilded inside.

I'm so pleased for them but that it is still called the Susanna Forbes Award ❤️

🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏

LET’S KEEP GOING!

If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Congratulations!!

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That's rather fabulous

Are those for me? 😍

It's a great article and does indeed bust a myth that needed busting. Next up, 'they drank cider because it was safer than water'? 😃

There aren’t many outlets that post such regular content dedicated to cider. And though we only publish once a week this year (last year was a blistering twice a week), I’m proud of the coverage we give. We don’t get mentioned much on socials or beer sites, but if you like this kind of content… 🙂

@barmas.bsky.social Do you remember that conversation we had on Twitter a couple of years ago, about an engraving of a. 18th century London tavern, selling Redstreak cider? We've found a painted version!