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We have Parades, Pub Crawls, Special Green Beer, Green Sangria, Irish Cactus Cocktail, ‘Luckyrita’ Marguerita, ‘Citrus Shamrock’, Irish Lamb Sliders, Bag-Pipers, Corned Beef & Cabbage specials, ‘Lucky Leprechaun Cupcakes’, Irish Bar Bands, & People wearing Green! Its a good excuse for a party, and yeah its a stereotype but DAMN the Irish people do love to party! So lets hear it for the Irish! The Dublin After Dark will warm you up, made with Jameson, Creme de Menthe and Baileys. Shamrocks & Shenanigans $5 Guinness Draught, Unbelievable stuff!

If you are lucky enough to be Irish, you are lucky enough! It's going to be a fun weekend and I'm off to Happy Hour now so have a great weekend everyone! I'm not Irish but I do love the festivities!

What's everyone doing to celebrate?

TomL is coming over and he's gonna tell everyone to go fuck themselves again.

I know.

I've seen him do it....

Since it's on a sunday,probably not going to do much. Celebrated many a St Paddy's Day over the years. Won't kill me to sit this one out. But have fun Bitch. :keithpunky

Rubbish.

Corned beef and cabbage baby -- and lotsa Harp!

Tonight, tomorrow, and extra on Sunday.

Gonna smell like a refinery at the casa!!!!

Hitting the best Irish pub in the greater DC area on Sunday -- mad house!!!

Monday is recovery day.

Tuesday too maybe.

Making corned beef, cabbage, colcanon and soda bread for my tribe.

Happy St. Pat's everyone!

St. Patrick's Day Surprise: Guinness Beer May Contain Fish Bladder

Before you take a sip of Guinness this weekend, you might want to know this: there could be traces of fish bladder in your ale.

The Smithsonian Magazine reports that the beer, which will sell 13 million pints on St. Patricks Day, is exposed to something called Isinglass, the air-bladder of fish like sturgeon that is added to the beer's cask to assist in separating the yeast and solid particles out of the final product after it's been brewed and fermented. The isinglass is a known fining or clarification agent. Explains the Smithsonian, "As the finings pass through the beer, they attract themselves to particles in the fermented beer that create an unwanted 'haziness' in the final product and form into a jelly-like mass that settles to the bottom of the cask."

This method was described as far back as 1797, in an edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica Volume IX, which cites the research of the process by Pierre Pomet, chief apothecary to the King Louis XIV. Guinness, which began production in Dublin in 1759, starting using isinglass in the mid to late 19th century, reports the Smithsonian. But today, with modern gelatin, isinglass is not frequently used at most breweries. But Guinness made this recent statement: "All Guinness brands are free from animal matter and from contact with animal matter. However, isinglass, which is a by-product of the fishing industry, is used as a fining agent for settling out suspended matter in the vat. The isinglass is retained in the floor of the vat but it is possible that minute quantities might be carried over into the beer.” If this is of concern, German and Belgian beers do not use isinglass in their process due to the "purity laws" that went into effect in 1516. Despite the ruling being lifted in 1987, the purity process is still practiced.

Are you going to think twice before grabbing a Guinness this St. Paddy's Day? Or will you still enjoy a pint (or two!)?

Always happy to celebrate and honor my Irish heritage on St Paddy's Day.

"May the roads rise to meet you.
May the wind be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face;
The rain fall soft upon your fields
And, until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand"

Slainte!!!!

LJ.

Happy St. Paddy's Day to everyone, I gave up the suds 4 years ago, but for everyone who drinks, have a great day, :booze :booze :booze Gazza Your Irish, so you must do some celebrating, we're having a parade here in Toronto this Sunday, lots of Irish here.

Usually I am Irish one day a year....this year I get to be Irish for a weekend! :booze :booze :booze :warhorse

get your Rocks Off and be Happy! :weed :booze :keithpunky

Heart Of Stone wrote on Mar 15^th, 2013 at 6:55pm:

Happy St. Paddy's Day to everyone, I gave up the suds 4 years ago, but for everyone who drinks, have a great day, :booze :booze :booze Gazza Your Irish, so you must do some celebrating, we're having a parade here in Toronto this Sunday, lots of Irish here.

Oddly enough, I don't. If I fancy a few drinks, I don't need a special 'day' for an excuse! ;D

Its a day off work on Monday, so I'm happy enough with that. The appeal of it worldwide (especially amongst people who dont have Irish ancestry) utterly bewilders me - but I hope everyone who wants to mark it has a great time.

Gazza wrote on Mar 16^th, 2013 at 4:02pm:

Heart Of Stone wrote on Mar 15^th, 2013 at 6:55pm:

Fukya willya...have a drink anyway!..lets all toast one for Mary in hopes of better days!

There's my excuse! Slainté, it is, then!

Bubbles n Squeak

Tippin a few for the Irish

Celebrate - Slainte :booze

An Irishman's Philosophy

In life, there are only two things to worry about—
Either you are well or you are sick.
If you are well, there is nothing to worry about,

But if you are sick, there are only two things to worry about—
Either you will get well or you will die.
If you get well, there is nothing to worry about,

But if you die, there are only two things to worry about—
Either you will go to heaven or hell.
If you go to heaven, there is nothing to worry about.

And if you go to hell, you’ll be so busy shaking hands with all your friends
You won’t have time to worry!
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St Patrick may have driven out the snakes but at least he left these beautiful creatures.

(This one's for you Nanky)

Happy St Fucking Pattys Day. 2 days of mayhem and farting at the casa de nanky. Keeping it going one more day, Erin go fuck yourself.

I had this last night:

Car Bomb Trifle ~ Guinness soaked chocolate pound cake, Bailey’s mousse, Jameson syrup with crunchy nut crumble and washed it down with ~ the Screamin’ Leprechaun, a green shot of something tasty. It was good and I was thinking about the Guiness fish bladder story but it didnt taste like fish at all!
Chefs and bartenders are very inventive this year and I am impressed with the array of Irish delights! Going back for more stuff later!

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