People realize beer in Ireland isn’t green right? It’s beer colored.

If a brewery wants to do an homage to Ireland put out a good Stout and Red Ale. Jesus.

  • asaharyev [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Good fucking luck finding a decent red ale in the US. Mostly it's just Killians, and if you're lucky a craft version of Killians. Occasionally you can find a well made, balanced red ale, though.

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      • JohnnyJohnnyHaHaHa [none/use name]
        hexagon
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        4 years ago

        Im a cellarman at a place that just cranks out high ABV IPAs and at every quarterly meeting when they ask if anyone has any beer ideas I’m always like “oh you know like a nice Irish Red or Oktoberfest or Amber” and management is always like “those don’t sell dickhead”.

      • asaharyev [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I'm (ashamedly) a "Yankee" through a few definitions of the term. But goddamn, just make a decent red ale.

        Surprisingly, Sam Adams had a great one, but then they changed the recipe, bottled it, and started distributing it.

        Best I've had lately was Fred from Upper Pass out of Vermont.

    • Phish [he/him, any]
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      4 years ago

      Not a lot of Irish reds but plenty of breweries do decent Ambers in the US. I've always prefered flanders reds to Irish reds but they tend to be pricier in the US unfortunately.

      • asaharyev [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Flanders are so good, but also completely different compared to Irish reds and American ambers.

        I also think there are a ton of mediocre amber ales in the US craft scene, and many of them are mislabeled brown ales.

  • longhorn617 [any]
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    4 years ago

    It's actually chlorophyll to hold the Irish over until potato season. That's why they are so pale: maximum light absorption

  • Wrecker [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    cause everyone thinks that to celebrate properly you need two things-

    1. green
    2. drunk

    and what's better than combining both at once!

    • JohnnyJohnnyHaHaHa [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      I mean you can have those things without putting green food dye in fucking beer.

      Just wear green and drink normal beer you fucking heathens!

  • JoesFrackinJack [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I guess I live under a rock. I had no clue places were dong green beers, that is so fucking ridiculous lol

  • LeninsRage [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    The Irish just have a congenital defect to the eyes where they can't see that their beer really is colored green

    It's science, this defect affects anyone with even a single drop of Irish blood

  • hahafuck [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Idk I think it's kinda fun, it's beer but green! Also nobody cares what the Irish think, it's an American holiday

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    It's cheaper to give people the same pisswater they usually drink, but green

    Meanwhile, I will be enjoying a nice Mexican Chocolate Stout while I welcome the coming Spring weather

  • Norm_Chumpsky [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I saw a post from this guy bragging how his dad is from Ireland, he then wished everyone a happy “St. Patty’s Day” and shared a picture of a sandwich he made from corned beef and soda bread 🤮

  • Sen_Jen [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    I'm Irish and this is the first I'm hearing of green beer.

    Irish americans really have no idea what real Irish people are like