Days of the Beer, November 5

The beer for today is O'hara's Irish Red.

On November 5, 1913, Vivien Leigh was born. Vivian is best known for two of her roles, Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and for Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939).

Around 1937, Leigh read the Margaret Mitchell novel Gone with the Wind, and determined she would be Scarlett O'Hara. At that same time, David O. Selznick was looking for an actress for the role. He agent put her name in the search, and she auditioned. The four women who were up for the role were Paulette Goddard, Jean Arthur, Joand Bennett and Vivien Leigh.

Leigh won the Best Actress Academy Award for her role. She won it later again for Streetcar.

As to the beer:

A fruity and aromatic beerwith a distinctive smokey like finish, Molings has a traditional hop flavour to balance the sweet malty caramel taste.

O'hara's Irish Red is from the Carlow Brewing Company in Carlow, Ireland. It comes in at 4.3 ABV. The brewery was established in 1998. They are probably better known for their Celtic Stout.

So, for Scarlett O'Hara, have an O'hara's Irish Red.