tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721554130531833718.post7820023509573355614..comments2024-03-25T00:13:56.778-07:00Comments on And One More For The Road: The Black And TanRhetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01694241067128044539noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2721554130531833718.post-19039303327202192942012-05-09T00:39:48.750-07:002012-05-09T00:39:48.750-07:00The father of a (very) Scottish acquaintance of mi...The father of a (very) Scottish acquaintance of mine insisted on "setting the record straight" on the Black and Tan, referring to the combination of beer and stout being the real/original drink to use this name (as often happens). Here are his comments, but when you read them, imagine they're being spoken with an extremely heavy, almost incomprehensible Scottish accent:<br />"A real black and tan is a half pint of beer topped up with a bottle of sweet stout. To avoid a large head when pouring the stout invert the full bottle and quickly place it into the half pint of beer and gradually withdraw the bottle. Any excess froth with go into the bottle leaving a perfect head on the full pint. A black and tan is also an English soldier with a dubious reputation who sought to subjugate the Irish in the war of independence, but that's another story..."Rhetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01694241067128044539noreply@blogger.com