Last Crawl for Alcohol!

If you were to travel the length and breadth of Ireland sampling all the varieties of whiskey, you'd be as dead as Brendan Behan. The very name of the spirit is said to come from uisce beatha, or "water of life." It's easy to make friends with the fish who swim in that water!

Here are some handy phrases to use in an Irish pub next time you visit.

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Beer Milkshakes....mmmmmm!
from the worldofbeer.com

One of the easiest ways to surprise people unfamiliar with the full gastronomic potential of beer is with a 'beer shake.' This deceivingly simple concoction is created by blending robust beer - usually ale - with good quality ice cream, and when astutely done, yields a taste sensation.

The best beer to use (so far) is McEwan's Scotch Ale, a rich, 8% alcohol beer of some distinction, though by no means the classic of its style. The best ice cream to use is a real vanilla like Metropolitan Dairy's Madagascar Vanilla (from Toronto), Ben and Jerry's, or Häagen-Dazs.

When the molasses-like flavor of the Scotch ale meets the rich, intense vanilla of the ice cream, a star is born!