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Black and Tan Ideas
So I am looking to make the perfect "bottled" Black and tan. Since I have only had one black and tan in my life and that was yuengling black and tan in the bottle, "which I really do enjoy". I am looking for what would be the best mixture of beers for this new brew. I am aware that I need to brew to batches, and am up for the challenge of this. So I am looking for Ideas of what you other brewers think makes up the best black and tan.
I know the Yuengling black and tan uses their porter for the black, at least I am pretty sure they do. I have seen recipes for cloning that beer, or you can buy the kit from Austin Homebrew http://www.austinhomebrew.com/product_i … ts_id=1718. then the question is what does yuengling black and tan use for the tan?
ok, at least according to Annapolis Homebrew, you can make Yuengling Black and Tan by mixing Yuengling Porter and Yuengling Traditional lager. They also have a Yuengling porter kit, and they have the only Yuengling trad. lager clone I've seen. http://www.annapolishomebrew.com/shoprecipekits103.asp They call it Pennsylvania Lager.
I keep telling myself I'm going to try that Trad. Lager clone kit sometime, hopefully I'll get around to it sometime this winter.
if you brew both of these, you should be able to make a pretty good black and tan. hope this helps.
Well thanks for that. However im more looking for a good beer combo for the black and tan not a yuengling black and tan clone. I have grow to no longer like yuengling brews. have you had any made with any good beers?
Oh, I thought you were looking to make something like the Yuengling since you mentioned it. I haven't had any black and tans besides Yuengling's. I have heard that in Ireland they mix Guinness and Harp lager, but they call it a half and half. Any porter or stout and a lighter colored lager should work, you'd have to experiment to find which combo you like best.
I make black and tan's all the time but in a glass where the stout can float on top of the lighter beer. Once you bottle they mix into one color. If you've never done it before get a light ale, Harp, Bass, and many others work well (except for Dundee's Honey Brown for some reason, they always mix together). Pour 1/2 the light ale into the bottom of the glass, then bend a spoon backwards and set it about an inch below the top of the glass and slowly pour Guinness onto the back of the spoon so it dribbles down all the sides. Use the canned guinness. It will foam but the foam should settle and you'll have the black sitting on top of the tan, hence the name. They're neet to look at and tasty to drink, really popular up here in Maine.
The Irishman here tell me Bass is the official "Black&Tan", Harp is a 1/2 and 1/2. And also popular up here is doing it with Heffeweizen for a "Black&White" or Blueberry Ale for a "Black&Blue".
As long as you use a lighter or amber ale and a stout you can do this. Though I've always used Guinness and just used my home brew on the bottom. Heffeweizen is my favorite for this! YUM, I may go make one right now. It's 5 O'clock somewhere.
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