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In Honor of Star Wars

12/12/2015

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Lee sent pictures of two great layered beer recipes which he named in honor of the new Star Wars movie coming out.  The first one is the "Imperial Storm Trooper"; a dark on bottom combination.
  • Victory Storm King Imperial Stout on bottom
  • Robinson Iron Maiden Trooper on top

The second one he named a ​"Storm Trumer" (or Calm Before the Storm Trumer). This one is a nice clear/cloudy combo which are harder to find.
  • Trumer Pils on Bottom
  • Ballast Point Calm Before The Storm On top!
Great picture composition with the draft taps in the background. Thanks Lee!
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A Collection...

7/30/2014

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Here is a small collection of layered beers I had tried over the past few weeks.
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Random Layered Beers

2/2/2014

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Here are some layering attempts that worked out pretty good...
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More Experiments In Beer Layering

11/3/2013

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Here are some more great examples of how easy it is to make layered beers using our layering tool. 
  1. New Belgium 1554 over Fanconia Wheat 
  2. Shiner Black Lager over Firemans Blonde Ale
  3. Third Shift Amber Lager over Franconia Wheat (Didn't have as much color distinction as I was hoping)
  4. Third Shift Amber Lager over Anchor Porter
  5. Belhaven Scottish Ale over Firemans Blonde Ale
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Dark on Bottom & Clear/Cloudy Black and Tans

6/29/2013

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Once again the Archor Porter makes a great bottom layer for a black and tan.  Also tried the Goose Island 312 with a Saint Arnold Brown on the bottom for a nice clear 'n cloudy black and tan combination.  Click on the pictures to see larger images.
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Great Father's Day Layering

6/16/2013

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Shock Top and Shiner Black and Tan beer
More left over beers in the fridge and what to do? ... Make some Black and Tan beers of course!

I tried a Shiner Black Lager over a Shock Top Belgian White and was pleasantly surprised with VERY distinct layering.  This is a combo to remember. 

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Goose Island and Anchor Black and Tan Beer
Found some Anchor Porter at the local grocery store.  Porters often work well for a bottom black and tan layer with their greater density and very dark color.  I combined it with a Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Ale that I hadn't tasted before. 

The end result was interesting. The pair had very nice layering but as I let the drink sit (while grabbing the camera and taking pictures) some additional, more subtle layering seemed to come out.  See picture to the right.  I've never seen that before. 

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With the Archor Porter and Goose Island 312 success above, I tested using Shiner Black Lager on top of the 312 to see if a Porter-312-Black Lager triple would be possible. Disappointingly it wasn't as the 312 and Black Lager mixed easily. 

However, this told me that the 312 should layer well over Shiner Kosmos... and it did!  The effect isn't as dramatic as a dark/light combination but I still like the clear/cloudy line.
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Experimentation...

6/13/2013

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Had some 6-packs and family packs to experiment with over the weekend so a little trial & error were in order.  Had some successes...
  • The Shiner Black Lager over Hornsby's Cider turned out nice.  The "Guinness" labeling on the glass really makes the top layer dark beer stand out!
  • The Belhaven Scottish Ale over Hornsby's Hard Cider had some layering but kind of fuzzy and, with the Belhaven not being that much darker, the effect was a little underwhelming. Won't be having those two together again.
  • The Shock Top Belgian White over Shiner 101 turned out OK for a clear / cloudy layering effect but it was definitely a bit fuzzy.
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A Blue Harp??

5/4/2013

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It was a nice sunny day and I didn't have any dark beers in my fridge.  Left without any dark/light options I decided to try a cloudy Blue Moon with a clear Harp Lager. I didn't think it would work as both beers work well with Guinness on top (Blue Moon & Half and Half - See below for pics) and probably had nearly the same density. The choice of which on should go on top was completely random and it turned out surprisingly well.  Click on the picture to expand.

Probably worth naming...  How about a "Blue Harp"?

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Irish Canadian Fail

2/3/2013

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I really thought this one would work seeing as this beer combo has an official name.  It started off well but, as you can see, the Guinness dropped into the Molson Canadian rather quickly.  It was a nice cascading effect though.  Click on the picture below to get a better view. 

This told me that the density of the Molson is relatively light like the Guinness.  When I poured the Molson on top of some Sam Adams I got a nice clear-to-cloudy transition. See side picture. 


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