Where to get nitro beer, aka ‘beer milkshakes,’ for Saint Patrick’s Day

(Photo courtesy of Guinness) Guinness is just one of the beers available on nitro in pubs and breweries throughout the Bay Area.

For folks who’ve been to the U.K., there’s nothing quite like quaffing a near-room-temp pint of mild, pumped straight from the cask. Here in America, because we must have everything as cold as the Rockies, we replicate cask ales using beer mixed with nitrogen when poured, giving it a creamy consistency and thick head much like a delectable “beer milkshake.”

Saint Patrick’s Day is an opportune time to enjoy nitro beers. Here are a few places around the Bay Area offering

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