Mixing Beers?

Are there any guidelines as to what beers mix together well?

I know about Black and Tans (Stout and Pale Ale).

Any other good ones?

I have an Amber Lager that came out with a STRONG diacetyl taste (I guess two days was not a long enough rest) that tastes pretty darn good mixed with Bock.

I enjoy mixing a java stout with a chocolate stout.

I bet a chocolate stout and a cherry wheat would be interesting!

There's a great podcast on it from BasicBrewing radio.

December 4, 2008 - Beer Blending Experiment
Michael Tonsmeire, The Mad Fermentationist, leads James, Steve, and Andy through an exercise of blending beers together to create better ones.
http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr12-04-08blending.mp3

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Cpt_Kirks said:

I bet a chocolate stout and a cherry wheat would be interesting!

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youngs double chocolate stout and sam adams cherry wheat is fantastic mixed.

The locals mix Blue Moon and Troegs Mad Elf this time of year to make Mad Moon. I hear it's spectacular. And they guys at the Troegs Brewery mix stuff all the time.

As for guidelines for mixing...try stuff, see what works.

I mix beers at random. Right now I have a blend of sweet stout, american brown and hallertauer pale ale waiting for a tap, tastes odd but nice.

peas_and_corn said:

I mix beers at random. Right now I have a blend of sweet stout, american brown and hallertauer pale ale waiting for a tap, tastes odd but nice.

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You mix it in the keg? I just mix it in the glass, made MUCH easier with draft.

I used to mix anything at all into my Blatz, but that was just so I could drink the Blatz!

I mixed a homebrewed Amber Ale with a Sam Winter Lager and it was fantastic.

I also had an accidental mix of Flying Dog Gonzo Imperial Porter with Youngs Double Chocolate once and it came out tremendous!

Old Rasputin Imperial stout blended with Dogfish Pumpkin Ale is quite nice.

Revvy said:

There's a great podcast on it from BasicBrewing radio.

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That's a great podcast. I just listened to that one the other day. Blending is definitely a skill to learn.

If you keg and you have two beers on tap, say a blonde or mild APA and a dark beer like a porter, then you could say you also have an amber and a brown ale on tap. Just mix the pale and dark together in the right proportions.

DIPA and Pilsner.

I'm not joking.

Whenever I have a brew that is a little too far in one direction, eg sweet or dry, too malty or hoppy, etc. Have not needed too lately, but since I experiment with recipes, it happens from time to time.