How to make green beer

by Nicole Weston, Posted Mar 16th 2006 @ 8:56AM

how to make green beer Photo: Eustaquio Santimano, Flickr

No special process is involved in producing this St. Patrick's Day novelty drink. Simply add 5-6 drops of green food coloring to your beer and gently stir. Go for a bright color because a yellow-ish green is off putting no matter how fast you plan to down your drink. It is also best to go with lighter ales as opposed to a dark stout, like Guinness. To get a green color out of a Guinness, you would have to add enough food coloring to turn your teeth green when you take a sip. There are many other Irish beers available to help you get into the St. Paddy's Day Spirit, even though it might be easier to pick up a six pack of anything that comes in a green bottle to begin with.

Filed Under: Food Oddities, Drink Recipes, How To
Tags: ale, beer, food coloring, green beer, guinness, how to make green beer, ireland, irish, oddities, st paddy's day, st patrick's day, stout

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3-16-2006 @10:37AM Nicole said... Its easier to add blue food coloring, since beer is usualy yellow.
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3-16-2006 @11:08AM Alex said... What is the obsession green food and drink for St Patrick's Day?! If you're drinking good beer (and why would you drink bad?) why would you put green food colouring in it????

Surely to celebrate in style you'd be knocking back some Guinness, eating sausages in Guinness gravy and mopping it all up with some colcannon??

Just don't muck with the beer!
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3-16-2006 @11:48AM Mike said... Conversely, you could make something that tastes good and is green by design:
Berliner Kindl Weisse + Woodruff syrup.
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3-17-2006 @6:20PM Maureen said... Or, just make a run down to the closest college drinking hovel, where for the cost of a packet of food colouring, you can buy two pints!

Remember: no serious Irish tamper with pefectly good beer.

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3-17-2006 @6:21PM Maureen said... Or, just make a run down to the closest college drinking hovel, where for the cost of a packet of food colouring, you can buy two pre-dyed pints!

Remember: no serious Irish tamper with pefectly good beer.

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