Enjoy the Perfect Saint Patrick’s Day Drink with Spiegelau

Thanks largely to the global popularity of Guinness, stout is understandably the first beer to pop into many people’s heads when they think of drinks relating to St. Patrick’s Day. Ireland is well known for its stouts, which developed as an offshoot of English porter. Porter was exported to Ireland in large quantities during the 1700s, resulting in Irish brewers producing their own porter that same century. By the 1800s the style of brewing dry stout with rich roasted, coffee qualities had been established, distinguishing dry stout from the porter beer from which it developed. Various stouts are now made all over Ireland, and landmarks like the Guinness Factory in Dublin are a much-visited tourist attraction year-round, creating an enduring connection between Ireland and this particular beer style.

The glass: Spiegelau Stout Beer Glass

For this type of beer, there is only one option - the Spiegelau Stout Beer Glass from our Craft Beer Collection. Released in 2014, the Spiegelau Stout Beer Glass accentuates the roasted malt, rich coffee and chocolate notes that define the Stout beer style. The Spiegelau Stout Beer Glass didn’t come about by accident either; the crafting of this specialist stout glass saw Spiegelau Collaborate with leading stout brewers Left Hand Brewing and Rogue Ales to ensure we had the best in the business on board to review each prototype we tested out.

If you’d like to enjoy a drink in a slightly different manner, an Irish Coffee might be just what you need to get yourself saying “top of the morning” to whomever you come across. Irish Coffee was created in 1943 at Foynes Port near Limerick, Ireland and has grown into one of the most popular alcoholic caffeinated beverages in the world.

To make Irish Coffee, you’ll need Irish Whiskey, hot coffee, brown sugar, and some double cream. Pour around 200ml of hot coffee into your coffee glass before adding 50ml Irish Whiskey and 1 tsp brown sugar and stirring until the sugar has fully dissolved. To finish, lightly whip around 2 tbsp double cream until it thickens slightly, then slowly pour it over a spoon so that the double cream floats on top of your coffee. You may also wish to top off your Irish Coffee with some grated nutmeg or cocoa.

The glass: Spiegelau Perfect Serve Macchiato Glass

We consider it a waste to make such a good-looking drink only to hide it behind an opaque mug or cup. To fully enjoy Irish Coffee’s visual appeal after you have floated the cream elegantly on top of the coffee, drink it from the Perfect Serve Collection. With a 300ml capacity, it’s the perfect hot beverage glass for anyone wanting to marvel at their liqueur coffee creations on St Patrick’s Day or any other day.