Thom Dunn is a Boston-based writer, musician, and utterly terrible dancer. He is the singer/guitarist for the indie rock/power-pop the Roland High Life, as well as a staff writer for the New York Times’ Wirecutter and a regular contributor at BoingBoing.net. Thom enjoys Oxford commas, metaphysics, and romantic clichés (especially when they involve whiskey), and he firmly believes that Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" is the single greatest atrocity committed against mankind. He is a graduate of Clarion Writer's Workshop at UCSD ('13) & Emerson College ('08).
To celebrate the occasion of St. Padraig's Day (specifically the 73 people arrest at UMass Amherst's "Blarney Blowout" this past weekend), I've taken an old traditional Irish song and updated for the dudebro crowd. You're welcome.
Or, bottling them, anyway.
Last night I bottled this Irish Draught Ale, which is the first beer that I'll complete from a Northern Brewer recipe kit (long story short, Modern Homebrew in Cambridge is horrible, and everyone who works there is like Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons only worse). It's a Smithwick's-style ale, with some honey added as a cultural throwback. But even the room-temp, flat tasting sample shown above was pretty delicious, so I'm looking forward to it. Lucky for me, I finished it just in time for St. Paddy's Day!
Coming up soon in the fermenters, I've got a Blood Orange White IPA (not sure what to call that color combination yet....), and my first Pilsner (which I'm kind of terrified of). Stay tuned for more!