Master Fran Well brewer who died in Cork house fire remembered as a gentleman

Peter Lyall, who died in a house fire in Cork last week. 

The master brewer who died in a house fire in Cork last week found the right mix of ingredients in life, and like his award-winning beers, he took the time to blend them into something special that will last long beyond him, his funeral Mass was told on Monday.

Peter Lyall, the long-serving master brewer at the city’s Franciscan Well pub and a respected coach with Fr Matthew's basketball club, died in a fire in his home in the Ardcullen area of Hollyhill on the city's northside early last Monday morning. His partner, Anna, survived.