I recently found a new porter from Lakewood Brewing; their Holiday Bonus Festive Porter. I thought, great!, a new dark beer to try layering with. Well my first attempt was a failure when I tried the porter on top of Franconia Wheat. The Franconia Wheat beer was my go-to bottom beer but not anymore. The porter immediately dropped down into the wheat and mixed. This told me that the porter was denser than the wheat. A few days later I tried pouring the wheat over the porter and it worked great. Jan 24, 2016 Update: In using up the last of my Lakewood Holiday Bonus beer, I found two more great layered beer combinations. One with a Sam Adams and another with a Shiner Birthday Beer. See pictures below.
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Here are two black and tan pictures from John in St. Louis. He said he made them on Thanksgiving Day while watching a ball game. Guinness Draught in cans works great as a top layer with a lot of beers. It also always works well with cider due to a ciders' higher density from the additional sugar content.
A few weeks ago we showed some beer layering attempts with Stella Artois. It worked pretty well as a top layer beer. Given that there is no such thing as a bad Belgian beer, I decided to try another classic, Leffe Blonde. The first attempt of pouring it over Rahr Ugly Pug Black Lager was a failure. The Leffe mixed into the black lager straight away so no layer formed as expected. I had assumed that the Leffe would be light like the Stella. I had also forgotten that the Rahr black lager is also relatively light. So, after forcing myself to drink the mistake, I tried the Leffe on the bottom. Well, it turned out great! After that I was on a roll. See the pictures below.
Here are some great Stella layered beer combinations to quench your Desire! Stella Artois lager on top with Left Hand Brewing Milk Stout Nitro stout, Franconia Brewing Dunkel and Deschutes Brewery's Black Butte Porter on the bottom
Here is one BIG layered beer drink! Maybe not the biggest black and tan we've seen but certainly the biggest drinkable one. Guinness Draught on top and Sierra Nevada Octoberfest on the bottom. This great picture was sent in from Mark in Philadelphia. If you have any beer pictures you would like to share, please send them to support@theperfectblackandtan.com. P.S. - The biggest black and tan can be seen at more-layered-beer-science. Don't you think it's time for a couple of beers? Here are some black and tan pictures from over the summer.
Ever wonder how under-21s can enjoy layering drinks? Well wonder no more and check out this great video made by the folks at DatTwenty. These guys really did some research! Here are the soda layering instructions they worked out. INSTRUCTIONS: in the case of sodas the density is controlled by the amount of sugar in the drink. If you are going by 20oz bottles the rule of thumb is to have a soda with over 70g of sugar in the bottom. Then the middle soda should have around 40g of sugar. Then the top should have 10g or less (preferably 0g if you don't mind diet drinks). I also recommend that you get colors that contrast well against each other, this will help the layers stand out and make it look cool.
First step is easy. Take the soda with the highest sugar content and pour that into the glass first. Fill it up about a third of the way. Then take your layering tool and put it on top of the glass. Take the next soda with the medium amount of sugar and slowly pour it into the layering tool. This will help it form an initial layer on the bottom drink. Once you have that initial layer you can start pouring faster through the tool. Pour in as much as you like. I suggest doing another third of the way. Finally do the same thing with the soda with little sugar in it. Start off slow, form the layer, and then top it off. And that's all there is too it, you can now enjoy your triple layered soda. In this video we used Mountain Dew Live Wire, Coke Life, and Diet Mountain Dew Code Red. It actually tasted pretty good. See what combinations you can come up with as well and put them in the comments. You have a friend coming over for drinks. You open the fridge to check your stock. However, gasp, you only have a can of Guinness and a bottle of Miller Lite and no time to go to the store. What to do? If you were a gracious host you would give your guest the Guinness and have the Miller Lite yourself. Right?? Or would you take the Guinness yourself and offer the Miller to your friend? Hmmm... Dilemma... Rock and a hard place...
A win-win solution would be to make a layered drink out of the two beers and show off your bartender skills at the same time. The common wisdom is that Guinness can only be used for the top of a layered beer drink. Well there are a few beers that will actually layer on top of Guinness and Miller Lite is one of them. So, when you encounter this situation, the problem is solved if you have the Perfect Black and Tan Beer Layering Tool.
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