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Drunk? Adventures in Sixteenth-Century Brewing

Announcing the launch and screening of a documentary on brewing beer from the sixteenth century. The film is directed by Prof Shreepali Patel, a Bafta winning film maker based at University of the Arts in London. It was produced in collaboration with Storylab at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. It follows the team of FoodCult researchers from the archive, through fields, the brewhouse, and finally the laboratory in our journey to recreate and understand early modern beer.

The Screening will take place at the Long Room Hub on Friday 29th September at 1830. It will be followed by discussion with the project PI, Dr Susan Flavin, the film’s director BAFTA winner Prof Shreepali Patel, renowned food and drinks historian, Marc Meltonville, and heritage brewer Maurice Deasy from Canvas Brewery, Co Tipperary.

The event forms part of Trinity’s European Researchers’ Night and the Trinity Arts and Humanities Research Festival.

Booking Only: Register Here

 

 

2023-09-21T10:25:25+00:0021 September 2023|Events, Media, News|

FoodCult Media Engagement

There has been a tremendous media response to the FoodCult brewing project in the past few weeks. The research has been covered by The Times newspaper, BBC Radio 4 and also by  Jane Garvey and Fi Glover on their Times Radio show. There have also been multiple blog posts, including one by renowned beer writer Jeff Alworth, author of The Beer Bible

Read The Times piece by Rhys Blakely

Read the Blog post by Jeff Alworth

2023-04-10T14:15:25+00:0010 April 2023|Media, News, Podcasts|

The History of Poitin- FoodCult research in the Sunday Independent

FoodCult research on early modern drink has featured in a great article on the history of Irish poitin. The article written by Chrissie Russell for the Sunday Independent explores the evolution of the drink through time, and the reasons for its current popularity. We were delighted to share our insights on the development of distillation in the sixteenth century.

Read the article

2022-06-13T16:35:40+00:0013 June 2022|Media, News|