How to brew "Green Beer" for Saint Patricks Day

[McAbrew]

Hello all, I am looking to brew a green colored beer for Saint Patricks Day. Does anyone have any recipes?

 

[MeatyPortion]

I remember something about food coloring. Not too sure otherwise. Wait 'til Revvy sees this.

 

[davesrose]

Yeah, that's right...brew up your favorite beer then add green food coloring (or you can try some blue to see how it fairs with yellow beer). Green beer in the bars is only whatever beer (to keep it Irish, maybe Harp) plus green food coloring. Obviously, the darker the beer, the more food coloring you need. IMO, not worth it. I'd rather drink my share of dry stouts for St Pete's day!!

 

[McAbrew]

At what point do you add the food coloring?

During brewing or bottling?

Thanks for the input!

 

[dorklord]

If your beer is particularly yellow/gold in color, you may be able to add just some blue food coloring and get a nice green tint.

 

[Revvy]

1) Brew a true Irish beer for St. Paddy's Day. Like a stout.

2) Buy a case of your favorite cheap beer, and a bottle of green food coloring.

3)On St. Paddy's day, forget about the stuff in step 2 and drink the stout.

4) Repeat step 3. If you run out MAYBE drink some of the swill.

5) Use any of the leftover cheap beer to water the compost, and the green food coloring for dying eggs for Easter.

 

[Hockeyhunter99]

At what point do you add the food coloring?

During brewing or bottling?

Thanks for the input!

Neither. you put a few drops in your glass before you pour your HB

works with BMC as well.

 

[RukusDM]

1) Brew a true Irish beer for St. Paddy's Day. Like a stout.

2) Buy a case of your favorite cheap beer, and a bottle of green food coloring.

3)On St. Paddy's day, forget about the stuff in step 2 and drink the stout.

4) Repeat step 3. If you run out MAYBE drink some of the swill.

5) Use any of the leftover cheap beer to water the compost, and the green food coloring for dying eggs for Easter.

Hahahahha

 

[Ravenshead]

100000 parts BMC: 1 part green food coloring or there abouts.

Seriously though, green beer, along with St. Patty's day are American inventions designed to sell beer. As far as I know, the Irish don't celebrate it. Cinco de Mayo is the same way for Mexico.

Not that I won't drink a few for St Patty's of course.

Edit: Damn Revvy, you're quick.

 

[Hockeyhunter99]

1) Brew a true Irish beer for St. Paddy's Day. Like a stout.

2) Buy a case of your favorite cheap beer, and a bottle of green food coloring.

3)On St. Paddy's day, forget about the stuff in step 2 and drink the stout.

4) Repeat step 3. If you run out MAYBE drink some of the swill.

5) Use any of the leftover cheap beer to water the compost, and the green food coloring for dying eggs for Easter.

BWAHAHAHA!!!


+1 on the Americanized St. Patty's Day. Drink a Guinness. There is a Ruby at the bottom of every glass!! no Green

 

[davesrose]

5) Use any of the leftover cheap beer to water the compost, and the green food coloring for dying eggs for Easter.

LOL....good one. Unfortunately, I'm Jewish so I'd have no use for leftover green dye. I've never been one for green beer on St Pete's....I'd be much more interested in a soured extra foreign stout I'm perfecting now...

 

[jonmohno]

You could try dryhopping with corned beef n cabbage.

 

[Ravenshead]

Don't waste the corned beef, it's my favorite.

You can mash the cabbage though.

 

[strat_thru_marshall]

You can mash the cabbage though.

make sure you use rice hulls, that'll be a sticky mash

 

[davesrose]

I've got an interesting quest: what about only mashing corned beef and cabbage?

 

[Ravenshead]

I've got an interesting quest: what about only mashing corned beef and cabbage?

How many PPG do I get for that?

 

[dcott]

If memory serves me correctly, DFH brewed a beer a while back made with Spirulina (algae) which made it naturally green. I hear it tasted like crap, but it gets an A for effort!

 

[Blue_Monkey]

Guinness or GTFO!


If you MUST make a green beer using food coloring, at least use Harp!

 

[brewmonk]

hello all, i am looking to brew a green colored beer for saint patricks day. Does anyone have any recipes?

-no-

 

[jonmohno]

I've got an interesting quest: what about only mashing corned beef and cabbage?

With some rye bread and a irish red or stout-Good to go.

 

[MeatyPortion]

I'd rather have a big Irish breakfast with black and white pudding.

 

[sudsmcgee]

LOL....good one. Unfortunately, I'm Jewish so I'd have no use for leftover green dye. I've never been one for green beer on St Pete's....I'd be much more interested in a soured extra foreign stout I'm perfecting now...

Being Jewish is no excuse. Easter eggs are a pagan symbol that somehow got translated to "Christian" holidays.

Since Christians are not pagans by definition, I see no reason that Jews can't color eggs too!

 

[Revvy]

Being Jewish is no excuse. Easter eggs are a pagan symbol that somehow got translated to "Christian" holidays.

Since Christians are not pagans by definition, I see no reason that Jews can't color eggs too!

Not to forget the fact that Jesus wasn't even a Christian. He was preaching a radicalized version of Judaism, NOT a religion known as Christianity.....he never set out to start a religion, and never saw himself as anything other than a Jew. So go figure....

BTW, according to, imho one of the best books on the subject;

Chinese food was Jesus's favorite birthday meal, and that's why Jews all go out for Chinese food on Christmas day. They got it right to begin with.

 

[davesrose]

Chinese food was Jesus's favorite birthday meal, and that's why Jews all go out for Chinese food on Christmas day. They got it right to begin with.

Oh, all Jews go out for Chinese food on Christmas....that's news to me!

 

[Revvy]

Oh, all Jews go out for Chinese food on Christmas....that's news to me!

We'll if you aren't you aren't very good Jews for jesus are you?

 

[davesrose]

We'll if you aren't you aren't very good Jews for jesus are you?

That's true...I'd rather stick to bagels for breakfast and pastrami for lunch. The only time I ate Chinese for a holiday was when I was visiting NYC for Thanksgiving. So Jesus was from Brooklyn? That might explain a lot....

 

[Hockeyhunter99]

WOW. from green beer to Chinese-Jewish-Christams dinner???

 

[Revvy]

WOW. from green beer to Chinese-Jewish-Christams dinner???

Only in America.

 

[davesrose]

To stay semi-on topic....what colored beer would Jesus drink?

 

[Hockeyhunter99]

good question WWJD??