May 04 2008
McSorley’s Black and Tan
I love black and tans. How can you not? Whenever I go out to a bar and there isn’t a new beer on tap that I haven’t tried I go for the black and tan. Picking up a six pack for Saturday night’s Red Sox game, I thought I’d try McSorley’s Black and Tan. I have had McSorley’s Ale before and I have enjoyed it; I thought I couldn’t strike out with their Black and Tan.
The McSorley’s Black and Tan seriously fails as a substitute for a real old fashion black and tan; one could see this might be obvious. The awesomeness of a black and tan comes from the slow mixing of Guiness and Bass. Black and tans from a bottle should not exist.
I say the above paragraph from a standpoint of rating this beer as a black and tan. And let me reitterate, it fails misserably. However, for a beer, I have to say that McSorley’s Black and Tan is an enjoyable drink. It has a good taste to it, and one can look over its misclassification.
If I was at a bar and the option for a real black and tan was there, I would NEVER order this, but as for buying it again at the package store, I would probably do it.
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