Mixing beers

[spanky100]

I quite enjoy Black and Tan (Guiness and Harp or Guiness and Kilkenny). Quite refreshing and interesting layered effect.

Anyone else got a beer mix that they enjoy?

Cheers,

Spanky.

[heychadwick]

There was a pub I worked at that served something called a "Snake-bite". It was 2/3rd's lager and 1/3 cider. You were only allowed two before you were cut off from all booze of any kind. The type of buzz it gave you was a mix between a beer buzz and a cider/wine buzz. I recall it being like a nest of angry hornets in my head.

[spanky100]

We have them here (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)...no limits...(unless you're falling down drunk and even then I've never seen a bartender not serve someone...)

[woody]

Nov 14, 2010 21:07:31 GMT -5 spanky100 said:

Black and Tan

Be incredibly careful of the company you're in if you order one of those in Ireland.

[heychadwick]

I'll bite....why?

[Erik Lindley]

Yes, tell us more! I love hearing about cultural references from people who really know about them.

So, maybe you are referencing a military group that was once there that was unpopular with the home team yes? The "Black and Tans?" If so, I have heard the reference, but know nothing more about it than what I just wrote.

-Erik

[spanky100]

Group of xcons hired by the brits to be police in ireland perhaps and wore black and tan uniforms I guess? But i very much doubt that that is origin of the name of mixed beer.

[heychadwick]

Dec 9, 2010 16:59:08 GMT -5 Erik Lindley said:

Yes, tell us more! I love hearing about cultural references from people who really know about them.

-Erik

Well, I don't know about Black and Tan, but when I was in Budapest, I was told to never clink my beer glass with someone else and say "cheers" of any sort. It seems that during the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, there was a revolt of the high ups in the Hungary part. Well, when the Austrian forces prevailed, they captured all the ring leaders. The head Austrians came to Budapest and set up to hang them in public. In the middle of the city center, they had a banquet feast. Every once in a while, they would bring out a rebel leader. Whenever the Austrian leaders clinked their beer glasses together, that was the signal to hang the next guy. So, people in Budapest never clink their glasses together in toast. I have no idea if that's true or not, but people were very serious when they told me to never do it.

[spanky100]

Sailor in the Canadian Navy, or so my father in law says, never clink their glasses. "Every time your clink your glasses a sailor dies". I think it has more to do with safety on a rocking ship.

[woody]

Dec 9, 2010 16:59:08 GMT -5 Erik Lindley said:

Yes, tell us more! I love hearing about cultural references from people who really know about them.

So, maybe you are referencing a military group that was once there that was unpopular with the home team yes? The "Black and Tans?" If so, I have heard the reference, but know nothing more about it than what I just wrote.

-Erik

The black and tan reference comes from a dog, i'll get to that later, over here it's more associated with the military group that was supposed to "suppress" the Irish rebellion against the British, they were made up mainly of WW1 vets. The real reason they were set up was to destroy the Irish Republican Army, (Not the IRA as they're known today, that's a whole different can of worms) They went around Ireland massacred lots of people and were pretty much a law unto themselves, they sacked towns, villages, kidnapped and murdered men, women, the clergy, you name it. If one of their own got killed they'd shoot civilians dead in the streets as payback. They were responsible for quite a few of aul murders over here back then. So in general they're not liked.

Read up about them they were sort of like a British SS against the Irish except they had very little training so they just killed people for the laugh.

The name was given to them from the Kerry beagle dog, because of the amount of people signing up they ran out of uniforms and dressed them in the khaki and black they're known for today.

There's some great songs about them out there actually, that are pretty good with a few drinks in you:

Come out ye black and tans:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORifieiZiP4

This one was wirtten about the troubles

Go on home British soldiers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx3iB68EKUo

If you have the time or the inclination watch "The wind that shakes the barley" or "Michael Collins" movies, both are pretty decent.

[Erik Lindley]

Thanks for the info Woody.

"The windy that shakes the barley" is in my netflix que. I'll watch that sometime soon.

-Erik