#green beer

[dinosaurwithablog]

I am feeling very lucky!! So far, it's been a great St. Patrick's Day!! I hope that you are all having a great day, too.

[layalawson]

[eerieeccentrix]

[petermorwood]

St Patrick's Day Beer Is Black...

At least it should be: Guinness, Beamish, Murphy's, and various others from craft breweries around Ireland fit the description nicely.

So, in fact, does this.

Though it's a bit harder to find, people who find Guinness (etc.) stout "too heavy" usually like it, because it's a black lager and has the dark bitterness of stout without the "weight".

Green beer, on the other hand...

Well, there's a legitimate version, though it's not Irish. Meet Berliner Weissbier mit Waldmeistersirop, Berlin wheat beer with woodruff syrup:

Berlin Weissbier without syrup is a golden beer, and quite sour, hence the traditional addition of Waldmeister (woodruff) or Himbeer (strawberry RASPBERRY!); straws and wide goblets or squat tumblers are also traditional:

When @dduane and I were at a convention in Germany, we were told (true or not?) that people who didn't mind the sourness of the un-syruped beer sometimes drank "Ampeln" - traffic lights - during an evening out.

I've yet to get to Berlin, and Bavarian Weizenbier is a completely different creature to Berliner Weisse, but the city, the beer and a bunch of other things are all on my bucket list.

As for green beer in Ireland, time was I'd have said you'd never see it here even at St Patrick's, but time was, time is, times change, and tourists want Stuff.

That's probably why, when I was ambling past a pub in Dame Lane a few years ago, I saw a sign.

And when I got closer, the sign did indeed say what I thought it said.

So I went straight into the pub, sat down at the bar, took a deep breath...

...And ordered a Guinness.

:->

[fromtheashes76]

[artboomboom]

For my "Saturday Morning Doodle,... St. Patrick’s Day. Which I realize is on Monday.

I wanted to focus on the fun and whimsical side of the holiday. At the left is a pot overflowing with gold coins, with four-leaf clovers logo. A road side attraction.

In the scene is set at a quirky place I imagined, called the “Pot of Gold Café,” with signage that reads “Pot of Gold” and “Food, Fun + Begorrah.” The café features charming details like a bowl of coins and a clover on the roof, along with a retro look to the sign and building.

Cheers.

[bearnakedbaker]

SiP RESPONSiBLY

[auraeseer]

An early St. Patty's beer . . .

[tha-moz]

Had some green beer and Jameson so I have done my duty today. 🍀🍀🍀

[lee-pace-yourself]

☘🌈💰

[dinosaurwithablog]

Have fun this St. Patrick's Day!!! Please, have a green beer for me!! 💚💚💚🍀🍀🍀

[snapprintartstudio]

[celebrategayculture]

Saint Patrick's Day.....Green Beer

[holly-days]

by RDNE Stock project

[wigoutlet]

St. Patrick's Day Boston Irish Skulls, Shamrocks, and Beer

by WigOutlet

[lifeinspired4u]