Welcome to On the Radar, where we preview upcoming events to mark your calendar for. It’s no surprise that the good family Guinness just couldn’t hold out for St. Paddy’s Day to start the suds flowing. This weekend, Hard Rock hosts the Guinness Pour the Perfect Pint competition, for which the Bay’s best bartenders converge poolside to follow the six sacred steps for producing that perfectly foamy, frothy, downright drinkable brew.

Irish pubs are coming out of the woodwork to show their stuff behind the bar, from James Joyce and MacDinton’s to

This article appears in Feb 24 – Mar 2, 2010.