What have you "black & tanned"?

[scrambledegg81]

After trying my first Mississippi Mud tonight, I'm head over heels for this combo at the mo (especially with warmer climes already here). Any experimental blends/suggestions you kind folks might toss my way?

 

[Reno_eNVy]

I've done a Wheat Porter as the "black" and an Amerian Pale Ale as the "tan." Delish

 

[thisone]

Newcastle and Guinness is my favorite combo so far, but I haven't tried too many yet. I wasn't impressed with Blue Moon and Guinness though

 

[MrWildcat2U]

My favorite is Harp and Guinness. I'm going to have to try Newcastle next time, sounds good.

 

[Revvy]

I posted this list back in 08. Funny I recalled posting it.

Half and half
In Ireland, a traditional Half and Half consists of half warm or room temperature Guinness and half chilled Guinness. In the early days, refrigeration was of course unavailable. As refrigeration came into existence in the 20th century, it was found that a mixture of the two temperatures created the perfect drinking temperature for Guinness. Most Guinness poured in Ireland is served at about this temperature, roughly 44 degrees Fahrenheit (6° Celsius). In the Unites States, Half and Half consists of Harp's Lager topped with Guinness. Half and half implies that both ales come from the Guinness Brewery.

Black and White
Stout with any light colored beer.

Black and Blue
Stout with Blue Moon Belgian White, or stout and blueberry ale, Guinness and Pabst Blue Ribbon, Guinness and Labatt Blue. Typically, this refers to any variation of stout coupled with blueberry-flavored ales or brands with the name "Blue" in them.

Black & Sam
Guinness stout and Sam Adam's Boston Lager (also called a Patriot Pint or Boston Half & Half)

Black & Cherry
Guinness stout and Sam Adam's Cherry Wheat

Black and Orange
Stout and pumpkin ale (Also known as a "Black & Blumpkin", or a "Black-O-Blumpkin"[The Gilded Otter Brewpub in New Paltz, New York calls this mixture a Stumpkin])

Black Sap
Stout and Sapporo

All Irish Black & Tan a.k.a. Pint of Special a.k.a Blacksmith
Guinness Stout and Smithwick's Irish Ale
Pint of Special or sometimes called a 99
Similar to the all Irish Black and Tan served mostly in the west of Ireland. Made with more than 75% Smithwick's topped up with a Guinness head

Garnet and Black
Guinness and Killian's Irish Red. This is a regional variation in South Carolina, named after the school colors of the University of South Carolina.

Old Dirty Englishman
Half Guinness and half Tetley's

Sweet Black and Tan
Sweetheart Stout and any light ale (i.e. 60 shilling)

Philadelphia Black & Tan
Half Guinness Stout and half Yuengling Lager

Black & Gold
Half Guinness Stout and half hard cider (e.g., Westons or Woodchuck). Sometimes incorrectly referred to as a snakebite, which is actually a mixture of half lager and half cider. When made specifically with Woodchuck Cider it is also called a Stout Woody

Black Christmas (or Kwanzaa)
Guinness draught over Christmas Ale.

Black & Red
Half chocolate stout over half raspberry or cherry lambic

Black & Red
Half Guinness and half Red Stripe

Black Hoe
Half Guinness and half Hoegaarden.

Thistle & Shamrock
Beamish & McEwan's

Irish American
Half Guinness and half Budweiser.

Irish Canadian
Half Guinness and half Molson Canadian

Black Castle
Half Guinness and half Newcastle Brown Ale.

San Patricios
Half Guinness and half any Mexican beer (Corona, Pacifico, Dos Equis, ***** Modelo)

Black Tire
Half Guinness and half New Belgium Fat Tire

Irish Anarchist
Any Irish stout atop any Irish red ale. The name is a reference to the anarchist-syndicalist flag, which is black and red.

The Greatness : Half Guinness and Half Great White. (Great White is from Lost Coast Brewery in Eureka, Ca.)

Eclipse/Black Moon
Half Guinness and Half Blue Moon

Black Girl
Half Guinness and St. Pauli Girl

Tetness
Half Guinness and half Tetley's

Tetness Shot
Part Guinness and part Tetley's and part Starbucks Coffee Liqueur. Be careful; this one stings a bit!

Blacks on Blondes
Half Young's Double Chocolate Stout and half Pete's Wicked Strawberry Blonde

Innis & Guinness (invented by Brent Swallowell)
Half Innis & Gunn and half Guinness

Green Goblin (invented by Geoff Wayne)
Half Heineken and half Hobgoblin

Imperial Black & Tan (invented by David Hatling)
Half Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale and half Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout

Dark & Steamy (invented by Joe Fahrner)
Half Anchor Steam Beer and half Guinness

Black Magic
Half Guinness and Half Magic Hat #9

Dirty Bush (Traditional)
Half stout Guinness half Bush Light Mixed Seasonally.

 

[Scruffy1207]

Looks like imma be trying a guinness and cider when my cider finishes up here in a few weeks

 

[PGHBrew]

Guinness and a good IPA is my favorite take on a black and tan.

 

[Beezy]

I like Guiness and Bass normally. Have had Guiness and Framoise. Rather have those two separate. Might try my hb stout with hb wheat. Been meaning to, haven't gotten around.

 

[JLem]

Last fall I mixed my oatmeal stout with my pumpkin ale - quite good, though I could't get them to layer.

 

[MazdaMatt]

Smooth Black and Tan - Guinness layered with Kilkenny. *drool*.

 

[DirtBagRob]

Looks like imma be trying a guinness and cider when my cider finishes up here in a few weeks

I try all of my homebrews (3 standard taps, 1 nitro faucet) with whatever I happen to have on nitro tap and the best combo I've had yet is ed wort's apfelwein layered with AHS's toasted coconut porter.

 

[Nashbrewer]

The black and gold is called a Black Velvet at the Flying Saucer. They also have a Blue Velvet which is Cider, guinness, and a layer of port on top. The Black and Gold is the best though.

 

[Big_Belgian]

I was at a beer tasting with Central Waters brewery of Amherst, Wisconsin last week, and the brewer told several great stories that started out, "we were drinking late one night in the brewery and ..."

He said they invented their excellent Bourbon Barrel Cherry Stout one night when they were drinking late and decided to mix their bourbon stout with some New Glarus Belgian Red. They liked the taste so much that they dumped some cherries into a bourbon barrel where some stout was aging, and voila - GABF Gold Medal winning beer.

 

[mewithstewpid]

blueberry stout and raspberry wheat.

 

[scrambledegg81]

blueberry stout and raspberry wheat.

One smexy B&T there...how'd you get the layering so nice & purdy? Pour the stout over a spoon?

 

[swoof]

I used to make Cream of Wheats with Watney's Cream Stout and Boulevard Wheat back in the mid 90's.