Happy Saint Patrick's Day! If you're of age - Drink "Guinness" tonight!!!

[AGR]

But; Don't Drink and Drive! (no)

 

[Lola 2.0]

Ahhh the day has arrived for the downing of the Black Stuff.

If guinness isnt your thing, PLEASE GOD avoid Green Beer. Have a Harp, or eschew the bubbles for a nice glass of bushmills, Blackbush, Bushmills 10 year, or Jameson.

Personally if the local stores are out of the Guinness in a bottle, I will be celebrating with Bushmills 16year Triple Barrel Whisky.

Erin Go Braugh
Slainte

 

[Natey]

 

[BradC]

Aww s***, $1.25 Guiness drafts for me tonight!!!!!

 

[REMillers]

*burp* MORRRRINGING..no wait..Moooorning!*


Now less typing and more drinking.

Oh and love Guiness they sent me a $7 dollar off 12 pack purchase. (flash) (dance)

 

[AGR]

I will begin with a Black & Tan; then switch to Guinness. (cheers)

What is a Black & Tan?

The answer depends on who you ask. The all-Guinness Black & Tan is Harp's Lager and Guinness. (Harp's is brewed by Guinness at Dundalk). Many consider the classic Black & Tan to be Bass Pale Ale and Guinness. (To some Irish, they appreciate the fact that the Irish comes out on top!) However, Bass Ale is not as available in Ireland as it used to be, and either Harp or Smithwicks is generally used. However, there are many variations involving a stout or porter and another lighter coloured beer, either lager or ale.

A half-and-half is often just another name for a Black & Tan. However, in many North American Irish pubs, the Bass/Guinness combination is called a Black & Tan, while the Harp/Guinness combination is called a Half-and-Half.

How to make one:

Hold your pint glass at an angle, and fill just over halfwaywith Bass Ale on tap.

Slow the flow control on the Draught Guinness tap down to a trickle.

Fill to the top, letting Draught Guinness hit the side of the glass
or...
Pour Draught Guinness over an upside-down spoon to disperse the flow.

If you're making these at home, like me; the Guinness 'Pub Draught' 14oz. can works well. It has the nitrogen in it.

 

[REMillers]

Hmm not sure what I'll start off with, probably not going to really drink as I'm fighting off a bad cold right now.
But do have some Guiness sitting in the cabinet (room temp of course). I was hoping to be in Richmond and visit the Capitol Ale house, though don't think that is going to happen.

 

[jersey_emt]

Hmm not sure what I'll start off with, probably not going to really drink as I'm fighting off a bad cold right now.
But do have some Guiness sitting in the cabinet (room temp of course). I was hoping to be in Richmond and visit the Capitol Ale house, though don't think that is going to happen.

Room temp is a bit too warm for Guinness...should be cellar temp

 

[AGR]

Room temp is a bit too warm for Guinness...should be cellar temp

Yes! Actually; Guinness suggests 42.5 degrees for serving.

 

[REMillers]

Ya, but I dunno for some reason I like by Guiness a bit on the warm side. I won't touch the stuff when they serve it for a good 10-15 minutes. So who knows what the temp is by then.

But the cabinet is probably around low 60ish.
I'm just strange I guess....

 

[jersey_emt]

Yes! Actually; Guinness suggests 42.5 degrees for serving.

Yeah that's a bit below cellar temp...a lot of beers taste completely different from 'normal serving temperature' i.e. ice cold, and cellar temperature (around 45-50 degrees)

 

[REMillers]

Oh and for dessert, mix Guiness with some Ice Cream Taste great, least to my warm beer tasting self

 

[AGR]

Yeah that's a bit below cellar temp...a lot of beers taste completely different from 'normal serving temperature' i.e. ice cold, and cellar temperature (around 45-50 degrees)

I have 3 beer refrigerators. I keep 2 at 40 degrees, and one at 50 degrees (for Barleywine Ales).

 

[jersey_emt]

I have 3 beer refrigerators. I keep 2 at 40 degrees, and one at 50 degrees (for Barleywine Ales).

I like IPA's at closer to 50 degrees. It is around the temperature the sailors drank it on the boat back when the IPA was invented.

 

[unwrittenLaw]

i'm just gonna have a 40 of king cobra

 

[AGR]

I like IPA's at closer to 50 degrees. It is around the temperature the sailors drank it on the boat back when the IPA was invented.

Jersey: A beer guy, huh?! Excellent! Have you been out to my website? Many people have this thing in their head, that beer should be served ice cold. Flavor is lost this way. I like IPA's and Pale Ales between 45-50, typically. Stouts / Porters closer to 50 - 50+. Pretty much the same for Belgian ales. Barleywines - 50++. Everything else falls in between, depending on what it is. There are some good guidelines on the internet.

IPAs are certainly one of my favorites. I am a Hophead.

 

[jersey_emt]

Jersey: A beer guy, huh?! Excellent! Have you been out to my website? Many people have this thing in their head, that beer should be served ice cold. IPAs are certainly one of my favorites. I am a Hophead.

Yeah, I remember the first time I had a cask-conditioned IPA at a local brewpub...I loved it. I had my girlfriend try it and all I got was "it's warm and it's bitter"

oh well

 

[TampaBlackMSP]

Mmmm, my goodness my GUINNESS! Yes! Happy St. Patty's to all....

 

[mixmaster_matt]

I will begin with a Black & Tan; then switch to Guinness. (cheers)

What is a Black & Tan?

The answer depends on who you ask. The all-Guinness Black & Tan is Harp's Lager and Guinness. (Harp's is brewed by Guinness at Dundalk). Many consider the classic Black & Tan to be Bass Pale Ale and Guinness. (To some Irish, they appreciate the fact that the Irish comes out on top!) However, Bass Ale is not as available in Ireland as it used to be, and either Harp or Smithwicks is generally used. However, there are many variations involving a stout or porter and another lighter coloured beer, either lager or ale.

A half-and-half is often just another name for a Black & Tan. However, in many North American Irish pubs, the Bass/Guinness combination is called a Black & Tan, while the Harp/Guinness combination is called a Half-and-Half.

Every bartender I know, including myself for sometime, considers a black and tan bass and guiness, and a half and half harp and guiness. I prefer the bass and guiness myself, but to each his own. But I wouldn't say that a half and half is another name for a black and tan, b/c if you order one you aren't gonna get the other, you na mean...

 

[mixmaster_matt]

And I am celebrating with $4 carbombs all night long tonight at a local bar...