St. Patrick's Day is this Saturday and I can already hear the bagpipes in the distance.

In the interest of doing whatever I can to ensure you drink anything but green beer, I am posting several drink recipes this week. Yes, I know that green beer is fun and girls think it's cute, but drinking cheap beer dyed bright green is alcohol abuse. If you're going to drink, drink the good stuff. St. Patrick himself would be offended if you didn't.

Today I am posting classic Irish beer recipes from Guinness. They are incredibly easy to mix and perfect for toasting St. Patty. Brilliant!

Guinness Shandy
• 3/4 pint Guinness
• 1/4 pint lemon-lime soda

Add Guinness to a pint glass and top off with lemon-lime soda.

Half & Half
• 1/2 pint Harp
• 1/2 pint Guinness

Add Harp to a pint glass. Add Guinness by slowly pouring it over the back of a spoon.

Recipes courtesy of thebar.com