Drinking Guinness on St. Patricks Day? These foods pair best with it

As Americans on Monday celebrate another St.Patrick’s Day with parades and parties, it’s highly likely that Guinness consumption will see a spike.Arthur Guinness started brewing ales in Dublin, Ireland, in 1759, and exported his first barrel 10 years later, according to the Guinness website – well before St.

Patrick’s Day became an official public holiday in 1903 in that country.The first state-sponsored St.

Patrick’s Day parade didn’t make its way to Dublin until 1931.As for the U.S., the dates are a bit different.The first St.

Patrick’s Day parade, held in New York City, was on March 17, 1762 — 14 years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence.As St.Patrick’s Day festivities have spread throughout the world over time, so has people’s love of Guinness.On average, more than 13 million pints of Guinness are consumed worldwide on St.

Patrick’s Day, according to WalletHub.Guinness was the fastest-growing imported beer in the United States last year, and 2024 marked a record year in sales, according to the Dublin-based brewery.What Americans might not know about the popular Irish beer is that it has a footprint in the U.S. The only other Guinness breweries outside of Ireland are in Baltimore (home of the Guinness Baltimore Blonde) and Chicago, which opened in 2023. While there’s sure to be plenty of traditional Irish fare like shepherd’s pie, and corned beef and cabbage, served on this day of revelry, what food pairs the best with the dry Irish stout?To find out, Fox News Digital spoke to Colm O’Connor, a brewery ambassador for the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary.“You can’t beat a Guinness stew, to be honest with you,” O’Connor said.O’Connor said Guinness can be used as a base to marinate beef or lamb, “but mainly beef.”Another common pairing, he said, is “Guinness and oysters.”“People are not surprised when they hear that, but they’re always curious to kn...