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Subject: Re: REAL half & half
From: Kent Garber
Posted: Tue Sep 25. 2001, 17:58 UTC
Followup to: "Re: REAL half & half"  by Clint  (Tue Sep 25. 2001, 16:53 UTC)
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                      III.  "Black and Tan"
 
Q:   What is a Black & Tan?  What is a Half-and-Half?
 
A:   The answer depends on who you ask.  The all-Guinness Black &
     Tan is Harp's Lager and Guinness.  (Harp's is brewed by
     Guinness at Dundalk).  Many consider the classic Black & Tan
     to be Bass Pale Ale and Guinness.  (To some Irish, they
     appreciate the fact that the Irish comes out on top!)  I've
     been in a pub that used Smithwicks and Guinness.
     (Smithwicks is also owned by Guinness.)  However, there are
     many variations involving a stout or porter and another
     lighter coloured beer, either lager or ale.  The Black & Tan
     name is derived from hunting dogs that had a black and tan
     mottled colouring.  There was also a regiment of British
     soldiers recruited to serve in Ireland after the First World
     War.  They had a reputation for being quite brutal.
 
     A half-and-half is often just another name for a Black &
     Tan.  However, in many North American Irish pubs, the
     Bass/Guinness combination is called a Black & Tan, while the
     Harp/Guinness combination is called a Half-and-Half.
 
     Guinness promotional advertising refers to a Black & Tan as
     being the Bass and Guinness version.  Ken Papai described
     the ads as follows:
 
          Here is the Guinness Import Company (c) 1992 ad on
          their beer card/beer coaster that they distribute at
          pubs and beer shows:
 
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http://www.ivo.se/guinness/bnt.html
http://www.thetailgater.com/archive/032000tipomonth.html
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http://www.localpubs.com/nina's/menu.htm

SPECIAL BLENDS
Half & Half (Harp & Guiness)
Black & Tan (Bass & Guiness)
Bumble Bee (Honey Brown & Guiness)
Snake-Bite (Apple Cider & Guiness)


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