Wee,

You're not missing much. It's a gimmick that silly wankers American bartenders began doing in the 50's as a St. Patrick's Day promotional.

In fact, you can make a batch yourself, if you're feeling morbidly curious enough:

Basically you take pilsner, pale ale or any light-colored beer, and dump in bright green food coloring. When it looks as dangerously irradiated as the Irish Sea washing up against the Sellafield nuclear facility, :P that means you did it right.

It's an abhomination. Truly. And about as Irish as chicken vindaloo (the pale beer is a dead tip-off!!!!)

The city of Chicago dyes their principal river green on the 17th, as do several other cities. This perennially baffles the hell out of the Irish.

Slán,

~Fionn

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