Posts Tagged: Ireland
The Most Pointless St. Paddy's Day Story Is...
Posted by on Friday, March 16, 2012 in - 4 comments
...this one repeated by the CBC about a bartender in England: • Blakeney will often stand at the other end of the bar if any customer is sipping a Guinness. Her phobia of the popular brew was triggered when she spilled a pint of Guinness over herself as a child, she said. At six or seven, she …
Bottled Guinness In Two Of Its Foreign Forms
Posted by on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 in - 30 comments
Is there any scarier concept than seeing "brewed in Canada" on a label? First, it means that it's being not consumed in Canada and, second, it means it is brewed by someone with no provincial pride. I see dead people. • Sound harsh? Well, 25 or 30 years ago, I would buy a six of Canadian made …
The US Secret Service Needs Good Cellerpersons
Posted by on Monday, May 9, 2011 in - 9 comments
Interesting to note that the impending trip of a US President to the ancestral home in Ireland requires the safe supply of beer: • The US secret service is to supply beer kegs to a pub US President Barack Obama is expected to visit in Moneygall, Co Offaly. Security surrounding the trip will be … read more »
Two Strangford Lough Brewing Beers... From Somewhere
Posted by on Thursday, July 1, 2010 in - 9 comments
The six pack carrier says "Product of USA crafted from barley gown in St. Patrick's Co." I got three Legbiter Ales and three St. Patrick's Best Ales. Can't find the email that I got from the representative. There's nothing in the box but styrofoam popcorn. The waybill says they're from New Jersey …
