Luckily, St. Patrick’s Day happens every March 17th which reminds us to craft cocktails with whiskey and ginger ale each spring. Sure, we could drink pints filled with foamy Guinness or artificially-colored green beer instead but we’d much rather whip up Whiskey Gingers in just five minutes and sip them through metal straws. Read more: How many calories in Guinness? How to pour the perfect pint of Guinness. Choose a clean, dry, 20-ounce tulip shaped pint glass, of course, a proper Guinness glass is best. St Patrick's Day is known for its festive parades and gatherings, attracting tourists and locals from all across the world. An average of 13 million pints of Guinness are served on St. The city’s 42nd annual St. Patrick's Day Parade kicked off the weekend's celebrations on Saturday. Hundreds gathered in Downtown Billings for the Celtic Fair and Street Party, enjoying music For Guinness, this represents an 819% increase on St. Patrick's Day over any other day of the year. On St. Patrick's Day, raising a pint of Guinness is tradition and is truly the Each St. Patrick's Day it's estimated a whopping 13 million pints of Guinness will be consumed globally on the holiday, according to Fortune in 2017, which is celebrated everywhere with Irish When it comes to drinks, St. Patrick's Day offers plenty of options for those over the age of 21: Guinness Stout : The iconic Irish dry stout is a must-have at any celebration. With strong Irish-American communities and major St. Patrick’s Day events – including lively celebrations in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter – it’s no surprise California pours more Guinness than any other state, racking up an impressive $151.8 million in sales. For a complete list of activities and times, check out the San Antonio Riverwalk’s St. Patrick’s Day events page. Given that St. Patrick’s Day in on a Monday this year, you can plan to celebrate the weekend before with most events taking place on Saturday, March 15 and Sunday, March 16. Cut that down to account for all of the under-aged and non-beer drinkers out there, and WalletHub calculates a whopping 13 MILLION pints of Guinness are drank within the 24 hour period of St. Patrick’s Day. The Guinness Storehouse in Ireland will be hosting a St. Patrick's Day celebration from March 16-20. It's the first time the brewery has had its annual celebration since 2019 due to the St. Patrick's Day is here, and the Guinness will be flowing! But just how many points of this most Irish of drinks will be knocked back today? | TAG24 Me research done, 4 visits to Ireland, gallons of Guinness St Patrick's Day True Happy Day For a St. Patrick’s party downtown. Irish food and beer and music with. 4. Why Is Saint Patrick's Day On March 17? We celebrate St. Patrick's Day on March 17 every year, but why is that? No, it's not just to have a holiday in March, which is usually a dull month in terms of major celebrations. The date commemorates the day St. Patrick died, believed to be in A.D. 461. Upon his death, St. Patrick was mostly forgotten. Over 13 million pints of Guinness are sold on St. Patrick's Day According to the brilliant number-crunchers at WalletHub , over 13 million creamy pints of Guinness will be poured all over the Guinness is basically the unofficial drink of St. Patrick's Day. The dry stout was founded by Arthur Guinness in 1759 , and since then, it's been an annual tradition to raise a toast with a glass of Guinness in hand. "The pint of Guinness is here, and we’re having a fantastic time at Portland's St. Patrick’s day parade; so much fun, music, dogs, step-dancing, you just can’t beat this," Kevin Simpson of According to WalletHub, 174% more beer and 153% more spirits are sold on St. Patrick’s Day than usual. Even more outstanding is over 13 million pints of Guinness, a popular Irish stout, will be drunk worldwide on St. Patrick’s Day. That’s equal to over 1.6 million gallons or nearly two and half Olympic-sized swimming pools. It’s estimated that over 13 million (13,000,000!) pints of Guinness are consumed in just 24 hours during the St Patrick’s Day holiday. That’s a crazy figure when you consider: It’s also estimated that the ruby black pint of plain is consumed in 150 countries worldwide, and that Guinness experiences a 819% hike in demand during this one single day! Thanks to St. Patrick’s Day, March is a better-than-average month for Guinness, accounting for about 10% of its annual sales. The stout is brewed in 50 countries. The stout is brewed in 50
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