Turkey, family, football and beer. It doesn't get much better... I did some beer layering experimentation and came up with some great black and tan combinations.
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A great Saturday for college football. Alabama was playing LSU at home and Texas was at West Virginia. I decided to start the party early with some black and tan layered beer combinations. Both turned out great the first time.
The Franconia Wheat is now my go to bottom layer for anything. It worked under the Abita Turbodog which I've had as the bottom layer for other combos. I just found the Real Ale Coffee Porter. Had never seen it around before but it was a great bottom layer (as most porters are) under the Third Shift lager and Fireman's blonde ale.
Here are some more great examples of how easy it is to make layered beers using our layering tool.
Though I love Guinness draft and it works great for beer layering, it isn't the only game in town. I picked up some cans of Murphy's Stout last week and tried one on top of a bottle of Goose Island 312. (FYI - Murphy's uses a nitrogen widget in its cans like Guinness to increase the creaminess of the head when poured.) The layer separation was really nice and the taste of course, is great. So... if you can't find Guinness for your Black and Tans, be sure to give Murphy's a try. It was a Saturday and I had finished all the yard work before it got too hot. Then had some time to kill before the college football game I wanted to watch started. What to do, what to do?... Go to the grocery store for beer of course! I picked up a 6-pack of Mirror Pond Pale Ale (Deschutes Brewery) and Session Black Lager (Full Sail Brewing), both of which I had never tried before. The Session Black was appealing for two reasons. One, they came is unusual 11oz bottles and two, black lagers generally work well for a top layer. As can be seen, with the pale ale on the bottom and black lager on the top, I had a very nice black and tan layer effect and a great tasting combination. Thing definitely slow down in the summer, even my beer drinking. That doesn't make sense does it!? However, I was able to try a few black and tan beer combinations over the last few weeks with the beer layering tool. Click on the pictures to see a larger version.
Had some 6-packs and family packs to experiment with over the weekend so a little trial & error were in order. Had some successes...
I picked up a 6-pack of Newcastle Brown Ale and some Molson Canadian Golden* at the local grocery store. I hadn't tried any layering with the Newcastle before but thought that its darker color would give lots of possibilities with lighter beers. It turned out great! I'll be experimenting with other Newcastle combinations... * Unfortunately this Molson Golden was brewed in Golden CO. It didn't taste like the real Canadian stuff. |
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