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* '''Brouwerij:''' (''Dutch'') brewery | * '''Brouwerij:''' (''Dutch'') brewery | ||
| − | * ''' | + | * '''1898''' the joke is in giving porter a vintage, as if it were a Bordeaux. 1898 was in fact an exceptional vintage year for claret and champagne. |
| + | *'''1798''' ‘The Memory of the Dead’ (''song'') 'Who fears to speak of Ninety-Eight?' (i.e. of the Irish rebellion of 1798) | ||
[[Category: Alcohol]] | [[Category: Alcohol]] | ||
[[Category:phoenixpark]] | [[Category:phoenixpark]] | ||
Latest revision as of 06:35, 24 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
- 1898 the joke is in giving porter a vintage, as if it were a Bordeaux. 1898 was in fact an exceptional vintage year for claret and champagne.
- 1798 ‘The Memory of the Dead’ (song) 'Who fears to speak of Ninety-Eight?' (i.e. of the Irish rebellion of 1798)
