Irish Beer
 

Hey everyone,

I need to find out something for a school assigment: which Irish beer do you like best? And how did you started drinking Irish beers?

I need this information to make a report in which amongst others I am going to include a top 5 of Irish beers and the reasons why people start drinking Irish beers.

And I have to give a presentation about it. Still have got three weeks left of the 5 I was given so please help me out.

Hi rem,

>..which Irish beer do you like best?

Half and half - Bass Ale and Guiness stout. The Guiness goes on top.

>..why people start drinking Irish beers.

They taste good.
They have good balance between hops and malt.
They are Nature's most perfect food.

((I))

PS,

"Man can't live on bread alone."

Hi Remial,

I drink Guiness stout. I started drinking it about 30 years ago when visiting my cousin in Baltimore.

We had both just turned 21 and were legal for drinking. He took me to his version of a "local pub" and told me about this interesting beer he had discovered, Guiness. It was the color of maple syrup and didn't look like any beer I was familiar with at the time. I thought it was terrible - thick and complicated and not to be drunken lightly. Over time, I tried it again and now finally enjoy it for the very reasons I didn't like it the first time.

Good luck with your project. SusanEva

Bear in mind that Bass Ale is English, not Irish. For an all-Irish half-and-half you can use Harp Lager instead of Bass (but I like Bass better).

The half-and-half is also called a black-and-tan; but the Black-and-Tans were an English regiment that is not remembered fondly in Ireland, so it is probably better to avoid this term.

Hi ja,

Didn't the Bass people buy Harp?

If so, wouldn't that make Bass Irish? :)

((I))

As far as I know, Harp is owned by Guinness - I guess that makes Harp Irish twice over!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_...s_Son_&_Co.

I don't think they call Guiness Stout, a beer in Ireland. The only time we see people asking for a "beer" in Ireland, is when they drink American Budweiser.
Guiness is my favorite, because it tastes so fresh when poured out of the tap. Love the little Shamrock the bartender makes with the foam on the top.

1. Guinness Stout;
2. Smithwick's Ale;

Never a beer drinker, per se. The hops recipes American brewers use drive my sinus' crazy. Never had that occur with Guinness, any Belgium or German or English brew. I got stuck on Guinness having it on tap for the first time, decades ago. Very smooth then, served at the right temp. Hooked.