Difference between revisions of "Phenice-Bruerie '98"

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* '''Brouwerij:''' (''Dutch'') brewery
 
* '''Brouwerij:''' (''Dutch'') brewery
 
*  ''''98''' the joke is in giving porter a vintage, as if it were a Bordeaux
 
*  ''''98''' the joke is in giving porter a vintage, as if it were a Bordeaux
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*'''1798''' ‘The Memory of the Dead’ (''song'') 'Who fears to speak of Ninety-Eight?' (i.e. of the Irish rebellion of 1798)
  
 
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Revision as of 08:41, 23 June 2022

  • Phoenix Brewery: The third largest brewery in Dublin at the end of the 19th century, it went out of business in 1905, bought out by Guinness, on its way to a Dublin monopoly in beer. The principal drink was Phoenix Porter.
  • Brouwerij: (Dutch) brewery
  • '98 the joke is in giving porter a vintage, as if it were a Bordeaux
  • 1798 ‘The Memory of the Dead’ (song) 'Who fears to speak of Ninety-Eight?' (i.e. of the Irish rebellion of 1798)