I discovered Half and Half the same year I discovered I was diabetic. Put a crimp in my lemonade drinking. I've been experimenting with affordable sugar-free variants.
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Connie Neil - Dec 04, 2007 9:50:53 am PST #5463 of 10001
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flea - Dec 04, 2007 9:57:03 am PST #5464 of 10001
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There's a political element to black and tans? I sort of assumed the name was because Guinness is black (okay, very dark brown) and Bass is tan.
Although I am perplexed by Yuengling Black and Tan which is just sort of brown and not mixy as far as I can see. Though yummy.
Sue - Dec 04, 2007 9:58:48 am PST #5465 of 10001
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There's a political element to black and tans? I sort of assumed the name was because Guinness is black (okay, very dark brown) and Bass is tan.
Blacks and tans were the name of the English Army thugs used as enforcement during the Irish revolution of the early 20th century. (My mother may have raised me with a little republican bias.)
Vortex - Dec 04, 2007 10:00:41 am PST #5466 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Although I am perplexed by Yuengling Black and Tan which is just sort of brown and not mixy as far as I can see. Though yummy.
technically, a black and tan is any drink that mixes stout and lager. A Black and Tan is when the bartender floats the Guinness on top of the Bass (or you can have a Half and Half, which is Guinness and Harp)
tommyrot - Dec 04, 2007 10:00:48 am PST #5467 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Blacks and tans were the name of the English Army thugs used as enforcement during the Irish revolution of the early 20th century.
Huh. I did not know that.
Next you'll be telling us there's a political element to Brownshirt Ale....
flea - Dec 04, 2007 10:00:55 am PST #5468 of 10001
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Did they have a rep for drinking Guinness and (edit, not ale) lager?
Clearly I am dimwitted about the beers, since I can't tell lager from ale. I do know what stout is, though. I think.
Aims - Dec 04, 2007 10:02:43 am PST #5469 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
I do know what stout is, though. I think.
Hint: here is my handle, here is my spout.
Sue - Dec 04, 2007 10:03:37 am PST #5470 of 10001
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Jars - Dec 04, 2007 10:04:02 am PST #5471 of 10001
Blacks and tans were the name of the English Army thugs used as enforcement during the Irish revolution of the early 20th century.
This.
I don't like the sound of mixing stout and lager. Wrongity wrong.
flea - Dec 04, 2007 10:08:06 am PST #5472 of 10001
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Heh. From Sue's link, the paramilitary Black and Tans were named after their funny pants, and because they resembled a pack of foxhounds.