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| St Patricks Day, best celebrated with Guinness |
March 17
every year is the day where everyone can be Irish. For Dave’s Beers of The
World I am going to cover St. Patrick’s Day and tell you what St. Patricks Day
means to me.
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| Drink Guinness ;-) |
First of
all, this is virtually the only time of the year when you would catch me
drinking Guinness. The dark, rich stout is not to be underestimated. One year I
came home late after work and tipped four 500ml Guinness cans into a two litre
beer glass. I proceeded to drink the contents at a faster than normal rate and
about an hour later I was woken by a knocking on the door – I could feel hot
water hitting my head and soaking my body. I was in the shower at 3am in the
morning, with my clothes on. Needless to say I don’t remember getting into the
shower and turning the water on but I am a bit more careful now when I handle
the Irish liquor.
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| I forgetted afta too manny beeers |
Second, St.
Patrick’s Day, a part of Irish culture emanates green, which is my favourite
colour.
St.
Patricks Day is a cultural and religious celebration that marks the death of
Saint Patrick (he died on March 17), the foremost patron saint of Ireland. St.
Patrick was a Christian Priest who converted thousands in his day, using the
three leafed shamrock to do so.
When I
think of Irish culture I think back to the cult classic movie The Boondock
Saints, and its sequel, All Saints Day. I just wish they would make the third
movie though. The movie is filled with Irish references with a lot of funny
moments, interesting characters and lots of drinking and swearing. Did I
mention about all of the action as well? If you haven’t seen these amazing
movies I have attached a link to a part of the first movie below.
Getting
back to the topic of drinking…
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| An Irish stew |
If you are
wanting to celebrate St. Patricks Day in your own way and you are having a
Guinness then I think you are doing it properly. Something else to do would be
eat an Irish stew – I had one at a local restaurant last week, chunks of lamb,
carrots, potatoes and peas cooked in a mouth-watering broth and heaped over a
mound of mashed potato.
If you are
adventurous enough with your drinking I recommend an Irish Car Bomb: Get a pint
of Guinness and drop a shot glass full of Jameson and Bailey’s into it before
drinking.
Cheers!
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