The Five Stages of an Irish BBQ

The weather in Dublin has FINALLY taken a turn for the better, and there is nothing we love more here than having a few of our favourite craft beers outside in the sun. Of course, there is one thing that crosses every Irish person's mind the minute the sun comes out: BBQ! Most often, these days end the same, with clouds appearing out of nowhere and the wind picking up the moment you have the BBQ lit. Here are the Five Stages of an Irish BBQ :

Denial

You wake up in the morning to see the sun shining in through your window. No WAY is it warm enough to have a BBQ... It couldn't possibly be, you think. All day you sit in work looking at the beautiful weather outside. It will have changed by the time you leave, sure doesn’t it always? Then when you leave work in the evening something amazing has happened, the sun is still out!

Anger

You rush to the shops the moment you're out the door to look for charcoal and pick up a few burgers. The bread isle of Tesco looks like an airstrike has been announced and people are preparing for nuclear winter. All that's left is a couple of "slim" sandwich slices and you begin to curse humanity. There's no charcoal left and when you ask the 16 year old kid working in that isle he laughs in your face and says you're a few hours too late. Even worse, all the session IPAs are gone from the fridge!

Bargaining

Time to call in reinforcements. Your mate Dave probably has some charcoal leftover from last summer and you start a WatsApp group to invite anyone over who can contribute burgers, buns or beers. You get the BBQ out and start cleaning off the year- old grime from the grill and assessing the leftover salad from a few days before.

Depression

Dave has arrived with the charcoal and he's going at the grill like a mad thing waving and blowing at it to make it light. A hodge-modge of people arrive with random bits and pieces and you attempt to make a buffet out of whatever was at the back of everyone's fridge. The grill is just about lit when, hang on, did you feel that? Is that rain? Where's it even coming from? The sky is still blue! Suddenly dark clouds arrive out of nowhere and it starts pissing down, Dave's hard work is ruined.

Acceptance

You the seven friends who dropped everything to enjoy a much-needed night of alfresco dining retire to the living room. The BBQ is not happening now but since you're all here you order a pizza and open your beers. You all put in a lot of last minute effort so you might as well have the craic while you're with your friends. Ah, Ireland! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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