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"kenmc":21r7429a wrote: Didn't think we had the climate for hops, presumed it was too damp for them to grow without rotting.[/quote:21r7429a]Ireland once had a booming hop-growing industry, with at least one prized variety -- Kilkenny Goldings. Guinness are largely responsible for killing the industry off by squeezing the producers until it ceased being economical for them to grow hops.

Cuilán has plans to start growing his own -- Northdown probably.

"TheBeerNut":1f6ycrqe wrote: Ireland once had a booming hop-growing industry, with at least one prized variety -- Kilkenny Goldings. Guinness are largely responsible for killing the industry off by squeezing the producers until it ceased being economical for them to grow hops.

Cuilán has plans to start growing his own -- Northdown probably.[/quote:1f6ycrqe]
We also once had a booming economy <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( --> Now we can just hear the '..ooooom' echoing around the empty apartment blocks.

&amp;quot;TheBeerNut&amp;quot;:304lqbne wrote: Ireland once had a booming hop-growing industry, with at least one prized variety -- Kilkenny Goldings. Guinness are largely responsible for killing the industry off by squeezing the producers until it ceased being economical for them to grow hops.[/quote:304lqbne]

Sounds like you have been talking to OZ calke again <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt="" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: -->