Entries from March 2006 ↓

[Editor's note: This was originally published at this time last year. Since we are lazy, we are republishing it now. If you have any suggestions, please let us know in the comments.]

With March 17 coming soon we here at Hail the Ale! have been working hard to come up with our list of beers you should have on St. Patty’s Day. Some of these you’ve probably had before, but some may be new to you. If you can get these on draught then do. Otherwise, most have the draft-cans with the little gaseous (in a good way!) widget that tries to mimic the draught.

• Guinness – OK, this wasn’t a hard one to come up with but you should be able to find it at any bar and many restaurants. Guinness is a smooth, creamy stout and should be enjoyed not guzzled.
  

• Beamish Irish Stout – Beamish has a little kick to it compared to Guinness. It has a stronger taste of chocolate and a roasted flavor. Is it better than Guinness? Depends on your tastes, but do give it a try if you can find it.
  
• Murhpy’s Irish Stout and Irish Red – I’m going to cheat and let their web site describe these: Murphy's Irish Stout is smooth and creamy, with a subtle bitterness. Murhpy’s Irish Red is well balanced and full-bodied, with hints of malt and caramel.
  
• Rogue Imperial Stout – Didn’t see this American Brew coming, did you? The Imperial Stout is an all out stout. It is hoppy, chocolaty—almost syrupy—and packs a wallop with nearly 12% alcohol by volume. This is my current favorite beer.
  

As always, be responsible when enjoying these beers. Whatever you do, don’t drink green beer!

Darcy's blog, The Art of Drink covers all drinking topics and is handily categorized for easy navigation to you to pick your poison. Check it out, especially the growing beer section. I've added this to our list of Sites We Like so you can get there from there (?) too.

Even though I'm already sick of “Web 2.0″ type sites, I figured I'd give Coastr a try since it is for beer drinkers. According to the site, here's what it is all about:

Coastr is an experiment in social networking for beer snobs (meant as a compliment, of course!). The basic idea is for you to create a list of your favorite beers, and to connect you with other people with similar tastes. And those connections will help you discover interesting new brews that you might have not known about before. “Social beermarking”, if you will.

I created an account and started adding some beers. You can view my page. I've added a few of the beers I had this past week. None of them were in the list yet so I added them so now anyone else can quickly add them to their list. According to this, there is nobody with beer tastes like mine

The idea is that as more people enter their beers/beer joints and as I enter more, I'll be able to find people that have the same ones in common. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how this works exactly since when I view the list of people that have a beer on their wall, the list doesn't show anything other than their username so I'm left to click them to find out where they are and what beers/places they like.

So far, I think it is a great idea to get AdSense revenue

It is happy hour. To celebrate, I'm posting links to articles on other beer blogs you should be reading too:

A Good Beer Blog:

• Beer Foam Science

Real Beer Page:

• Solar Powered Beer

On Tap:

• Beer Laws in the 50 US States

SudsPundit:

• Bidding Farewell to Beamish

What's better than a grill shaped like a beer keg? Nothing. Well, maybe something but it would have to be hella cool. I want one of these. Not for any practical reason but just because it looks cool.

Link via: Gizmodo