How to Make Green Beer for St Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day is a popular holiday in the United States since many Americans have ancestors who migrated to the United States from Ireland. If you're having a St. Patrick's Day party with alcohol, you have to serve green beer. There are some easy ways to turn beer the lovely green color we associate with St. Patrick's Day.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Light colored beer
• Beer glass
• Green food coloring

1. Choose a light colored Irish beer such as Irish Red Ale, Harp or an Irish Amber. While Guinness or Murphy's are popular Irish beers, they're too dark to truly turn green.

2. Add a few drops of green food coloring into the bottom of a chilled glass.

3. Pour the beer into the glass.

4. Observe the green color—especially in the head (the foamy portion at the top of the glass). Add another drop or two of food coloring, if needed. If you add the food coloring after pouring the beer into the glass, it will still work, but you will have to stir the beer.

5. Toast your friends and family with your green beer on St. Patrick's Day by saying Slainte ("Slawn-Cha"). Slainte is Gaelic and means "good health."

[mrharvey]

on 3/13/2009 Hahaha! That's really clever! Thanks for sharing. :)

[aliciaanswers]

on 3/13/2009 St. Patty's Day always proves to be a great time! Great articles and good tip about adding the coloring before the beer!!..check out my article "How to Get White Teeth Naturally" if you need any help getting the food coloring off your teeth at the end of the day!

[twincapes]

on 2/12/2009 Good idea, thanks for the article!