It’s only once or twice a year I really get to celebrate the Irish half of my heritage, and last year after briefly meeting up with a friend catching a flight, I decided to treat myself and finally go check out the Guinness Open Gate Baltimore brewery which I was nearby. I’m not a huge beer person, but when I do go for one, Guinness is typically my first choice, or other stouts - not surprising as a daily coffee drinker.
My main goal was to get lunch and relax a little while I was out near Baltimore since I’m not out that way very often, but I saw online that the brewery had St. Patrick’s Day celebrations scheduled all weekend even though this was a few days before the actual holiday. Going in blind and not knowing what to expect, I was pleasantly surprised that not only was there a live band playing, but there were multiple spots and a vendor fair indoors and (tented) outdoors to check out and choose from.
Since I was mainly there to eat something, I didn’t even see if any brewery tours were available the day I was there - I suspect not, and would prefer seeing that as more of it’s own dedicated day. Outside, with my fish and chips and my first selection of Guinness — a brew I had never even heard of them making before — I enjoyed the band playing a selection of Top 40 covers from the last couple decades; lots of millennial hits. The band was fittingly titled Radio Hero.
