First of all, why would anyone need an excuse? It's just great beer! Enjoy your Guinness responsibly, but here's a bit of St. Patrick's Day that often goes unnoticed. I ran across this as part of a worship song. The whole text and a very interesting history article on St. Patrick can be found here. I'll leave you all with the excerpt I enjoyed the most:
from "St. Patrick's Breast-Plate"
Christ with me, Christ before me,
Christ behind me, Christ within me,
Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ at my right, Christ at my left,
. . .
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks to me,
Christ in every eye that sees me,
Christ in every ear that hears me.
Amen.
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I wish I liked Guinness. I did try, though, and that has to count for something!
Good theology & good beer do seem to go hand-in-hand, don't they.
:)
Absolutely!
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Guinness is proof that God doesn't want the Irish to take over the world. He created a drink with such a foul after-taste that only those with genetic predisposition can stomach the stuff for extended periods.
We Scots prefer, well, Scotch. Nothing less than 12 years old, and single malt.
Oh, boy... you've done it now. Don't say I didn't warn you. Put your kilt on, strap on the sword and get ready for battle.
We have a lot of friends who really like Guinness. And probably we know some folks who don't like Scots, just on principle.
;)
How can you not like Scots?Highlander? Braveheart? Rob Roy?
I mean c'mon, what do the Irish have? Darby O'Gill and the Little People? I'll match Liam Neeson, Mel Gibson against a pint of Guinness any day of the week!
Of course, I'm posting this on St. Patty's, so technically, I'm Irish today . . . which is giving my Scot-blood a headache. ;-)
Apples and oranges, apples and oranges. No one would deny the smoothness of a well-aged single malt Scotch (hold the rocks), but if your Guinness has a bad aftertaste, I'd blame that on your distributor (or your tastebuds). I'm not saying that Guinness is on the level of a DogfishHead Worldwide Stout or a Belgain Trappist Ale, but it's a great beginners' beer and deserves due credit as such. Alas, if some cannot appreciate the value of quality liquid bread, more's the pity, but I suppose somebody's got to keep Schlitz in business. Happy St. Patrick's Day.
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