Green Beer, or Not
I remember a time when all St. Patrick’s Day celebrations included American beer dyed green. For alcohol, there wasn’t much else to choose, except maybe Irish whiskey.
Then along came Guinness Stout imports, and things got better. Later, Harp Lager made a name for itself in the States.
Now we have even more choices.
City Beverage, on Burke St., will hold a free tasting of Irish and Irish-style beers from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.
City Beverage will be pouring at least some of the following Irish beers Saturday:
—Guinness Stout.
—O’Hara’s Irish Stout and Red Ale.
—Murphy’s Red Ale and Stout.
—Smithwick’s Ale (called Smiddick’s in Ireland).
—Beamish Irish Stout.
City Beverage also has a bunch of Irish-style beers, including Kells Irish Style Lager, made by Rogue Brewery in Oregon, and McSorley’s, an Irish-style pale ale made in Pennsylvania.
City Bev also has an Irish cider called Magners.
