The Beer Nut

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Drinks beer, travels. Drinks beer. Writings: https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/

A view over Dublin from a 7th floor window, looking north, with the National Museum immediately below, the National Library's rotunda beyond, and the towers of College Square and George's Quay in the distance.
The lunch bento at Zakura (the little one), Baggot Street, Dublin. Sushi, tempura prawns, beef green curry, rice and miso soup.
Nano Cinco Innovation #6 New England triple IPA.
The freakish statue of Terry Wogan in Limerick.
A pint of Trouble Brewing Pavilion Lager on the terrace of The Pav, the sports pavilion in Trinity College Dublin, overlooking College Park.
Irish Times headline on a Fintan O'Toole comment piece: "Odysseus is all around us, not just in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster".
Orecchiette and farfalle salads.
The colourful RTÉ World Cup set.
A sleeping kitten.
jeremy clarkson lets do this GIF by The Grand Tour
At The Silver Penny, the JD Wetherspoon on Abbey Street in Dublin: Windsor & Eton Conqueror black IPA, Acorn Gorlovka imperial stout and Hanlons Port Stout.
SOMA Ripple triple IPA.
Front cover of The Times today. The king and queen are behind a bar and the king is holding up a pint. The story below is headlined "Falklands are still ours, No. 10 tells Argentina."
Argentina supporters at the World Cup semi final.
Errigal Brewing Blás Anagaire porter.
Comparative tasting of northern and southern Tayto cheese and onion crisps.
Farfalle salad.
Interior of The Christchurch: round tables and banquette sitting, lit by a red neon Third Barrel sign.
TV in Toner's Yard, Dublin, showing Mastermind.
A poured bottle of Theakston Old Peculier in front of Norway v England.
A bag of Tayto Craft vintage Irish cheddar and onion flavour, which I'm currently eating with the hand that's not writing this alt text.
The "Ulster Says Yeoo" banner at the Ulster Sports Club.
Exterior of The Sunflower pub in Belfast. "No topless bathing. Ulster has suffered enough" says the famous sign.
The statue of Edward Carson on the Stormont Estate. In the background, Parliament Buildings with its flagstaffs empty.
The bar at The Middle Ale.
Exterior of The Middle Ale, Lidl's pub in Belfast.
The Hope logo, with a "10" highlighted between the H and the O.
A spiky-furred black kitten.
Eating pizza at a traffic junction in south-westish Dublin.
Drinking cava in my kitchen.
The Irish Times: "Met Éireann has issued a yellow heat warning for 12 counties on Friday, with temperatures of up to 30 degrees forecast. The warning applies to Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford from 10am on Friday until 7am on Saturday. The weather agency warned of water safety issues, heat stress and uncomfortable sleeping conditions as a result of the high temperatures."
A tired kitten, stretched out on a table.
Weihenstephaner Helles.
The Christchurch, High Street, Dublin.
Luke Ming Flanagan MEP, addressing the European Parliament wearing a Captain America t-shirt.
Johnnie Fox's, a tourist-oriented pub in the Dublin mountains, sells hoodies with backprints saying "MILF: man I like Fox's" and "DILF: damn I like Fox's."
Spinach and pinenut pasta salad with bread, cheese, charcuterie, sweet potato salad and pickled onions.
Lough Gill Oh! pale ale.
A kitten eating my feet.
Poured myself a Boyle's gin and Fever Tree tonic. Cigar boxes in the background. Those boxes have been there for decades. I've no idea if there's anything in them. "The football" is Tyrone vs Cork in the All-Ireland Minor final. I'm watching it on TG4.
A Heverlee pint glass, inscribed "Ne quid nimis".
Heaney Double Pale, a hazy pale ale.
Excerpt from an article on The Irish Times about Andy Burnham, describing is eyelashes as "lengthy black flappers".
Mad Scientist Trøffel, described as "ice cream dark braggot with raspberry, cocoa, coffee and punch ice cream powder."
Drinking Marí Mayans Ibizan absinthe.
Crooked Stave Blues Berry fruited sour ale.
Untappd entry for The Christchurch showing it closed.
A Bulmers delivery truck next to some motorbike Gardaí in Dublin.
Damm Rosa Blanca.
Headline: 'Absolute [blank]' of British brewing Humphrey Smith dies aged 81.
Greene King Bonkers Conkers.
Koelschip Yard, a pub in Glasgow.
Kittens and stout.
A black kitten looking at stouts.
A tabby kitten sniffing stouts.
Two glasses of stout.
O'Hara's Leann Folláin vs Rye River Nocturne. Both superb stouts. But which is better?
Stolen from @LaurieBeth on Untappd and taken in The Salt House, Galway. A sign taped to the toilet wall says "Dryer is broken. Use blue roll. Do not flush the blue roll." Another sign next to it says "No seriously. Do. Not. Flush. The blue roll. Don't do it! Just don't do it!"