St. Patrick's Day Bier Tips from 20-year-old Columnist Will Siss

St. Patrick's Day falls on a Monday of this year that could separate the committed festivals from everyday night exchanges.

In recent years I have passed on the annual public pint-raising, if only because I have become allergic to expect from the elbows and meander from elbows. This could be the year in which I place my boot back on the bar rail, if only for a potentially mild experience.

Beer will of course play a role. Guinness is traditional, but I have found local straps and stouts as my preference. Served in a room temperature glass if you want.

I recommend grasping after a rich Abel porter from Waterbury's Brass Works Brewing, a dry, cozy, tight stout from the Nod Hill Brewing in Ridgefield or a strong boat and oat that was brewed by Bad Dog Brewing in Torrington.

Speaking of bad dog, it will be a stop for the Naugatuck -Lepechun run that was brought to you by the Naugatuck Railroad. Tonight at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 5 p.m. from the Thomaston Station to the brewery in the old fire station in Torrington there is St. Patrick's Day-Treet-Reisen.

Beer will be on the train and the Fudge Company nutmeg will serve on board its best bord.

You can find details on the three -hour trip at RMNE.org.

St. Patrick's Day was also the focus of my first beer -nob column when I wrote about alternatives to Guinness in March 2005.

At that time there were seven breweries in Connecticut. I estimated that I had enough material for a year or two. How often can you profile a brewery? How do you get people to take care of beer or worry about reading about it?

Over the years, with the help of excellent editors and readers, who were friendly enough to give me delightful beers and inspire dozens of column ideas, have found a way.

Yes, I submitted a Deluxe Guinness Brewery Proving, St. Croix about his little brewery and even Kalamazoo, me.

But the best experiences I've had are here in Connecticut.

The state has an average of five new breweries per year since 2005. I don't say that beer snob is responsible for flourishing, but I don't deny it.

I have had the best secondary employment for 20 years. Thank you, long -term readers. And to the new ones: welcome on board.

They sip well until the next time.

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