[Happygal]

I'm starting to cry now.

A Black and Tan?
Guinness should ONLY be consumed in it's virginal state.
Putting Smithwicks or some other ale into it is Guinness for lightweights.
Have a soda and sit in the corner ;-)

BTW..they don't call it a 'Black and Tan' because of how it looks ye know! Do you know what those Black and Tan bastids did in 1916! And ye call yerself an Irishman! *LOL* ;-)

[Dan from Michigan]

Guinness should ONLY be consumed in it's virginal state.

Don't cry. That's how I normally drink it 99% of the time. BTW - There's a reason why the Irish rises to the top of a Black and Tan. :)

Do you know what those Black and Tan bastids did in 1916!

I can't believe I didn't make that connection, and I'm a history buff.(Good thing I'm back in school...and taking an Irish History class)

And ye call yerself an Irishman! *LOL* ;-)

My lapse must have come from the Spanish blood from the Armada...:)

[TEXASPROUD]

When I think of my favorite Irish Pub, I think of a little shebeen that I was introduced to by my new brother in law. It's in Co. Kilkenny a couple of miles outside of Paulstown off the road to Castelcomer. It's a place called "The Tatch". It's a small place, up in the hills, and ye haven't enough room to swing a cat, but some of the friendliest ambience I have ever experienced. (and a proper pour of Guiness that even the angels sigh.)