17 March, 2006

When In Doubt About Local Irish Stouts

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I want to respectfully disagree with Doug over at Dane101 who says:

...don’t worry too much about finding a locally-brewed Irish-style stout around here. There isn’t any.

Well, unless Sprecher decided not to brew their Irish Stout this year, then there is a local Irish-style stout around here. Similarly, Lakefront Brewery offers Snake Chaser Irish Stout. Their webpage does not make mention the brew, however, recent reviews indicate it should be available. In addition, J.T. Whitney's on the west side has an Irish Stout and an Irish Ale on their beer list. Neither are listed as being available yet but I'm not certain when the webpage was last updated.

Maybe all of this is because Doug and I disagree about the term "local" but Milwaukee is a helluva lot more local than Ireland. Or Canada or wherever the Guiness we drink is contract brewed.



Plus, who say's you have to drink a stout on St. Patty's Day? Might I suggest a nice Gray's Irish Ale?


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