Six-part public lecture series at Dublin Castle | February 2026
Brewing Power: Food and Drink in Sixteenth-Century Ireland
Six-part public lecture series at Dublin Castle | February 2026
FoodCult is collaborating with Dublin Castle and the Office of Public Works (OPW) to present Brewing Power: Food and Drink in Sixteenth-Century Ireland, a six-part public lecture series running from 6–21 February 2026.
The series draws on research from the project to explore how food and drink shaped everyday life, work, sociability, and authority in sixteenth-century Ireland. Through a combination of talks, film, experimental reconstruction, and guided tastings, the lectures move between the kitchens of Dublin Castle and reconstructed Sixteenth-century brewhouses, using food as a lens onto lived experience in the past.
A central theme of the series is brewing as historical practice. Several events highlight FoodCult’s long-term collaboration with Maurice Deasy of Canvas Brewing, tracing how archival research and experimental archaeology have informed both historical reconstruction and contemporary craft brewing. Each lecture includes a guided tasting, allowing audiences to connect historical evidence directly with sensory experience.
