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Take a Private Tour of the Guinness Brewery. Homebrewers Only! did you know Guiness signed a 9,000 year lease for the property in which they pay about $65 a year? The Guinness brewery in Dublin, Ireland, is a time machine. Cobblestone streets link the gray stone and red brick buildings — narrow thoroughfares where draft […]
20 Things You Might Not Know About St. Patrick’s Day
In honor of Paddy’s Day, we thought we’d share some tidbits that offer a bit of insight into the day when “everyone is Irish.” March 17th is the Roman Catholic feast day for Ireland’s St Patrick, patron saint, who was not born in Ireland, but originally brought there as a slave. The first St. Patrick’s […]
Leprechauns: At the End of the Rainbow Lies Richness for Irish Folklore
Those little men all dressed in green, obsessed with rainbows and treasure, trickery, and of course shoe-making. These are all common perceptions today regarding the famous characters from Irish folklore: Leprechauns. The characteristics of these mythical creatures has transformed over the years and much of what made the little people special in the original tales […]
The 9 Mistakes You Better Not Make On St. Patrick’s Day
In the thousand page-long canon of “Mistakes Made on St. Patrick’s Day,” you’ll find stuff like “texted Chad,” “got ironic back tattoo of Trump giving thumbs up,” “texted Chad to apologize for texting Chad,” “joined a rap battle only to realize it was a group of women breastfeeding at a Mommy and Me class,” and […]
The Irish Stout You Don’t Know But Should
We love Guinness. We obsess over Guinness — how to pour it, how to drink it, how to stop from drooling as we stare at those cascading nitro ripples like they’re some kind of 4.2% ABV Magic Eye. And yes, on St. Patrick’s Day, we bless ourselves with Guinness like it’s holy water at church. We […]
Best Corned Beef Recipes for St. Patrick’s Day Dinner
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with delicious corned beef. RELATED St. Patrick’s Day Party Food Ideas 7 Actual Irish Dishes to Make This St. Patrick’s Day 6 Ways to Cook with Guinness on St. Patrick’s Day Stock up on Guinness and lay out all your best green clothing, St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner! […]
5 Ways You’re Screwing Up Irish Coffee
Dale DeGroff identifies common pitfalls—and offers tips for making the cocktail the right way. This is not supposed to be a tricky cocktail. The idea is simple: Mix coffee, whiskey, sugar and cream. But bartenders find a million ways to sabotage the drink. Cocktail expert Dale DeGroff, who’s been making Irish Coffees for decades, explains […]
The Irish Story and Legend of Cu Chulainn
Cu Chulainn is one of the most famous Irish mythological heroes. He appears in the stories of the Ulster Cycle, and Scottish and Manx folklore. He was said to be the son of Deichtine and the god Lugh, and the nephew of Conchobar mac Nessa, the King of Ulster. His given name at birth was […]
Irish Phrases That Don’t Translate
Not only do us Irish have our own language, Gaelic (though most of us that are actually from Ireland just call it Irish and can barely speak it), but our version of the English language is also like a whole different language itself. There are words & phrases which we use every day that any […]
The 8 Irish Whiskies To Help You Get Into The Spirit, Literally
If you thought Scotch whisky was confusing—and it is, delightfully so, a mystery we like to dunk ourselves into once or twice a week, at least—meet Irish whiskey. A couple (innocuous) stereotypes distort our collective sense of Irish whiskey: that it’s always triple-distilled (not true), that therefore it’s generally “lighter” and “smoother” than Scotch (also not […]