Beamish & Crawford
Subtitle: the history of an Irish brewery
By: Donal Ó Drisceoil & Diarmuid Ó Drisceoil
Contributors: Ó Drisceoil, Diarmuid, author
Publisher: The Collins Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Doughcloyne, Wilton, Cork
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9781848892583
Subjects: Breweries; History; Brewing industry; Industry; Beamish & Crawford Limited
Other titles: Beamish and Crawford
Description: Ireland has a worldwide reputation for stout. The Beamish & Crawford brewery, founded in 1792 in Cork, was the first Irish brewery to brew stout and porter on a large scale, creating the product and tradition on which Ireland's 'stout' reputation was to grow. This book traces the growth and development of porter and stout brewing in Ireland and tells the story of over two centuries of Cork's most iconic brewery and the people who worked there. The firm's extensive archive has enabled the writing of the most complete brewery history yet produced in Ireland. Here is a unique insight into an iconic brewery and the wealthy families who ran it, leaving indelible marks on Cork's social, cultural and political landscape, as well as its economy. William Beamish and William Crawford, the brewery founders, were two of Cork's great merchant princes who made fortunes in the 1780s, exporting agricultural produce and importing wine, tea, coffee and London porter. Their story is also told here using their letters and account books, sources hidden for over two hundred years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-416) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Cork, Porter and the Origins of the Modern Irish Brewing Industry; title: 2. Merchants: William Crawford and William Beamish; title: 3. Beginnings 1791; title: 1800; title: 4. Ireland's Leading Brewery 1800; title: 1828; title: 5. Survival 1828; title: 1863; title: 6. Renewal 1863; title: 1899; title: 7.Competitors: Lane's, Murphy's and Arnott's; title: 8. Drinking, Pubs and Temperance: Cork at the Turn of the Twentieth Century; title: 9. Beamishes and Crawfords; title: 10. Before the War 1901; title: 1913; title: 11. In Time of War 1914; title: 1921; title: 12. The Beamish & Crawford Tied-House Estate; title: 13. Bad Times and Good Taste 1922; title: 1959; title: 14. Behind the old "Tudor" facade 1960; title: 1969; title: 15. A brewery in a back street in Cork 1970; title: 1986; title: 16. The Final Chapter 1987; title: 2009.