The Irish stout gets all the attention on St. Patrick’s Day but this year, do something different for the holiday and celebrate with an Irish red ale.

Something about that Irish brew just hits different. And now, here I was, sipping (more damn-well gulping) the best beer of my life: Kilkenny Cream Ale. More on that in a second. During my trip ...

While the history and origins of the Irish Red Ale are murky, the ale itself is ... such as St. Francis Abbey in Kilkenny as early as the 14th century. It was tricky to grow hops during those ...