black and tan

[Benny1982]

I am going to attempt a black and tan. I am not completely sure how to do it in bottles, but i'm going to give it a whirl. I have a premium lager in the fermenter, and in a few weeks I am going to brew a stout. THis is my plan when they are ready to bottle I am going to put 2 gallons of the premium lager in the bottling bucket and 2 gallons of the stout in the same bottling bucket with my sugar then bottle like normal. Then I will bottle the rest of the premium lager by itself and the rest of the stout by itself. Has anyone ever tried this? Had luck at it? Just curious, here in a few months I guess I'll know for sure how it turns out.

Thanks,
Ben

 

[evrose]

Why? A black and tan is a bar-made cocktail. You mix them AS YOU POUR, not in a bottle. I can't imagine that this is going to produce the result you're looking for. The two beers will simply mix together...

 

[Benny1982]

Why? A black and tan is a bar-made cocktail. You mix them AS YOU POUR, not in a bottle. I can't imagine that this is going to produce the result you're looking for. The two beers will simply mix together...

I know, but there is also pre pottled black and tans. I'm not sure how it will turn out yet. Just seeing if anyone has tried it that way. I know Yuengling makes a black and tan you can buy.

 

[Ash_Mathew]

Black and Tan should be a mix of Bitter and Stout, not Lager and Stout... Just thought I would point it out.

 

[petie]

I used to have a Black and Tan coonhound.

 

[evrose]

I know, but there is also pre pottled black and tans. I'm not sure how it will turn out yet. Just seeing if anyone has tried it that way. I know Yuengling makes a black and tan you can buy.

Sort of... they mix in the bottle, and don't pour with the separation of the two beers. It's really questionable whether Yuengling or Mississippi Mud is really a black and tan or not.

In any event, there's no reason NOT to try this, and this is really all a matter of semantics. Give it a shot and see what happens. Good luck!

 

[evrose]

Black and Tan should be a mix of Bitter and Stout, not Lager and Stout... Just thought I would point it out.

A lager and stout mix is often called a "half and half", not a black and tan... but the lager/stout combination does exist.

 

[Ash_Mathew]

A lager and stout mix is often called a "half and half", not a black and tan... but the lager/stout combination does exist.

It can be called whatever it wants, but it's still not a Black and Tan. Not preventing anybody from mixing the two, but it isn't the drink the name says it is.