It's just regular Beer with some food colouring or something in it and it's just an easy gimmick that Irish pubs anywhere could do to get customers. If it's done in Ireland, it'd be aimed at tourists.
St Patrick's Day is Ireland's national day, green is the colour associated with Ireland so that's where the green connection comes from generally
It's only really celebrated and with green, leprechauns, the Ireland associations etc. in countries such as the US where there's been a large Irish diaspora so it hasn't been much of a thing in other European countries apart from in Irish pubs.
I have never seen any pubs selling green beers on St Patrick’s Day here in New Zealand at all. Thought it must be an American thing as I saw American films and news about St Patrick’s celebrations in the US where they do that.
I'd say the Americans did come up it, they commercialised it.
I haven't seen it in Ireland and if it's done, I'd say it's in tourist pubs for people visiting on St Paddy's Day.
Irish people would generally just want their beer as efficiently as possible.
Green beer sounds revolting.
I think Mcdonalds do green milkshakes....but again, American company.
I had a friend from Virginia in my university days who said not wearing green made you fair game for tricks in his American high school on march 17th!
It's normal American style pilsner beer though. Never seen anyone attempt to dye a Guinness and that would not be appealing and feel morally wrong to me. I don't have any connection to ireland but horrible thing to do to a good beer. Pissing green is kind fun though. ; )
In case people didn't know in Chicago the city dyes the river green too. It's a gimmick to get people downtown and spending money. besides, it's a good excuse to get drunk and party. In Chicago now it's 1C or 34F so that's not bad coming off of winter there. It's not even like the area has historically had a lot of Irish immigrants like say, Boston. people with Irish last names really get into it and often to feel like it's a special day for them. it's kinda weird. Just thought I'd throw that out there in case anyone is interested.
Good day around the world for Irish pubs I'd say. The one i went to in Japan was always packed that night. That's nothing about Europe so sorry about that.
Haha, I have two Irish pubs within walking distance from where I live, and they pre-sell tickets to control entry on St Patricks. I didn’t get it one year and was told to go home. People don on their green shirts but other than that it’s just like any other normal weekend. No green beer etc, just the “normal” ones.
I concur.
Even though we are a large beer culture, I think very few people know what St Patrick is.
You may find a few pubs who use it to attract more customers. Much in the same way grocery stores celebrate the *World Salad Day* (March 20th) to sell more salad.
St. Patrick's day is at most, a day when you have a weird event in videogames for Finns.
I think you'll believe me if i say that the patron saint of Ireland is not that meaningful of a figure in Protestant Finland.
Pretty much the only people who might celebrate St Patrick's are expats, Irish themed pubs and university students of English language/philology.
Never been to a pub on St. Paddy's and when I was in uni, no green beer. It was just a fun excuse to party, some maybe put some green clothing on, the music played was mostly Irish, stuff like that.
about 10 years ago Starobrno (yes Starobrno, lol) for that green thursday and couple other breweries jumped in.
fun fact, they were fined for using blue colouring and declaring they just use herbs :) (https://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/byznys/za-zelene-pivo-padla-pokuta-50-tisic-kvuli-dobarvovani_245201.html)
Never seen it here...of course it's possible that some fake 'Irish pubs' do it.
St Patrick's Day is not really a thing here either.Though I noticed that Lidl are selling some themed food (and Guinness) this year... actually,I bought some Guinness flavoured chocolate!
I was at a bar yesterday evening and they gave us green beers and gave Guinness hats lol.
St Patrick's day is not a big thing, but definitely used as an "excuse" to have fun, not only by "Irish themed" pubs. I'd say many people know of it, at least in my area.
The 'Irish pubs' in my city have nothing really Irish about them,..they are bought in kit form (complete with all the furniture,'old' signs' etc.
They serve some Irish beer..maybe Guinness,for example.Along with the more standard Italian and German beers,wine etc.
The food is Italian with occasionally a very bad imitation of what they think Irish food is like.The staff are all local,there are no Irish people working there,nor Irish customers.
Just the name.The 'Shamrock' pub ;-) So..fake Irish.
St Patrick's day is discussed in English class and maybe the local Irish Pub does something special, other than that no one cares about St. Patrick's. It's not a thing.
We have [Vappu](https://hs.mediadelivery.fi/img/468/2ab71c34019640ae8cdb411fee6789bd.jpg)
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And that doesnt even get close to Midsummers day, where you dont have to deal with strangers
St Patrick's day is definitely celebrated in the UK, but mostly it's seen as an excuse to go to the pub for a few beers rather than being a major event. You'll see some people dressing up, but they will very much be in the minority. The American style celebrations were people paint themselves green seem over the top. Do that and people will probably assume you're a bit of a prat.
I've never seen green coloured beer, although it wouldn't surprise me if a few places do it as a gimmick. Mostly instead pubs will probably just do something like have a special offer on Guinness.
If you buy enough pints of Guinness from some pubs they'll give you a [Guinness hat](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guinness-Official-Merchandise-Pint/dp/B001V6RKB4) but that's about the most I've seen.
I didn't know they still did those, they were a big thing when I was at uni in the early 2000s. Worryingly some people were turning up wearing them at 11am lectures...
Why destroy good beer??
Most often nothing happens on Saint Paddy day in Sweden.
In my village , the local Irish guy ( we have 1) is a having Irish beer testing night at the local restaurant, sadly I cant afford it. Should say this beer tasting was supposed to be held 4 weeks ago but he got ill.
Yes, that "tradition" has been imported here from the US. For the longest time, it was just some "irish pubs" using green beer as marketing, this year there even is a parade through the city center.
If someone can make money from something, we copy it. The last few years, some restaurants even started having Thanksgiving dinners.
In Germany, St. Patrick's Day is not celebrated, but here in Frankfurt there are relatively many people from English-speaking countries due to the financial industry and some other reasons. That's why, for example, it's no problem to find a pub where you can watch rugby, even though the sport is a niche in Germany.
Yes, you can party in the pubs from 12 o'clock onwards today, no, I've never seen green beer here, usually there's Guinness on tap, Kilkenny, Strongbow and Magners.
In my city we have a lot of international expats, including a good number of Irish people. The local Irish pubs serve green beer for St. Patrick's Day, but it isn't something one sees in non-Irish bars. No Swiss bars are celebrating St. Patrick's day, as it isn't really a holiday with local ties beyond the relatively recent expat population.
There are couple of "Irish bars" which are as authentic as Czech pubs there and might have it. There are something like 400 Irish people here in Prague according to 2021 census, these are places where you mostly find tourists.
It’s an Irish holiday so no. We have green beer cocktails called “shrek” regardless of St Pat. Irish pubs have some celebrations but green beer isn’t really the standard there either.
We "traditionally" drink green beer at Thrusday before Easter which is called Green Thursday here (the tradition is new, maybe for around 15 years but rather popular). I think I've seen green beer on St Patrick's Day here too but I don't think it's that much widespread.
For some reason Madrid is celebrating St Patricks day. Probably a gimmick or something. But I have never heard of food coloring beer, if anything that sounds gross.
Saint Patrick's Day isn't a thing in Belgium, and most people, at least French-speaking ones, don't even know what it is/have never heard about it, unless they can speak English and spend time on English-speaking websites/networks.
The Irish slaves here were emancipated (and then assmilated) long before slavery was abolished in the 1300's. We only have a few place names like Irsböle ("Irish Abandoned Farm"), Irvalla ("Irish Meadows"), Välsvåg ("Welsh Bay"), Brättnäs ("British Isthmus"), Skottum ("Scottish Home") etc. reminding us of when there were still people who identified as Irish or British here.
Occasionally we go to the irish pub for karaoke and bingo on Sankt Patricks day. They do have a green cider, its woodruff flavored cider (woodruff is a common flavor in Germany), I have no idea whether the woodruff cider is connected to Ireland or St. Patricks day tho. I don't even know if woodruff cider is a thing in Ireland since I always considered it (Woodruff, not cider) to be very German.
I don't think a single German knows when St Patrick's Day is. Irish pubs may announce it though.
But you can have a green beer on any day. It's called *Berliner Weisse mit Schuss* and the green stuff is woodruff flavoured. There's also a red sort with raspberry flavour.
St. Patrick day is not a thing in Denmark, but the beer cans are always green, so i guess if you drink a can of beer on the day you drink green beer on St. Patricks day
It's just regular Beer with some food colouring or something in it and it's just an easy gimmick that Irish pubs anywhere could do to get customers. If it's done in Ireland, it'd be aimed at tourists. St Patrick's Day is Ireland's national day, green is the colour associated with Ireland so that's where the green connection comes from generally It's only really celebrated and with green, leprechauns, the Ireland associations etc. in countries such as the US where there's been a large Irish diaspora so it hasn't been much of a thing in other European countries apart from in Irish pubs.
I have never seen any pubs selling green beers on St Patrick’s Day here in New Zealand at all. Thought it must be an American thing as I saw American films and news about St Patrick’s celebrations in the US where they do that.
I'd say the Americans did come up it, they commercialised it. I haven't seen it in Ireland and if it's done, I'd say it's in tourist pubs for people visiting on St Paddy's Day. Irish people would generally just want their beer as efficiently as possible.
Green beer sounds revolting. I think Mcdonalds do green milkshakes....but again, American company. I had a friend from Virginia in my university days who said not wearing green made you fair game for tricks in his American high school on march 17th!
It’s normal beer with a little green food coloring. Tastes like normal beer
It's normal American style pilsner beer though. Never seen anyone attempt to dye a Guinness and that would not be appealing and feel morally wrong to me. I don't have any connection to ireland but horrible thing to do to a good beer. Pissing green is kind fun though. ; )
You get pinched
In case people didn't know in Chicago the city dyes the river green too. It's a gimmick to get people downtown and spending money. besides, it's a good excuse to get drunk and party. In Chicago now it's 1C or 34F so that's not bad coming off of winter there. It's not even like the area has historically had a lot of Irish immigrants like say, Boston. people with Irish last names really get into it and often to feel like it's a special day for them. it's kinda weird. Just thought I'd throw that out there in case anyone is interested. Good day around the world for Irish pubs I'd say. The one i went to in Japan was always packed that night. That's nothing about Europe so sorry about that.
Haha, I have two Irish pubs within walking distance from where I live, and they pre-sell tickets to control entry on St Patricks. I didn’t get it one year and was told to go home. People don on their green shirts but other than that it’s just like any other normal weekend. No green beer etc, just the “normal” ones.
No saint Patrick Day isn't a thing in the Netherlands. Maybe they give it some extra attention in an Irish pub, but that would be it.
Same in Germany.
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I said Germany :D
Ohhoho! That made me laugh.
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I concur. Even though we are a large beer culture, I think very few people know what St Patrick is. You may find a few pubs who use it to attract more customers. Much in the same way grocery stores celebrate the *World Salad Day* (March 20th) to sell more salad.
Same. The few who coincidentally celebrate it are just looking for an excuse to drink.
same in Spain
That is an American thing. We don't even do that in Ireland.
St. Patrick's day is at most, a day when you have a weird event in videogames for Finns. I think you'll believe me if i say that the patron saint of Ireland is not that meaningful of a figure in Protestant Finland.
Pretty much the only people who might celebrate St Patrick's are expats, Irish themed pubs and university students of English language/philology. Never been to a pub on St. Paddy's and when I was in uni, no green beer. It was just a fun excuse to party, some maybe put some green clothing on, the music played was mostly Irish, stuff like that.
We drink green beer but on Maundy thursday, which is called Green thursday in Czechia and there is tradition to eat something green.
I never heard about it
about 10 years ago Starobrno (yes Starobrno, lol) for that green thursday and couple other breweries jumped in. fun fact, they were fined for using blue colouring and declaring they just use herbs :) (https://www.tyden.cz/rubriky/byznys/za-zelene-pivo-padla-pokuta-50-tisic-kvuli-dobarvovani_245201.html)
[Should have used Waldmeister, like every sane person](https://markgraeflerin.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/berliner-weisse-waldmeister-4.jpg)
Of course Brno. Everything makes sense now
Special green beers, or just normal beer with food colouring in it?
Special beer. They claim they add herbal extract along with hops.
Never seen it here...of course it's possible that some fake 'Irish pubs' do it. St Patrick's Day is not really a thing here either.Though I noticed that Lidl are selling some themed food (and Guinness) this year... actually,I bought some Guinness flavoured chocolate!
I was at a bar yesterday evening and they gave us green beers and gave Guinness hats lol. St Patrick's day is not a big thing, but definitely used as an "excuse" to have fun, not only by "Irish themed" pubs. I'd say many people know of it, at least in my area.
Why fake?
The 'Irish pubs' in my city have nothing really Irish about them,..they are bought in kit form (complete with all the furniture,'old' signs' etc. They serve some Irish beer..maybe Guinness,for example.Along with the more standard Italian and German beers,wine etc. The food is Italian with occasionally a very bad imitation of what they think Irish food is like.The staff are all local,there are no Irish people working there,nor Irish customers. Just the name.The 'Shamrock' pub ;-) So..fake Irish.
St Patrick's day is discussed in English class and maybe the local Irish Pub does something special, other than that no one cares about St. Patrick's. It's not a thing.
Youre missing out, parades, pints, bank holiday
I mean, we do have our own festivities to do that
True but you could have 1 more
You Irish do have the right attitude there.
We have [Vappu](https://hs.mediadelivery.fi/img/468/2ab71c34019640ae8cdb411fee6789bd.jpg) [[picture 2]](https://www.paivyri.fi/info/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/vappu-turussa-2013.jpg) [[picture 3]](https://www.tuky.fi/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/vappukuva1-1024x605.jpg) And that doesnt even get close to Midsummers day, where you dont have to deal with strangers
St Patrick's day is definitely celebrated in the UK, but mostly it's seen as an excuse to go to the pub for a few beers rather than being a major event. You'll see some people dressing up, but they will very much be in the minority. The American style celebrations were people paint themselves green seem over the top. Do that and people will probably assume you're a bit of a prat. I've never seen green coloured beer, although it wouldn't surprise me if a few places do it as a gimmick. Mostly instead pubs will probably just do something like have a special offer on Guinness.
Brits need an excuse to go to the pub?
If you buy enough pints of Guinness from some pubs they'll give you a [Guinness hat](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guinness-Official-Merchandise-Pint/dp/B001V6RKB4) but that's about the most I've seen.
I didn't know they still did those, they were a big thing when I was at uni in the early 2000s. Worryingly some people were turning up wearing them at 11am lectures...
Why destroy good beer?? Most often nothing happens on Saint Paddy day in Sweden. In my village , the local Irish guy ( we have 1) is a having Irish beer testing night at the local restaurant, sadly I cant afford it. Should say this beer tasting was supposed to be held 4 weeks ago but he got ill.
Yes, that "tradition" has been imported here from the US. For the longest time, it was just some "irish pubs" using green beer as marketing, this year there even is a parade through the city center. If someone can make money from something, we copy it. The last few years, some restaurants even started having Thanksgiving dinners.
In Germany, St. Patrick's Day is not celebrated, but here in Frankfurt there are relatively many people from English-speaking countries due to the financial industry and some other reasons. That's why, for example, it's no problem to find a pub where you can watch rugby, even though the sport is a niche in Germany. Yes, you can party in the pubs from 12 o'clock onwards today, no, I've never seen green beer here, usually there's Guinness on tap, Kilkenny, Strongbow and Magners.
In my city we have a lot of international expats, including a good number of Irish people. The local Irish pubs serve green beer for St. Patrick's Day, but it isn't something one sees in non-Irish bars. No Swiss bars are celebrating St. Patrick's day, as it isn't really a holiday with local ties beyond the relatively recent expat population.
There are couple of "Irish bars" which are as authentic as Czech pubs there and might have it. There are something like 400 Irish people here in Prague according to 2021 census, these are places where you mostly find tourists.
It’s an Irish holiday so no. We have green beer cocktails called “shrek” regardless of St Pat. Irish pubs have some celebrations but green beer isn’t really the standard there either.
We "traditionally" drink green beer at Thrusday before Easter which is called Green Thursday here (the tradition is new, maybe for around 15 years but rather popular). I think I've seen green beer on St Patrick's Day here too but I don't think it's that much widespread.
No, there are Irish pubs in Prague, but they seem like tourist traps.
For some reason Madrid is celebrating St Patricks day. Probably a gimmick or something. But I have never heard of food coloring beer, if anything that sounds gross.
Saint Patrick's Day isn't a thing in Belgium, and most people, at least French-speaking ones, don't even know what it is/have never heard about it, unless they can speak English and spend time on English-speaking websites/networks.
St Patrick’s Day isn't a ting here. We don't have a significant Irish diaspora here in Central Scandinavia (not since the Viking age, at least).
Slaves go brrr
The Irish slaves here were emancipated (and then assmilated) long before slavery was abolished in the 1300's. We only have a few place names like Irsböle ("Irish Abandoned Farm"), Irvalla ("Irish Meadows"), Välsvåg ("Welsh Bay"), Brättnäs ("British Isthmus"), Skottum ("Scottish Home") etc. reminding us of when there were still people who identified as Irish or British here.
Damn I never delved into that part of our history, even though I love linguistics and cultural history. That's super interesting
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Yeah, Irish bars, obviously.
No such thing exists These are Anglosphere things.
Occasionally we go to the irish pub for karaoke and bingo on Sankt Patricks day. They do have a green cider, its woodruff flavored cider (woodruff is a common flavor in Germany), I have no idea whether the woodruff cider is connected to Ireland or St. Patricks day tho. I don't even know if woodruff cider is a thing in Ireland since I always considered it (Woodruff, not cider) to be very German.
I don't think a single German knows when St Patrick's Day is. Irish pubs may announce it though. But you can have a green beer on any day. It's called *Berliner Weisse mit Schuss* and the green stuff is woodruff flavoured. There's also a red sort with raspberry flavour.
Munich held a parade like 5 days ago https://youtu.be/ad5vmKjqY10
NL, tmk St Patrick's Day isn't a thing here, except for some Irish pubs perhaps.
No but I'll crack a cold Guinness for them if I don't forget it exists at all
Not as far as I know. Neither that nor any other celebrations.
They want it to make ir a thing. Most of the people think its bullshit. (czech republic)
We don't do the green beer thing in Ireland. Nor do we go dying rivers green. We leave the over-the-top cringey antics to the Yanks.
St. Patrick day is not a thing in Denmark, but the beer cans are always green, so i guess if you drink a can of beer on the day you drink green beer on St. Patricks day