According to census data, more than 33 million Americans claim that they come from Irish ancestry. For perspective, there are only 4.6 million people in all of Ireland. Perhaps our ancestry is one of the reasons so many of us have fallen in love with the cascading effect of those small, less soluble nitrogen bubbles and the fantastic creamy head on a tall pint of dark Guinness.
Yes, we Americans love the St Patrick’s Day holiday, and while nothing can precisely replicate the look, feel, and taste of hoisting a Guinness on March 17, we’d like to provide a few of our favorite craft-beer alternatives (both abroad and in the United States). Cheers to the Irish in America! Cheers to craft beer!
Stouts
But first, there’s Guinness Draught.
Guinness Ltd. (Dublin, Ireland)