If you don’t listen to the Pogues, you really should. I’ll say that before I share the story of frontman Shane MacGowan, who has found a unique way to prevent hair loss: washing your hair with beer. Plus, he’s also found a super gross way to enjoy a good Guinness.
He says, “They sell all those lotions to cure you of baldness… They don’t work. There is only one way to cure baldness – you pour Guinness over your head, collect it in a bucket, and drink it in the morning.
“It’s proven to work.”
That’s science there, folks. Solid, concrete science. If he says it works, it must clearly work. Also, if that’s not enough reason to listen to the Pogues then I don’t know what will convince you. Can’t say we’d suggest tossing a beer into your head every morning, but we’re also not Irish. Who knows what those blokes are up to overseas.
Ed Murray seems like a rather normal guy. He had a normal job working as a consultant. He drove quite a few miles to and from work. He lives in England. And he really liked beer. But what makes Ed’s story different than any other Englishman was his desire to start a brewery. And the fact that he actually went through with it, and makes a living brewing beer, even without a concrete and meticulously constructed plan. Hell, you can even call it half-assed. Super half-assed.
Luckily, a farmer from their village did have some space available, and although his first proposal of a barn was not feasible, his second suggestion – a disused stable in a block – was a success. Unfortunately the 200-year-old stable, which was still divided into stalls for horses, required a bit of an overhaul. “We had to work on everything,” says Ed. “The masonry walls had to be rendered because wash-down walls are required in the food preparation business.” The floor needed to be given a new surface so if the beer spilt it wouldn’t poison the environment, and a separation tank was installed to treat the effluent.
