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.
Affective Artefacts
Looking forward to discussing the FoodCult brewing project at the Affective Artefacts seminar at the University of Manchester next week. The seminar takes place at 4 pm on 24th April (Sam Alex, A112).
The Conversation
We wrote a short piece for The Conversation this week, sharing some insights from the ever popular brewing project.
The Best Beer Writing of 2023…
We are very excited to see our Historical Journal article on early modern beer feature on Boak and Bailey’s list of the Best Beer Writing of 2023. The article is open access and freely available to read.
Beer Ladies Podcast
Delighted to chat to the Beer Ladies about the FoodCult Brewing Project and our experiences of recreating a sixteenth-century brewhouse.
Beoirfest Podcast
At 1 pm tomorrow 30th November Susan and Marc will talk live to Brian O’Connell at Beoirfest about the brewing project. The podcast will be available to listen to later on YouTube.
Film Screening at Newlin Grist Mill, Pennsylvania
Newlin Grist Mill will host a special screening of our documentary Drunk? Adventures in Sixteenth-Century Brewing on 16th November at 6 pm. This will be followed by live Q&A with Marc Meltonville, FoodCult’s lead brewer.
RTE Drivetime Show
Delighted to have the opportunity to talk about our research on the RTE 1 Drivetime Show last week.
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).