Throughout Port Authority, the characters refer to a wide variety of drinks–some of which are more recognizable than others. Here’s a quick primer on the drinks these men consume in Dublin. Take a look and then toast Port Authority style…
Kevin: To everybody else in Dublin he was Mad Davy Rose, hammered on Scrumpy Jack.
Scrumpy Jack: a dry, alcoholic cider (about 6% APV) produced in England by a subsidiary of Heineken.
Dermot: Hardly able, but trying to swallow these Glenmorangies being pressed into my fist.
Glenmorangie: a high‐end ($80/bottle) single malt Scotch whisky distilled in the Highland region of Tain, Rosshire in the talles stills in Scotland. It is produced in 18 and 25‐year bottlings.
Dermot: Few G&T’s later I felt fully equipped.
G&T’s: a cocktail made by combining gin and tonic water. Created by the British, the cocktail was believed to have medicinal qualities (from the quinine in the tonic water) that protected drinkers from malaria.
Kevin: I snapped out of it and asked her for two pints of Bulmers.
Bulmers: an Irish cider commercially produced by William Magner in 1935 in South Tipperary. H.P. Bulmer, of British Bulmer ciders, purchased half of the share of Magners in 1937 and then the rest of the company in 1946. Bulmers was already offering their cider globally but wanted to sell the new Irish product instead so they created two separate labels: Bulmers (to be sold in Ireland) and Magners (to be sold internationally). Most of the world knows the brand Magners, but the Irish still call it Bulmers
Joe: And there was all six-packs of Smithwicks and Guinness and Harp all stacked up in the garage, and all the nieces and nephews’d bring some in and take out the empties and all this and it was about ten o clock and very pleasant.
Smithwick’s: an Irish red ale beer brewed in Kilkenny. Founded in 1710 by John Smithwick in St. Francis Abbey Brewery (the oldest operating brewery in Ireland), the brand was purchased by Guinness in 1965.
Guinness: an Irish dry stout and the brewing company that makes it. Founded in 1759 in Ireland, the company is now headquartered in London and is the best-selling alcoholic beverage in Ireland and one of the most successful breweries internationally;.Guinness has breweries in around 60 countries and can be purchased in over 100.
Harp: an Irish lager, created in 1960 by the Guinness Company.
Kevin: Someone’s dad was at the party. standing in the hall, calm as you like, drinking a can of Royal Dutch and talking to this really boring American guy who always seemed to tum up everywhere.
Royal Dutch: Royal Dutch Post Horn beer is a Dutch lager, originally brewed by the “De Posthoorn” brewery, which was founded in 1806. A smooth, mild, and affordable beer, it is sold in 30 countries. Since 1835, Breda Brewery has been producing Royal Dutch.
Dermot: We had ham and boiled eggs and brown bread and tea and a jug of Miwadi orange.
Miwadi orange: an orange Irish soft drink named after the Mineral Water Distributors, which was formed in Dublin in 1927.
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