Address To A Haggis - Schlafly Beer's Burns' Night 2012

January 25th, 2012 marked the 21st annual celebration of Burns' Night at the Schlafly Tap Room in St.Louis, MO. The Tap Room is the home of Schlafly Beer, and the first new brewpub to open in St.Louis since Prohibition. On Burns' Night every year, we celebrate the life of Scottish poet Robert Burns by toasting Scotch Ale and indulging in Scottish fare such as haggis, keeps & tatties, Scotch eggs, and shepherd's pie. Our co-founder, Tom Schlafly climbs the bar in his kilt each year and channels the great poet with a unique poem of his own, followed by the "Address To A Haggis".

http://schlafly.com/events/calendar/2012/01/25/burns-night/

For those of you who wonder what Robert Burns is most famous for, think about that song everyone sings on New Year's Eve. That's correct!

Burns' Night is our annual, extraordinary celebration of the life, works and spirit of the great Scottish poet, Robert Burns (1759-1796). Celebrated on, or about, the Bard's birthday, January 25th, the event is ideal for brightening up the cold, wet and dark St. Louis winter evenings. Just before Tom Schlafly reads his poem, our Scotch Ale is escorted in by a fancy procession of pipers and drummers. Naturally, we cook up some extraordinarily delicious Scottish food, and round out the festivities with the best Celtic musicians in St. Louis.

Always a fun, loose evening, the event encompasses the whole of life's emotions in one evening. There is the serious thought provoking speech (of course laced with humor) along with song, nostalgia, merriment, satire, wit, happiness and sadness.

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[MsCameraChick]

Would someone please post Tom Schlafly reading his poem - I really enjoyed it! It was my 1st Burn's night and had I been thinking I would have recorded it myself!! =)