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That\u2019s what my\u00a0 Great-uncle Dunn told me when I was two years old, and I\u2019ve never forgotten.<\/span><\/p>\n Dunn and the McLoughlins who make up my mother\u2019s side of the family were proud Orangemen, Scottish Protestants who settled in Ireland from the early 1600s. Dunn himself was a US citizen, being born in the middle of the Atlantic on an American-registered steamer.<\/span><\/p>\n The McLoughlins were emigrating from New York, where my grandmother had been born, to Northern Ireland where they had inherited a farm. While most of Ireland was busy immigrating TO New York, it wasn\u2019t entirely one way traffic.<\/span><\/p>\n Uncle Dunn grew up in Northern Ireland but used his US citizenship as soon as he possibly could, and he lived a long and prosperous life in Florida. So his assessment of the Scot\u2019s Ulster adventure was as much personal as historic.<\/span><\/p>\n My father\u2019s family, the Craigs, are also from Northern Ireland. They had been there for hundreds of years, Catholic, and were not entirely chuffed that the McLoughlins and their ilk had come to claim a slice of their Ulster paradise. Family events were interesting, especially the Queen\u2019s Speech every Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n But I digress. My point, and I do have one, is to establish my Celtic whakapapa. This is relevant because the Malthouse is about to celebrate Celticity, and more specifically, the celebrated Celtic Gingerness.<\/span><\/p>\n It is estimated that only 2% of the global population has red hair. The earliest evidence of red hair known to science is found in Central Asia. The Tocharian mummies are well-preserved ancient burials, with red hair and dressed in tartan blankets.<\/span><\/p>\n It is believed that this ancient red haired people travelled west from the steppes. Travelling as far west as they could go on their shaggy little ponies, they settled in Scotland, Ireland and in North-West Spain, and in all cases they kept the tartan and a liking for playing the pipes.<\/span><\/p>\n The call of the flame-red sunset coursed strong through their stout veins, and red haired people were among the first to cross the Atlantic to America. Christopher Columbus was a redhead, but Irish St Brendan may have discovered North America before him. And of course Viking Eric the Red had already established a colony on Newfoundland. (Quote this blog in your history assignment at your own risk.)<\/span><\/p>\n Which leads us obviously and directly to Gingers Attack \u2013 A Yeastie Boys and Urbanaut Event, at Malthouse, Friday 13 September.<\/span><\/p>\n Card-carrying redhead brewers Bruce Turner (Urbanaut) and Sir Stuart McKinlay (Yeastie Boys) will be in the \u2018house, taking over multiple taps and launching a couple of fresh new beers each.<\/span><\/p>\n Sir Stuart, Laird of the Red Trews and Tresses, is late of this bailiwick but has been living in England where he successfully established a branch office. It\u2019s always a special occasion when one of the prodigal Yeastie Boys returns to the land of their birth, and that special occasion happens on Friday the 13<\/span>th<\/span><\/span><\/span>, at the Malthouse, at 6.08pm (ie, the hour of the flame-red sunset).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n And do not despair. Although the event is called Gingers Attack, it is inclusive and the ginge-challenged will mocked just slightly. To make you feel more at home, ginge-tinged beards and wigs will be available. Dress as your favourite ginge-tinged celebrity to win a prize and the Queen\/King of the Gingers crown \u2013 know anyone who looks like that Ed Sheeran\/Rupert Grint chap?<\/span><\/p>\n And on the remote possibility that you have persevered this far in the hope of reading something about beer, here\u2019s the taplist:<\/span><\/p>\n Yeastie Boys<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Melon Balls \u2013 New Release \u2013 Dortmunder Melon Lager<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Trial By Fire \u2013 New Release \u2013 might even have a fiery ginger theme\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Gunnamatta \u2013 Earl Grey Pale Ale<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Pot Kettle Black \u2013 the OG South Pacific Porter<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n White Noise \u2013 tinnitus-infused White Ale<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Urbanaut<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n El Segundo \u2013 West Coast IPA<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Miami Brut \u2013 Fresh Batch \u2013 Brut Lager<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Montrose Hop Oil<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Mission – APA<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Copacabana \u2013 Fresh Batch \u2013 Brut IPA<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Cheers!<\/span><\/p>\n Martin Craig<\/span><\/p>\n \u2026<\/span><\/p>\n Malthouse events<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Friday 13 September \u2013 Gingers Attack<\/span> \u2013 A Yeastie Boys and Urbanaut Event<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Friday 20 September \u2013 NZ\/UK brewers collaborations<\/span> \u2013 the fruits of the Road to Beervana collaborations from Tiny Rebel, Thornbridge and Fierce Beer. PLUS Rugby Wold Cup\u2122 live on screen.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Thursday October 3rd – Triple Co-lab<\/span> event with Epic (Auckland), Brew Union (Palmerston North) and Beer Baroness (Christchurch).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Thursday October 31st – A full tap takeover…. but by whom..<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Friday November 29th – A very very big event (Details coming soon) Friday December 13th – Epic Christmas Party<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cThe biggest mistake the Scots made was pausing in Ireland for 400 years on their way to America\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themalthouse.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themalthouse.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themalthouse.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themalthouse.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themalthouse.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=619"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themalthouse.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1113,"href":"https:\/\/themalthouse.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/619\/revisions\/1113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themalthouse.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themalthouse.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themalthouse.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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