Sam Adams Beer pulls out of South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade

boston.com ^ | 3/14/2014 | David Zimmerman

[reegs]

Yesterday South End restaurant Club Cafe announced that it would no longer serve Sam Adams due to the brewer's association with the parade. In an open letter on its facebook page Club Cafe stated that they were "disappointed that Sam Adams does not understand that the organizers of the St. Patrick's Day Parade continue to demonstrate that they do not respect LGBT Irish Americans by excluding LGBT members of this community from openly marching in the St.Patrick's Day Parade."

This morning Sam Adams released a statement that said, in part "We share these sentiments with Mayor Walsh, Congressman Lynch and others and therefore we will not participate in this year’s parade."

[fella]

What would St.Patrick do if he ran across a pack of LGBT’s? I think he would drive them out like the snakes that they are.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

if you can find it....Boddington’s is pretty good. I drank that quite a bit while in the UK.

[envisio]

“”””Their market is unaware of and/or indifferent to all this,”””””

Agreed. I’d say most people will never even hear of this. A very small fraction of people, unlike us here at FR that keep up and stay active in this type thing, will hear about it and simply not care or have no opinion either way. These people don’t keep up with social events and don’t have opinions either way.

It will not be like the Phil Robertson/A&E debicule where it was national news followed by millions of dedicated fans. This is just a blip on the news page... way back on the back page. One would have to look for it to find it.

[envisio]

Nobody cares about St Patricks Day just like Halloween.

Oh they celebrate... celebrate buy buying a bunch of stuff and having an excuse to meet up with friends.

[needmorePaine]

Boston Beer Company makes good beers. I am not going to change that opinion just because they do something I don't like.
That being said, if they want to make it a point to get political, I won't be drinking anythinig from them.
There are far too many great options on the American beer scene.
Dogfish Head, Troeg's, Victory, Brooklyn, Stone, Great Lakes, 21st Amendment, Southern Tier, Rogue, New Belgium, Bear Republic. I don't know anything about the political or social leanings of these breweries, and I hope they keep it that way.

[PLD]

I have a very Irish name so people think we celebrate this day..I do make corn beef and cabbage and the Irish bread just because I like them and so does my family..(NO BEER HERE)..I will also make a cheese cake for a treat..LOL!I do have lots of friends in Ireland and they told me they celebrated as Christian day..

[jersey117]

You mean there aren’t enough manly straight irish guys in Boston to boyott Sam Adams? Too bad.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Guiness

http://www.relevantmagazine.com/god/mission/features/20993-god-and-guinness

[Steve_Seattle]

"Well, not a big deal, if you don’t think honoring a great man with thanksgiving to God and solemnity as opposed to commercialism and alcohol sales is a big deal. The commercialism is the problem."

You touch on an important point. St. Patrick's Day has become for many - including many non-Catholics - as an excuse to get drunk and eat Irish food and have a parade, and for stores to push Irish-themed merchandise for a couple of weeks. Maybe the parade should be cancelled and replaced by a national day of prayer for the healing and conversion of homosexuals.

[Steve_Seattle]

"I don't know anything about the political or social leanings of these breweries, and I hope they keep it that way."

Amen to that, but you know how the gay lobby and the media work, and before long every business owner will feel compelled - or maybe even required by law, as a condition of doing business - to issue statements on gay rights and proclaim themselves as "gay friendly", and refusal to comply will be construed as "guilty of homophobia."

[stanne]

Irish food?

As an Irish American, my question is, what’s that?

My favorite back and forth, favorite, really, in ‘Band of Brothers’ is when Buck says to Mularkey, ‘what do you know about cooking? You’re Irish.’
Mularkey says, ‘Sir, if you have reservations somewhere else, I would be happy to join you.’

[stanne]

Oh, St Patrick is on it. He knows bad behavior and the solid faith of the Irish better than anyone.

[OSHA]

"if you can find it....Boddington’s is pretty good. I drank that quite a bit while in the UK."

LOL Boddingtons is quite easy to find right now as I am in west midlands area of the UK until the end of the month.

While I am here I am making the best of the situation by indulging in what can be best described as a beer/ale orgy.

Bottoms up!! Cheers !

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Haha! Cheers!

[dsc]

“Decent, normal people need to start saying “enough is enough” as a group.”

And saying it with axe handles.

[Gabz]

I don't know anything about the political or social leanings of these breweries, and I hope they keep it that way.

Don't look too closely at Dogfish Head..............just saying.

[Steve_Seattle]

"Irish food? As an Irish American, my question is, what’s that?"

Well, I've heard that both Irish and English cooking have made great strides in recent years.

[stanne]

Yes, but that’s not what you were talking about. You were talking about that awful corned beef and cabbage.

NO NO No.

Green beer? ridiculous

[OSHA]

There is a lot efed up about this country but beer and cheese make it almost make up for it. (Red Leicester, Double Gloucester, Wenslydale and Caerphilly just for starters! YUM!)

[needmorePaine]

Don't look too closely at Dogfish Head..............just saying.
I won't. I lied. I was already pretty sure Sam Calagione was pretty liberal, and being located in Rehoboth Beach, DE, well, you know...

But for 90 Minute IPA, I will forgive him.