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Read A Poem, Get A Free Beer At Fountainhead's Robert Burns Bash

By Patty Wetli | January 25, 2017 5:20am
 Fountainhead will celebrate all things Scottish on the birthday of famed Scot's poet Robert Burns.
Fountainhead will celebrate all things Scottish on the birthday of famed Scot's poet Robert Burns.
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RAVENSWOOD — Fountainhead is trading pints for poems Wednesday during the pub's Robert Burns birthday bash.

Anyone brave enough to have a go at reading Burns' verse — typically written in Scots dialect — will be rewarded with a free bottle of Traquair Jacobite Scotch Ale.

For the verse averse, brews will cost $7 and drams of whiskey are $8.

Burns, considered the national poet of Scotland, was born Jan. 25, 1759. To mark the occasion, Fountainhead is celebrating with a special lineup of Scotch whisky, beers and food, including Scotch eggs and lamb and parsnip meat pies.

Poetry readings will be held throughout the evening, 6-10 p.m., 1970 W. Montrose Ave.