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The Irish Apple (i)

January 20th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Ireland, beer, food, gardening, wine

On making wine in Ireland, and alternatives to it.

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A stocking filler

December 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · England, beer, champagne, wine

Here’s an interesting podcast about drink.  Worth an hour of most of your time, just to give some perspective amidst the seasonal whatitsname.

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Iki & Café Mao competition winners

November 25th, 2008 · No Comments · beer, competitions, food

In June we ran a competition to promote iKi beer and Café Mao, with some meals as prizes.  The winners seem to have been pleased with their winnings so far:
Sandra Gough commented:

Hi all,
Just writing to thank you you for a wonderful dining experience that was had by myself, Mam and Dad on Monday in Mao’s [...]

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Café Mao / iKi beer competition winners

August 7th, 2008 · 7 Comments · beer, blog, food

We have three lucky winners of our Café Mao / iKi beer competition! I feel very bad about this. I’d like to give you all a meal at Café Mao; but that wasn’t the rules of the game. If the runners-up would like to send me a postal address (info [at] bubblebrothers.com), [...]

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iKi beer and Café Mao competition extended!

July 7th, 2008 · No Comments · beer, food, marketing

The Café Mao people were just on the phone to order some more of that fragrant, harmonious iKi beer, and in the course of the conversation, we agreed to run the competition for an extra week so that they have time to advertise a bit more widely in the restaurants.
So, my apologies to all you [...]

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Café Mao / iKi beer competition!

June 26th, 2008 · 12 Comments · beer, food, marketing

Konichi wa, possums!  We have a very tasty competition for you.
As you may know, Bubble Brothers are the Irish importers of iKi beer, the beer with not only

but also

in it.

The increasing demand for this stylish refreshment means that we are now delighted to be supplying Café Mao, who have three branches in and around Dublin: Chatham [...]

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Gumbo

June 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · beer, food

Chop smallish some green bell pepper, celery and onion: a couple of cups of each.
Slowly cook a third of a cup of oil or pork dripping with a tablespoon or two of flour in it, stirring all the time, until the flour reaches a mahogany brown colour.  This is what they call a roux.  Then [...]

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iki beer – the ikipedia

June 5th, 2008 · 4 Comments · beer, gardening, marketing

We’ve been selling quite a bit of iki beer just lately, what with the sporadic sunshine and everything. This is a distinctively different, not to mention stylish way to refresh and reward yourself after a hard day’s whatever, and of course it’s a little more expensive than some other yellow beers. But they [...]

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Smokin’

May 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments · beer, food, music, wine

Please don’t think for a minute that I shall ever carry out my threat to open that soul food restaurant.
Not because squirrel brains are unsafe.
There are good reasons to eat the rest of the squirrel, anyway.
It’s just that, as a plan, I don’t see it coming together. However, it would still be good if, [...]

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Pelargonium sidoides

February 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · England, beer, gardening

Nothing to do with wine, except inasmuch as wine is a fair paradigm for many another human enthusiasm. I’m very excited to be returning from Suffolk today with a couple of plants of Pelargonium sidoides from Woottens of Wenhaston in my hand luggage. Assuming they’re not adjudged to be offensive weapons, I look [...]

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