How to Pour a BLACK & TAN |
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- Опубліковано 13 бер 2024
- Happy St. Patrick's Day! Cheers to you all with a quick recipe on how to pour a Black and Tan using Guinness and Harp.
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I learned how to pour a black and tan at the Guinness factory in Dublin. Got to drink the mistakes. What a day it was.😋😂
Until quite recently there were two breweries that made Guinness. Besides the original in Dublin, there was a big one in west London. The Dublin brewery also supplied Scotland and northern England while the Park Royal one supplied the rest of England plus Wales. But they closed it and now everything comes from Dublin. The Guinness family are intermarried with the royal family.
Interesting a and not what I was expecting but I realise now that I was thinking of a Sweet Black and Tan which I used to drink (in Scotland) when I was much younger.
There were two variations. One was Guinness and cider in equal proportions. The other was a brown beer which we call "heavy" (as opposed to lager) topped with a bottle of Sweetheart Stout.
I'd forgotten all about those until I saw this video!
Thanks for commenting, Gerry - much appreciated!
Well done Matt
...and Well poured son!!!Guinness is my daily cocktail. 🍻😎
A Happy St. Patrick's Day to all Patreon Members as well 🇨🇮
I've had Guinness on tap in Limerick, but no closer to the Brewery. The taste was EXQUISITE!!!!
i love your earthy sense of appreciation, Matt. You're one of the best friends i never had, lol. Blessings for all that you share.
I appreciate that Aceface!
I do enjoy your drink videos. As my best friend and I always used to say, Guinness is not just beer, it's food. I will definitely try this.
Liquid bread!
I love this series. Such fun, relaxing gems.
The Black and Tans were constables recruited into the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) as reinforcements during the Irish War of Independence. The majority were unemployed former British soldiers from England who had fought in the First World War.
They were to help maintain control and suppress the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The nickname "Black and Tans" arose from the colours of the improvised uniforms they initially wore, a mixture of dark green RIC (which appeared black) and khaki British Army. They had a deserved reputation for brutality so safer in Ireland to order this as a Half and Half.
Damn never knew that! Thanks
Indeed, this black & tan moniker is heavily loaded with nasty colonial overtones.
I can vouch for that! We visited Belfast recently and had a wonderful lunch in a great 300 year old pub called McHughs. As Canadians that were somewhat naive to local history, we ordered a Black & Tan and were politely told by our server that it should be referred to as a Half & Half. Understandably, this is taken pretty seriously. But a perfect St. Paddy's drink nonetheless. Slainte!
Yeah I did think it was an odd choice of St Patrick's Day drink...
Beat me to it. Strange name choice for a celebrated drink.
Thanks for the demo, Matt. Happy St. Pat's to you and yours.
Important life lessons! Drinking and music always go well together!!😂❤
Looks great! I have done this once before and it taste very good. I just use a bar spoon and it seem to work fine separating the top and bottom liquids. I also use this method for Dark and Stormy Cocktails very similar process and wonderful drinks. Thanks
Perfectly done!
In Ireland, Britain and on the European continent, it's often made with Smithwicks (pronounced SMIT-icks) a ruby red Irish lager. To die for! On this side of the pond, you can find Smithwicks in Canada, but it's hard to come across it in most of the USA.
Extra points if you know, without internet research, what inspired the name "Black and Tans," besides the colors of the concoction.
I don't know the origin of the name. Do tell! Also, I will be on the lookout for Smithwicks.
Weren't they a military regiment?
Yes. Mostly former British Army veterans of WWI, they were recruited to counter the IRA during its struggle for Irish independence. They earned the name from their two-toned uniforms. They were unpopular, unsuited to domestic pacification, and had the unintended effect of turning many neutral or loyalist Irish to the IRA side of the conflict.
We used to call a Guinness and Smithwicks a Blacksmiths. But that was in Cornwall and may be a regional thing.
@@Jimeo722 Thanks for that Jimeo. I did not know that.
HAPPY St. PATRICKS DAY TO YOU MATT🍻 🇨🇮 CHEERS!!!
Matt, we won great praise with your Christmas/winter weather recommendation of the Tom and Jerry so I am keen on trying this one.
Btw... you mention that not everyone is a beer drinker. True, and I respect that, but hopefully they are not wine snobs---particularly since this is a 60s rock/pop channel 😂
As the weather gets cooler here in Australia im taking this drink on board ,cheers mate .
Cheers! 🥨
Matt, I was going to try that, but I opened the fridge and all I had was a can of Schlitz and a can of Heineken Silver. I felt like NASA on a cold morning!
A lovely mix.😁
Loved this Matt! I learned a lot! I’m not a big Guinness guy, but nice to learn for impressing guests! 🍺 Cheers 🍻
I'm definitely planning on having one or more this weekend. I remember when I first started drinking these about 20 years ago the Irish pubs typically used Guinness and Bass Ale. I noticed Bass Ale is not as readily available in the U.S. today (at least not on draft in the pub). I normally use Harp now and it works great as your video illustrated. I read somewhere that they used to call this combination a Half and Half. Other lighter ales work good too like Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.
Guinness being my favorite beer and seeing You one of my favorite people on UA-cam pour a perfect "Black & Tan" has made this St. Patrick's Day extra special. Well done Matt, and as always, love the content of Your Channel ✌🍻
Happi ST. PATRICKS DAY , MATT,,THAT looks delicious - I love guinnessstout , and will have a few myself,,,,drink hardy!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the demonstration. I had never run into this before. I actually got a notification for this just now so I seem to be back in the loop. Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
At least you used Harp.
Well done!☘️🍺
Very nice to look at at 9am to begin work and give me something to look forward too.....:)
Always enjoy these videos too 🔥👍🏻
Great job! One of my faves back in the day. Remember the Irish Car Bombs? Had to drink those fast b4 it all congealed lol! Listening to Moby Grape S/T while watching! Cheers!
Good technique, my man. Good technique!
i make black velvets all the time cheers 🥂
Stunning
Drank black & tan in my later teenage days however in Scotland it was an Export Beer (not lager) and if you preferred a sweeter drink the Guinness was replaced by a Sweet Stout 🏴
You just made me thirsty. Lol. Happy st. Pats day. 👍 🍺
What a fantastic video have a wonderful weekend ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊 Matt
Black & Tans:
That's the drink the Quarry Men had in the intermission after they impressed Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport bus club - - before going back on stage in a drunken fiasco, embarrassing club secretary Harold Harrison & scotching any chance of another booking. On the bus home, Colin Hanton, oldest, & the only one who could hold his drink, was so mad that he ripped into McCartney & got off at the wrong stop with his drums, & after 2 years with the group, he put his drums atop his wardrobe & never drummed for Lennon, McCartney & Harrison again.
Colin's still alive, as is Pete, as is Ringo.
In an interview I heard Jimmy Webb relate that when he was recording "MacArthur Park" with Richard Harris, in addition to drinking lots of Pimm's, Harris was fond of a drink called Black Velvet (not the inexpensive whiskey), a mix of half Guinness and half champagne.
The Beatles version of a Black Velvet was Guiness and hard cider.
Cool, enjoy L'Chaim
Beautiful
Hey, now I want a beer! You should be getting paid for this!
I think I speak for everyone when I say, thank you for the new life skill.
Nice kitchen!
I used to drink black and tans, but then I realized, I really just like the "tan".
Ah, the finer things in life! 😀
''To drink to old Rosin the beau, to drink to old Rosin the beau''.
Nice Presentation! In American Pubs, if you order a Black and Tan you are going to get Bass and Guinness. Harp and Guinness is normally a called a Half and Half (Of course always ask, every American Pub is different). I'm just putting this out there so you make sure you are getting what you think your ordered. Someone mentioned a Snake Bite, that is normally a Strong Bow and Guinness. That of course is may not be the same in England, Ireland, or Scotland. I spent six months drinking so much good Ale's my last trip, I tried the stuff in bottles and cans in America and they don't have the same taste. Some mentioned that some use nitrogen versus co2 makes a difference. Anyone with any information on that I would appreciate to know if any of that is true. Belhaven, Smithwick's, and New Castle, which of course has nothing to do with Black and Tans, were tasty too if you want to try other types. Nothing beats going to England, Ireland, and Scotland and trying their locals.
I'm inspired! Just have to find a tiny ladle, and bend it. Wonder if I could use a spoon...
A spoon would certainly work.
Sweetheart Stout and Heavy (Belhaven is good for this) is a 'real' Black and Tan (Scotland).
Hard to believe it takes that much effort to produce. Before abandoning all alcohol from my life, I'd order B&T wherever possible. It was a good taste iirc. 🙂
Probably not a good idea to order a B and T in Ireland on St Patricks day.
Have you tried a snakebite? Almost the same thing, but Apple Cider in place of the lager. I like it with Strongbow Cider!
A snakebite should be lager and cider. Or a snakebite and black if a dash of blackcurrant is added. Absolute legend of a drink. Back in the 80s/90s it was our go to on a night out. Although in Truro, where I grew up, there really were pubs that refused to serve it. The ones that did were always popular though lol.
Damn,I like that kitchen. Looks very "English".
I thought you'd mention Dave Bromberg's "Black and Tan"...
Are you foreshadowing for the story of the Irish group “Them”?
Not exactly. Them is on my list but I have some homework to do!
Great idea!
Just enough room in the glass for a shot of Bailey's and Jamison's
I would have looked up the origin of the name before making this video. It's a bit like showing how to make an "Osama Bin Laden" to mark September 11th.
I prefer room temperature.
Bass is not Irish but English. And always has been. It has been going since the 18th century in London. The first ever trademark ever issued was the red triangle of Bass. If you look at the bored barmaid in Toulouse-Lautrec’s famous painting Behind the Bar at the Folies-Bergères, you’ll see a bottle on the bar with the Bass red triangle.
Do you know what a Black and Tan was? At the end of WWI the British sent soldiers no longer needed as special police to Ireland. They needed uniforms and found a stock of unused army uniforms which were never issued as the war ended. So they allocated them to these new police. Because the uniform mixed tan and black elements the police became known as Black and Tans. They were blamed for every military blunder in Ireland and became a byword for all violence. These were shell shocked young men plucked from the Western Front trenches and dropped into Ireland unprepared.
Finally, whoever uses lager in a B&T? When it was invented here lager didn’t exist here. It’s not called a black and piss yellow! The correct beer to use is bitter. Most British beer is bitter. You’d be best with a strong beer like IPA. This stands for India Pale Ale and was invented by Barclay Perkins brewery in the town of Reading* for the British army in India. Being stronger with more alcohol it survived the long sea voyage to India. Enjoy!
Finally finally Patrick was a Briton. His father was a Catholic priest in a Roman town. He was enslaved to Ireland by a raid when he was under sixteen. You can read his autobiography the Confessio free on the web in English A spurious claim that he was really Irish and that his family immigrated to Roman Britain was made up by Irish nationalists in the 19th century.
* pronounced redding like the bass player of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
That's fantastic information, especially about the Toulouse Lautrec painting. I used to do work at Whitbread's amazing Porter Tun Room in Chiswell Street and porter is my favourite tipple. Most people don't know that porter and stout were originally English beers.
Thanks for the background Joanna - much appreciated.
Don't quit your day job ~
I believe Bass is English. Just sayin. Excellent tutorial.
I should have double checked! I appreciate the correction. 🙂
NOOOO!!! Not effing lager...! It must be a traditional Best bitter or similar ale, hence the 'tan' colour of that particular beer. Adding lager to Guinness is like adding lemonade to milk...!