Projo Beer Blog

March 12, 2006 - March 18, 2006 Archives

Are you tired of drinking green drafts on March 17 and looking to celebrate this St. Patrick's Day with a real Irish beer?

You might want to check out epicurious.com, which offers a guide to Irish beers and Irish-style beers.

Here's some of what it says: "Joe's Bar down the street may be serving green lager this St. Patrick's Day, but in Ireland the color of beer year-round is black -- as in dry, roasty stout, the Blessed Trinity being Guinness, Murphy's, and Beamish. Poured slowly, to allow the prized creamy head to form, these three beers are as emblematic of Eire as shamrocks and Celtic crosses."

Do you have thoughts on these beers or any others to help make St. Patrick's Day special?

Enjoying a beer for the St. Patrick's Parade in Holyoke, Mass., this Sunday will require some planning.

The city's License Commission has decided it won't allow the city's 81 bar and liquor stores to open at 9 a.m., instead of noon, when the parade starts, according to the Associated Press.

The commission voted March 2 to allow the early openings but changed its decision this week after the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission told the city the early openings would violate state statutes governing Sunday alcohol sales.

Read the Associated Press story.

Imagine, if you haven't already, walking into your kitchen, turning on the faucet and pouring yourself a cold beer.

Is that your idea of the perfect kitchen? A miracle even?

Well, it happened to a woman in Norway, according to this story from the Associated Press:

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- It almost seemed like a miracle to Haldis Gundersen when she turned on her kitchen faucet this weekend and found the water had turned into beer.

Two flights down, employees and customers at the Big Tower Bar were horrified when water poured out of the beer taps.

By an improbable feat of clumsy plumbing, someone at the bar in Kristiandsund, western Norway, had accidentally hooked the beer hoses to the water pipes for Gundersen's apartment.

Read the full story.