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- From: chip@allegra.att.com (Chip Christian)
- Subject: Re: Black and Tan
- Message-ID: <CHIP.92Dec29195645@fugue.tempo.att.com>
- In-Reply-To: cst@bork.nist.gov's message of 28 Dec 92 17:01:25 GMT
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 00:56:45 GMT
- References: <1992Dec28.062054.29907@colorado.edu> <7690@dove.nist.gov>
- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ
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- In article <7690@dove.nist.gov> cst@bork.nist.gov (Charles S. Tarrio) writes:
-
- If the lager or ale is cold and the stout is warm, this reduces the mixing
- quite a bit.
-
- On a humorous note, a friend and I were in Cincinnati (seemed to us a
- primarily liquor city) a few years back, and were on a quest for a decent
- beer which turned out to be quite elusive (we didn't hear about Oldenberg
- until a couple days before we left). We hit a few bars and asked for the
- darkest thing they had. One place had a few Killian's left from a private
- St. Patrick's party a few weeks earlier. We asked the waitress if
- anyplace in town had imported beers, and she directed us to an
- establishment which "must have every beer in the world!"; this turned out
- to be maybe two or three dozen. Anyway, this place had posters up for
- this novel concept, "Black and Tan -- Guinness and lager." We wondered
- what they would mix it with -- They also had posters for Harp on tap,
- which was coming soon. Jokingly, we said, "Think they mix it with Bud?"
- We promptly dismissed this idea, assuming they'd mix it with bottled Harp.
- Unfortunately, our hastily dismissed idea turned out to be right. The
- bartender pulled half a pint of Guinness, then went to the Bud tap. He
- was having trouble with that tap, so he poured out that one, then mixed
- Guinness and BUD LIGHT! It tasted just as you'd expect, like Guinness and
- water. It was a waste of money, but we just about busted a gut.
-
-
- I've seen them pour the stout over a spoon to cut down on the mixing, as well.
- I was at a bar about a year ago, and ordered a black and tan. I was appalled
- when I was handed a glass with Guinness poured over Coors Light. When I asked
- the bartender if it wasn't supposed to be Harp's (which they do have on tap),
- he said, "Only if you ask for it that way." The drink obviously tasted like
- the word which rhymes with fit.
-
- -Chip
-
-
- --
- ``That government is best which governs the
- least, because its people discipline themselves.'' - President
- Thomas Jefferson
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