Anytime is the right time for an Irish beer. Of course, the days leading up to and the day of St. Patrick’s Day are the perfect time (but maybe not so much the day after).
Guinness and Murphy’s Irish stouts, Harp Lager and Smithwick’s Irish Ale are among the go-to products from the old country that you can find at any number of Irish pubs throughout Rochester and the Finger Lakes. A Guinness or Harp by the fireplace at Mulconry’s in Fairport is a personal favorite.
But the Finger Lakes region is home to a number of craft breweries whose brewers craft their takes on Irish ales and stouts…