Happy St. Patrick’s Day & Guinness Open Gate Brewery Night

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! As you well know, Ireland has stolen my heart over and over and over again. We don’t do much for the holiday at all, though I am sure there will be a pint of Guinness and a viewing of The Quiet Man at some point. I’ve visited Ireland over 20 times and written extensively about it, so for your St. Patrick’s Day reading, just a few blog posts on Ireland:

Perhaps our celebrating started earlier this month, with a special Guinness Open Gate Brewery Night to view The Brewers Project. Guinness actually brought the real, original recipe book to Boston for the event, and Artists for Humanity was filled with delicious Guinness beers, food, and cheer.

Guinness has had a knack for great advertising since its beginning, and it was fun to browse the colorful pieces and take replica postcards home.

It was also fun to taste the many beers that they had available. We tried Guinness Blonde, Guinness West Indies Porter, and my favorite of the night which isn’t actually available for sale, the 1798 Limited Edition.

Guinness quite obviously knows its beer, and they were all really good. I coveted these beautiful Guinness flute-like glasses. Unfortunately they weren’t for sale either.

In time for St. Patrick’s Day, Guinness was showing off some fun special edition cans, and they had an archivist from St. James’s Gate in Dublin showing us the recipe book, which we could not photograph.

Once we made our rounds of tasting and grabbed a pint of the black stuff, we headed to the very generously stocked food table for some yummy snacks including soft pretzels and a variety of toppings. Passes appetizers also kept us fed throughout.

Guinness knows how to put on a great event, and we really enjoyed a taste of Ireland in Boston.