I’m delighted to announce after seven years of research and writing FILTHY QUEENS: A HISTORY OF BEER IN IRELAND is here! Published with Nine Bean Rows, it is available for preorder now on my publisher’s website and at all good bookshops.

About the book:

In Filthy Queens, we look at the history of beer alongside some of the biggest events in the story of Ireland. You’ll find an 18th-century courtesan who had a wicked streak of beer snobbery and early medieval monks who wrote beer reviews so terrible, any Untappd fan would feel right at home.

There will be beer tastings, parties, music, and wakes. You’ll meet thieves and murderers, saints and goddesses. You’ll hear stories of kings and paupers, witches and bishops, Irish, English, and Vikings from the Late Iron Age all the way up to the early 20th century.

Oh, and don’t forget the zombies. We’ve been drinking beer for millennia, so it’s a perfect way to embrace the past and those who lived in it. In the end, you’ll see that the history of beer is intimately intertwined with the history of us.

And in other news, I will be returning to posting here and bringing back the historical cooking series, but you can also catch my content first on my substack or follow me on Bluesky.

Filthy Queens is Published by Nine Bean Rows

Cover illustration by Tobias Hall

Book Design by Newman and Eastwood