A “real” black and tan
On St Patrick’s day I happened to mention to my wife that I wanted to have an Irish beer or two in the house, so enjoy after I arrived home from a long day of work. Since we live in Pennsylvania, where buying a beer or two is a chore, I had planned to simply stop by the local bar and hope that they had a few bottles I could take with.
My wife, good woman that she is, promptly stopped by the beer distributor and bought some beer - a case of Harp and a case of pub draft Guinness in bottles. Obviously, she was in the mood for a black and tan or two, or ten, or perhaps twenty-four.
In any event, I have in fact tried to pour a black and tan or two and am having a devil of a time keeping them separated. As it turns out, this reasonably authoritative sounding article on the subject suggests that the “separated” black and tan is in fact an American affectation. I’d still like to be able to do it without special tools, but my results have been mixed to date (no pun intended).
Apparently the key is to hold the glass at about a 45 degree angle, pour the lighter beer first, and add the Guinness (or other dark beer) very slowly, banking it off of the wall of the glass or dispersing it over a spoon or other smooth surface. That’s pretty much what I’ve been doing, but I guess I’ll just keep practicing on the remaining half case of each.
A beer drinker’s work is never done.
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