Is it bad to order a "black and tan" in an Irish establishment?!
Is it bad to order a "black and tan" in an Irish establishment?
I think yes. I was told the majority of Irish would be offended by it.
Answers:
Good question.... I've seen several Irish pubs in the US actually advertise a Black and Tan - probably a result of marketing by the Bass company. In Ireland, knowing the history and their pride, I wouldn't order a B&T. But I don't recall many pubs in Ireland actually serving Bass --- or maybe they did, and I was too drunk on Guinness to notice.
My question is why mix the Guinness with anything? I suppose if you had to, go with a Half and Half instead... your guaranteed not to offend anyone then.
Maybe in Ireland, but not in the states.
Well, I'm IRISH and I learned to drink 'black and tan' from my IRISH relatives! So, if the Irish are offended then ... oh well.
By the way, I was taught to make it with HARPS (Irish) and GUINNESS PUB DRAFT (Irish), seems ODD they would be offended using their beer.
...oh well
Cant see why. The only reason I can imagine is that black is the signal color of the IRA (representing of course the Irish republican movement in northern ireland), and orange (which tan resembles) is the color of UK loyalists in northern ireland.
I agree with the first response, maybe in Ireland but not in the states, however a black and tan is made with Bass(english) and Guiness(Irish), where the recipe previously stated, noted Harp(Irish) as an ingrediant. That would be a half and half.
Bass is an inferior substitute to Harp's but the importer who imports Guiness in the U.S. has a business deal with the producer of Bass and so they will not import Harp's and they try and get people to believe that a black and tan should be made with bass.