Lisa Grimm

@lisagrimm
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DAM nerd. Nat'l Library of Ireland Board. USian in Dublin. Beer judge & beer history podcaster @beerladiespod. Retired archaeologist/archivist. Runner. Theatre nerd. Whovian. Transit enthusiast. Geek mom. She/her.
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Bohemian FC, MASI, Bang Bang Café launch their seventh annual toy drive for children living in Direct Provision:

🎁 The 2023 Direct Provision Christmas Toy Drive aims to raise €80,000 in one week to get toys for every child, and bring some joy and hope during the festive season.

➡️ Donate/info: https://www.gofundme.com/f/direct-provision-christmas-toy-drive-2023

➡️ More info: https://bohemianfc.com/?page_id=19700

#EndDirectProvision #MastoDaoine #Dublin #Bohemians #BohemianFC #BFCDublin

Direct Provision Christmas Toy Drive 2023, organized by Dan Lambert

WE NEED YOUR HELP AGAIN THIS YEAR! Times have been really hard for everyon… Dan Lambert needs your support for Direct Provision Christmas Toy Drive 2023

gofundme.com

Need a timeline cleanse?

We know opinions here can be *mixed* on The Late Late Toy Show, but it's a new era tonight, right?

Well, in any case, you can listen back to our episode from last year - we chose some beery gift ideas, and explained the LLTS to the world...

#LateLateToyShow

https://shows.acast.com/beerladies/episodes/the-late-late-beer-toy-show

The Late Late (Beer) Toy Show | Beer Ladies Podcast

I wrote a thing that is not about local pubs for local people (as such), but is about cask ale...

https://www.lisagrimm.com/2023/11/23/will-travel-for-cask-but-you-knew-that/

#BeerBlogging #BeerTravel #BeerWriting #CaskAle

Will Travel for Cask (But You Knew That)… | WeirdBeerGirl.com

It's been a minute, and while we have no new Weirdo Dublin Pub this week, thanks to an epic period of work/kid/theatre/music travel that isn't quite done yet, I did get to indulge in one of my favourite things a lot last week - cask ale! Just, well, not in Dublin. The first bit of

WeirdBeerGirl.com | the many and various things Lisa Grimm overthinks

Happy #Thanksgiving to our US listeners! We didn't have time for a dedicated ep this year, but check out one from the vault where we talk US & Canadian traditions, and what beers to pair - also a handy intro for our Irish & other listeners on this side of the pond! 🍻🦃

https://shows.acast.com/beerladies/episodes/624c293d252c2d0012685029

8: Thanksgiving Beers | Beer Ladies Podcast

Happy (hoppy?) Friday!

We're back this week with a chat with Radka, whose Hop Glossy
e-mag is shining a light on Irish craft beer - but also tune into find out how a musicology student from Slovakia became a Dublin beer scene stalwart!

https://shows.acast.com/beerladies/episodes/radka-from-hop-glossy

Radka from Hop Glossy | Beer Ladies Podcast

The Man Who Studied Ghouls: TC Lethbridge and Weird Archaeology (with Lisa Grimm) by Wide Atlantic Weird

Ancient chalk figures, Arctic exploration, pendulums, and emotions 'recorded' onto the landscape: TC Lethbridge dabbled in them all, and remains an important figure in mid-20th century alternative thinking. Lisa from the Beer Ladies Podcast joins us at the cabin to talk about Lethbridge. We cover: -Lethbridge’s early archaeological career -Lethbridge as an institution figure vs an outsider -The imperial era of archaeology and exploration -The Mildenhall Treasure -‘Lost white race’ theories -The disputed Cambridge chalk figures -Lethbridge’s pendulum ideas -early takes on the ‘Stone Tape’ theory -Colin Wilson promoting TC Lethbridge -A ‘ghoul’ as a physical area of negative energy Some links: Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wideatlantic T.C. Lethbridge: The Man Who Saw The Future, Terry Welbourn, 2011 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21082097-t-c-lethbridge Lisa on Twitter https://twitter.com/lisagrimm Beer Ladies Podcast https://twitter.com/beerladiespod Picture from Iron Man Records https://www.flickr.com/photos/ironmanrecords/49818188947

Spotify for Podcasters

👻 And then, some (other) podcast appearances; first up, my ghostlore collection, with ABE Books, some years ago:

https://cast.rocks/hosting/11770/feeds/IVUTQ.html?ep=G1S6Z5UU-EV1JOR

Behind the Bookshelves

(Haunted) Beer History: The Rise & Fall of the Lemp Dynasty

Today's beer history installment is something of a micro-level view of my previous column on German-American brewers—but this one has a Halloween twist. The story of the rise and fall of the Lemps, once one of America's most powerful brewing families, reads like something out of gothic fiction; and, as would be entirely appropriate for that genre, some say that they've never left.

Serious Eats

🎃🍻 Time to share some SEASONALLY RELEVANT writing! First, #pumpkin beer history:

https://www.seriouseats.com/pumpkin-beers-colonial-necessity-to-seasonal-treat-beer-history-brewing

Pumpkin Beer History: Colonial Necessity to Seasonal Treat

Far from being a modern invention of the craft beer scene, pumpkin beers have a long history in the US. The main reason pumpkin was adopted as a beer ingredient during the early colonial period was simple availability—pumpkins were a native plant (one completely unknown to most Europeans before the 16th century, while good malt was not so readily accessible. In the first pumpkin beers, the meat of the pumpkin took the place of malt entirely.

Serious Eats