Get lucky with these local St. Patrick’s Day beer releases
Before we go any further, I just want to come clean: I’m not as Irish as my last name might imply. However, I do love craft beer—Columbus craft beer in particular.
There’s a surprising variety of beers for your St. Paddy’s Day celebration, from green ales to coffee stouts to Andes-mint flavored beer. Check out our list below and let us know your favorite in the comments below.
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Parsons North, Irish Lager
While ‘Guinness’ and ‘stout’ may be the first things that come to mind when thinking of Irish beers, it’s nice to know there’s some variety to pick from. This one—which according to Parsons North head brewer Seth Draeger was modeled after iconic Irish brews like KIllian’s—features sweet, malt-forward flavors while still managing to stay drinkable, clocking in at 4.5% ABV.
Great Lakes, Conway’s Irish Ale
Alright, so maybe I stretched the rules a bit for this one—seeing as it’s brewed in Cleveland—but I stand by my choice, because this beer is just that good. And it has the resume to prove it, as Conway’s Irish Ale alone has earned an eye-popping seven World Beer Championship medals since it was first introduced in 1995. This red ale finds the happy medium between beautiful, malty caramel notes and a lighter, drinkable body.
DankHouse, Chocolate Mint OhGee
Andes mint-inspired imperial stout. Do we even need to say more? While this Dank House brew is going to be quite a bit heavier and more flavor-rich than an Irish Guinness (clocking in at 10.3% ABV), this one is still a stout nonetheless. And as its name suggests, it’s brewed to recall those beloved little chocolate-covered mints we all can’t get enough of.
Land-Grant, Make Mine Irish
While unfortunately the can release for this Irish Coffee Stout has already sold out, you can still find this brew at the Land-Grant taproom. As you might have guessed from its name, this 7.5% ABV beer was not only brewed with coffee, but whiskey-aged coffee beans from Stauf’s in Columbus. Rich, dark, and robust, it embodies Irish coffee in more ways than one.
North High, (Green) Cover Crop
Cover Crop is a light, crowd-pleasing blonde ale that’s been a staple in this Columbus brewery for a number of years now. It even features Ohio-grown malt and hops. This latest batch that will hit North High taprooms, however, has been dyed green. Because even during the pandemic we could all use a touch of festive charm, no matter the holiday, right?
Gemüt, Sow of Sunna Marzen
So while the last beer on our list isn’t explicitly St. Patrick’s day themed, it still feels (and tastes) like it could be plucked right from the Irish countryside on a rainy afternoon. Even the Marzen style itself is a traditional European brew. This 5.8% ABV amber lager offers similar sweet caramel notes and toasty malt notes as many of the other Irish beers on this list, and represents a fun change-up that’s still well within the St. Patrick’s Day flavor profile.
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