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February 12, 2005

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Black and TanYou might not know this, but I make a mighty damn fine Black and Tan; just the right amount of Bass ale (with the perfect head) under the right amount of Guinness stout (poured over a spoon, of course).

It is my opinion is that the Black and Tan is the best of the mixed beer beverages — in fact, I would probably rather drink a Black and Tan than any singler beer type, save Kansas City’s own, great Boulevard Unfiltered Wheat.

I used to be fairly obsessive about my intake of beers — I own a registered copy of a program called Beer Master, installed on my old Palm Pilot. I haven’t used it in a while now, but it’s got quite an extensive list of beers, personally tasted and rated by some friends of mine and (it goes without saying) yours truly.

These friends and I used to frequent a well-known restaurant in Westlake Village, California called, Jack’s Deli. Jack’s had a menu consisting of over 150 different kinds of beer. I know this isn’t a world record for the most beers on any one menu (I once heard of a restaurant somewhere in the U.S. that touted over 300), but it kept us pretty satisfied for a while — during which, we consumed every single one of them (and most of them are rated in BeerMaster on my Palm Pilot). In fact, we had this great system of remembering which beers we had drunk there: a raggedy old napkin where we drew a make-shift spreadsheet with all of the beer names and X’s under which ones we had drank. (Unfortunately, I lost the napkin a while back.)

This evening, I made a (couple of) Black and Tan(s) and I’m toasting to you, my faithful friends and readers (even all of you lurkers out there), for sticking with me. I wish I could have made one (or, a couple) for you as well.

Cheers!

(Click the picture to see my Black and Tan in its near full-sized splendor.)

Posted at 8:42 pm

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Comments (14):
Oooooh, you’re bad. My response to the photo was purely Pavlovian, and I’m missing both key ingredients in the house at the moment. Curses!

Brother Maynard () (URL) - February 12, 2005 at 11:15 pm

mmmm. what I wouldn’t give for a beer right now. but the hospital chaplain’s department would probably be pissed if their on-call guy was too sleepy to answer the pager because he had a black and tan. darn responsibilities!

shayne () - February 13, 2005 at 01:54 am

Tim, Here’s to all the swills that we tossed down together in our travels. clink It was good chattin with you tonight. I will be having a Black and Tan soon and thinking of that piece of spaghetti that you probably still have in your nose.

Brad () - February 13, 2005 at 03:10 am

Shayne ~ Yeah, better to be alert than risk a missed page or something. :-) In any case, I had one for ya!


(And for you too, Brother Maynard!) ;-)


Brad ~ Ha ha ha ha! Yeah, it was really good talking with you!

timsamoff () (URL) - February 13, 2005 at 08:20 am

I didn’t know that part about pouring the Guinness over a spoon. Thank you for contributing one more bit of trivia to my treasure trove of semi-useful but sometimes useless information. Now if someone asks me how to make a black and tan, I can go, “And don’t forget to pour the Guinness OVER A SPOON for crying out loud.”

Mary () (URL) - February 13, 2005 at 12:45 pm

Wow, Tim. That’s pretty sweet. I’m duly impressed! Sometime if/when I meet you in person, you should greet me with one o’ those…

jared () - February 13, 2005 at 5:48 pm

DUDE. Mmmmmm…. I had a Fosters this afternoon on tap. Ok, actually two Fosters. I, too, LOVE (along with our mutual friend, Pedro Horner) different kinds of beers, and also love the Black and Tan! I wish I was there to CLANK against your glass also… Cheers, brother!!


jkc


ps – can you drink beer and also be a Christian?? hehe.

Jason () (URL) - February 14, 2005 at 01:41 am

Mary ~ I’m always good for some useless information once in a while.


Jared ~ My pleasure!


Jason ~ We’ll clank when you get back! (Can I still be Christian if I use the word “damn”?) ;-)

timsamoff () (URL) - February 14, 2005 at 07:51 am

Another sweet post! Thanks Tim. You know, Portland is the king of microbrews. Ahem…

p.e.horner () (URL) - February 14, 2005 at 11:18 am

Ahhh, Peder… Yes, many a Portland beer is contained in Beer Master!

timsamoff () (URL) - February 14, 2005 at 11:55 am

Being one among your faithful Angeleno contingent, I will certainly add Jack’s Deli to my to-do list as my quest for Arrogant Bastard Ale continues.


Thanks for the tip.

Shepcat () (URL) - February 14, 2005 at 12:12 pm

What quest? That ale (A.B.) is everywhere! Even on tap!

p.e.horner () (URL) - February 14, 2005 at 3:44 pm

Random Beer Night at Jack’s!! Dude, that was so much fun… and yummy! And now, like Brother Maynard, Jean salivates.

Jean () - November 27, 2007 at 12:19 pm

Hehe. This is an old post, Jean, I’m surprised you hadn’t already seen it!

Yeah, I really miss Random Beer Night, for sure!

timsamoff () (URL) - November 27, 2007 at 12:32 pm

  
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