A Compendium of Irish Pints

The Culture, Customs and Craic. In Ireland, a pint – having one, going for one, buying one – is a cultural institution. It’s about so much more than 568ml of beer in a glass. But how did a simple pint become such a phenomenon?

In A Compendium of Irish Pints, Ali Dunworth delves into the culture, customs and craic surrounding pints in Ireland, from airport pints to unplanned pints, pints for celebrations and pints for commiserations, festival pints, quiet pints, crisps and pints and everything in between. 

With illustrations by Stephen Heffernan, aka Hephee, that perfectly capture the culture of pints in his iconic style, you’ll find yourself working up a thirst and sending that text we all love to get: ‘Pint?’ 

Format: Hardcover, 232 pages. Dimensions: 139mm x 190mm. Publication date: 07 May 2024. 

Nine Bean Rows is a boutique Irish publishing house for tastemakers and storytellers, and specialise in books about food and drink. Their aim is to provide a more inclusive snapshot of Ireland's modern, diverse and exceptional food culture and in doing so create a new culinary canon. The main Nine Bean Rows imprint is publishing full-size books. Also create Blasta Books, a quarterly series of small illustrated cookbooks.

Kristin Jensen is the publisher and editor at Nine Bean Rows and Blasta Books. Frustrated that many voices and many parts of our food culture were not being represented, she founded this boutique publishing house in 2021 to update the story of the modern, diverse and vibrant food scene in Ireland

Each book is designed and printed in Dublin.