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Irish Pubs: Serving Up Stouts and Craic
Beer drinking stories like that go naturally with Irish pubs. Ireland is famous for its neighborhood pubs, and since there are 40 million Irish-Americans (compared to Ireland's population of 5 million), it's little wonder that the United States is absolutely in love with Irish pubs.
The affection for Irish pubs is a worldwide phenomenon.
When Guinness established the Irish Pub Company in 1992, it opened upwards of 1,700 Irish pubs in 45 countries. The company built the first of its pubs in Atlanta in 1996, in time for the Olympics.
Each Irish Pub Company has five theme areas -- Dublin Victorian, Country Cottage, Pub Store, Gaelic and Brewery.. Some stick to a single theme, while others may include several themes.
Beer, preferably stout, and Irish whiskey are essential in an Irish pub, but so are craic (good conversation among equals) and sessiun, an open jam where musicians play traditional Irish instruments.
You can import Irish pub fixtures from Ireland, hire staff members with Irish accents and serve the drinks of Ireland, but craic can be harder to produce. Even in Ireland, in Dublin Pub Life and Lore: An Oral History, author Kevin Kearns writes that the pub culture that existed in Dublin between Irish independence in 1922 and the onset of World War II has mostly vanished.
A good Irish pub should have a regular clienteleand an interior design in shades of brown and mahogany. Irish pubs in the United States make it hard to find good craic, live Irish music and a wide selection of beer (from Ireland and elsewhere). Some of the best are more interested in serving Irish regulars than appearing to be Irish.
In Chicago, you'll find places that offer only two beers on tap, Old Style and Guinness. In Philadelphia, those taps will go to Guinness and Coors Light.
The pub was the first stop you'd make off the boat, if you were an Irish immigrant, where you'd go to get a green card and a job.. Life has changed since then, but Irishmen do still make a pub their first stop in the United States.
Anyhow, there's nothing like a good Irish pub to keep the homebrewers going in between their kegs coming of age. We hope you enjoyed our beer induced ramblings and join our brewer's here to share your favorite recipes. It's free to
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