RTE Brainstorm News
Great to see more national news coverage of our brewing project this week on RTE. This piece includes a Drive Time radio interview with Susan.
Mornings with Simi
Delighted to share our research with radio listeners in Vancouver, Canada this week. Check out the episode on Mornings with Simi on 980CKNW to hear about the differences between 16th century and modern beer.
Documentary Launch
We had a full house on Friday, European Researcher’s Night, for the launch of our brewing documentary. We are looking forward to sharing the film freely in the coming weeks. Our thanks to the Long Room Hub for hosting the event, and to all our guests for attending. Special thanks to Maurice Deasy from Canvas Brewing who came along to talk about traditional brewing from a contemporary perspective (and for allowing us all to taste his fantastic beers).
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
The British Food History Podcast
Susan and Marc were delighted to chat with Neil Buttery for the latest episode of The British Food History Podcast. The episode focused on the brewing project, and our experiences in undertaking ‘practice based’ history.
Boak & Bailey Beer Blog
Great to see the FoodCult beer research reported in Boak and Bailey’s popular beer news blog (23rd May). Even better, the authors described our Historical Journal article as ‘accessible and engaging’ for a non- academic audience.
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.
Brewing News Feature by ‘History First’
Mark Bridge, a journalist at History First has written a feature on the brewing project and its recent results.
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.
New Virtual Exhibition
Delighted to announce the launch of a ‘Virtual Exhibition’ focused on the Brewing Project. This presents a photo-journalistic overview of the project in five chapters, exploring the background, ingredients, equipment, process and analysis.