Brew to restore ‘golden age’ of stout drinking

SEASONED stout drinkers are about to get a taste of the good old days with the launch of a beer steeped in history.

The Franciscan Well in Cork, one of the country’s leading micro-breweries, will tonight launch its limited edition Shandon Century Extra Stout, brewed to a century-old recipe which harks back to Ireland’s “golden age” of stout drinking.

The Franciscan Well’s head of brewing, New Yorker Russell Garet, said it will remind older stout drinkers of how robust stout used to taste before global brewing giants began to tweak the recipe to combat the rise in the popularity of lagers.