SXS-Drinks: Black and Tans

The Gingerman taps
TrashBlanc.com has had some great drink since arriving in Texas. Good local and Mexican beer served cold and with a smile. Just the way we like it. How we don’t like it is mixed with stout and named after one of the most murderous group of mercenaries of the 20th century, the Black and Tans.

Quick history lesson for readers who think the B&T is a marketing creation concocted by Diageo (who should know better) to shift more Bass and Guinness.
The Tans were leftovers from the first world war sent by the English to quell some troublesome Irish in the early 1920’s. They did this with some relish and not a little wanton destruction. We’ll leave the finer points to the historians to argue about on Wikipedia, suffice to say these guys were major bad-asses.

So to the beer, or rather beers, and let’s leave the history in the paragraph above. WTF!!! Seriously. For our European readers, a B&T is half a pint of stout poured gently on top of half a pint of Bass, or some other variety of red/amber beer. This notion is hideous. It’s like whiskey and tonic. Or pizza and pineapple. Simply wrong.

In a former life TrashBlanc spent some time serving these monsters to clowns on the South New Jersey coast. Our inner stat absolutely guarantees people who order this shit have dramatically lower IQs, have shorter lifespan and have real trouble getting laid. Guys (and it usually is men), word of free advice from TrashBlanc. Give it up.

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