Come see me this Wednesday, May 13th from 12:15-1pm as part of Trinity Talks with @nearfm.ie and TCD Long Room Hub. We will be chatting all things my book Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland. Its free but do RSVP! All welcome. Hope to see you there! RSVP: www.eventbrite.ie/e/filthy-que...

Gutted to be missing the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards 2026 tonight, but incredibly honoured that Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland made the shortlist amongst so many great books. Best of luck to everyone!

Launching my new series on my blog and substack- How to Historian: Decoding History for Writers and Readers. I'll teach you how to think like a Historian through beer history 🍻 more details here: braciatrix.com/2026/04/29/h...

Were there issues? Absolutely there were and serious ones, but we need to look at the actual facts not oft repeated myths and anecdotes. An accurate, unbiased account of women in drinking spaces in Ireland is very much needed. Not from me though as I'm disliked enough for stuff like this! ... [2/2]

Love seeing @braciatrix.bsky.social and @weirdinthewade.bsky.social in the same round-up!

Our paper on Neolithic mash forks, mash tuns and large Grooved Ware bucket-shaped pots has escaped from behind the paywall: "The oldest mash forks in Britain and other archaeological evidence for ale in the Neolithic." 🤓🍻🏺 #Neolithic #ale #mashforks #Cumbria www.breweryhistory.com/journal/arch...

I'm back to writing! Substack and blog are back. Expect once a week posts. First out gate, what does ghost hunting have to do with brewing? Read: Slay (Filthy) Queen(s): Beer Tasting, Ghost Hunting, and Trying to Lose Our 17th Century Ale License with Rye River Brewing braciatrix.com/2026/04/16/s...

I'm back to writing! Substack and blog are back. Expect once a week posts. First out gate, what does ghost hunting have to do with brewing? Read: Slay (Filthy) Queen(s): Beer Tasting, Ghost Hunting, and Trying to Lose Our 17th Century Ale License with Rye River Brewing braciatrix.com/2026/04/16/s...

'Associations between financial hardship and alcohol reduction attempts in the context of a cost-of-living crisis and alcohol tax reforms' | @drsarahejackson.bsky.social @jholmessheff.bsky.social @victimofmaths.bsky.social et al @sciencedirect.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I am back posting on here (miss me? Of course you didn't 🤣) and celebrating International Women's Day in style at @ryeriverbrewingco.bsky.social with @beerladiespod.bsky.social

Lovely blog about our Think While You Drink public events on beer, drinking, and drinking places in pubs last year if anyone is interested in how they worked and what we did: humsimpact.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/01/05/b... Starting to plan for this year so watch this space or sign up to our list

I finally joined after threatening to do it for years 🤣

I’ve only just recovered from Sunday evening’s entertainment. Thank you to @braciatrix.bsky.social @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social @lmulligangrocer.bsky.social and everyone that came along. I’d a lovely evening chatting about all things Irish beer with so many Irish beer people!!!

With the dust settled, I just wanted to thank @braciatrix.bsky.social for involving me in this project, LMG for hosting it, and Trouble for brewing the beers - a (very small) part of me wishes I'd have been there. I'm raising a mug of Irish historical-ish porter from a century later to you all ...

Friends, can I just take a minute to recommend @davidjesudason.bsky.social latest for @pelliclemag.com, A deeply evocative piece, blending stories of Hells Angels with personal anecdotes, I absolutely loved this excellent modern beer history article www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...

@beerfoodtravel.bsky.social, you & @braciatrix.bsky.social have done a great job with @troublebrewing.bsky.social - full marks all around!

Friends!! Join me Dec 7th from 4pm at @lmulligangrocer for PORTER WARS- book talk and beer tasting!! We will be launching my collaboration brew with @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social & @troublebrewing.ie - two porters inspired by my chapter Porter Wars from Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland

Friends!! Join me Dec 7th from 4pm at @lmulligangrocer for PORTER WARS- book talk and beer tasting!! We will be launching my collaboration brew with @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social & @troublebrewing.ie - two porters inspired by my chapter Porter Wars from Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland

Special congratulations to DSN member @braciatrix.bsky.social for making the shortlist (and anyone else we might have missed - let us know!).

Incredibly honoured to have been shortlisted in for @britbeerwriters.bsky.social Best Book About Beer or Pubs alongside the amazing @morrighani.bsky.social and @tabamatu.bsky.social!! Congratulations to all the nominees and can't wait to catch up at the end of November

Really looking forward to heading down to Kilkenny for kilkenomics this Sat where I will be taking part as a panel member on 'Women’s Business: The History of Irish Women in Brewing, Bottling, and Behind the Bar'. Tickets are free but ticketed: kilkenomics.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873679053

Really looking forward to heading down to Kilkenny for kilkenomics this Sat where I will be taking part as a panel member on 'Women’s Business: The History of Irish Women in Brewing, Bottling, and Behind the Bar'. Tickets are free but ticketed: kilkenomics.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/shows/873679053

Awww yay!! I'm so so glad you enjoyed it!

Happy Samhain and Halloween to everyone!! And it's time for my annual PSA that women brewing in UK and Ireland were not removed from the beer trade via en masse witchcraft accusations and the modern witch stereotype doesn't come from their garb either

Happy Samhain and Halloween to everyone!! And it's time for my annual PSA that women brewing in UK and Ireland were not removed from the beer trade via en masse witchcraft accusations and the modern witch stereotype doesn't come from their garb either

My latest documentary with History Hit looks at the witch hunts in 17th century Iceland, where 93% of those condemned as witches were men. Now available at historyhit.com (free trial period available.)

Tuesday I had the absolute privilege of attending the inaugural @womeninbeer.bsky.social Awards held at Eko Brewery in London It was an outstanding event. To be surrounded by so so many legends in the beer world was absolutely incredible.

Really excited to see everyone Tuesday!! Ps London friends, I'll be there from Monday so let me know if you want to meet up 🍺🍻😊

Currently sitting on the balcony in Puerto de la Cruz listening to live piano music playing Queen whilst drinking Canarian banana wine (which btw is fab). A very nice holiday indeed.

One of my most popular episodes of all time was recorded several autumns ago when @braciatrix.bsky.social came on the podcast to debunk some of the popular myths about the connections between medieval brewing and witchcraft: www.beantobarstool.com/episodes/epi...

Can't wait to share more about what @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social and I did with our collab w/ @troublebrewing.bsky.social! Watch this space 🍺🍺🍻

Books & Beers #10, featuring @braciatrix.bsky.social 's history of beer in Ireland, and, to vaguely match the illustrations, Brasserie du Bocq's Tête de Mort tripel #beer #beersky #booksky

4x4-year, fully-funded PhD opportunities to work with an interdisciplinary group at Trinity College Dublin 2026-2030. One of these is to work with me on a public history and cultural heritage PhD, in collaboration with one of Dublins most interesting neighbourhoods. www.tcd.ie/graduatestud...

A wonderfully evocative write up of @kornolfest.bsky.social by @patto1ro.bsky.social. It was so lovely to see you!!

Looking forward to tomorrow!!

Next up in our series of interviews with our community members, @craftbeerpinup.bsky.social chats with @braciatrix.bsky.social Dr Christina Wade is a beer historian specialising in the hidden histories of the brewing trade, especially the role of women. youtu.be/8d7sosuAE58

Really looking forward to the launch of Donal Fallon's book, "The Dublin Pub: A Social & Cultural History" tonight. Donal is an absolutely brilliant historian & wonderful interviewer. I had the privilege of being on his podcast Three Castles Burning: threecastlesburning.libsyn.com/porter-wars-...

This Saturday you can catch me chatting with Susan and Judith Boyle about all things Filthy Queens and Women in Irish Beer History at the Kildare Readers Festival. Free tickets here: riverbank.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... And of course there will be beer!

This Saturday you can catch me chatting with Susan and Judith Boyle about all things Filthy Queens and Women in Irish Beer History at the Kildare Readers Festival. Free tickets here: riverbank.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... And of course there will be beer!

Wish I could attend this as it sounds fantastic

Oh look Barnabe Rich is at it again- this time with eels. He's the reason my book on Irish beer history is called Filthy Queens after his diatribe against the alewives on Dublin. This is also from his 1610 incredibly bigoted work 'New Description of Ireland' @greenleejw.bsky.social talks about here.

Nice to see the use of a juniper stick to stir the crushed malt. That gorgeous brown colour in the mash tun means a good conversion. This all looks very much like our brew day, similar quantities of malt, same mashing process, same aroma. But you have to run a mash to know about the sweet smell.

Goodbye Norway! Until next time

Getting ready for my talk here at @kornolfest.bsky.social

Alright day 3, let's be having ya @kornolfest.bsky.social. really looking forward to this talk from Xavier Tortosa 'Tradition Reimagined: Applying Brewing Heritage in Modern Craft'

At @kornolfest.bsky.social drinking some absolutely stunning farmhouse brews

The juniper infusion for our brew here at @kornolfest.bsky.social

Brew day at @kornolfest.bsky.social. Using juniper infusion and mashing with a juniper stick, barley malt. Smells amazing... incredible experience

First Beer at @kornolfest.bsky.social

In Norway for @kornolfest.bsky.social !! I am so so excited.