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Post by rott on Mar 23, 2020 0:15:11 GMT 7
Unable to sleep, thinking of my second favourite sport, the subject of beer and stout came to mind. The above-mentioned drink comprising a bottle of Guinness and a half of mild (or occasionally bitter) popular at one time, came to mind.
However some preferred to have the draught Guinness and this as I remember had a totally different name. Anyone here recall it? I doubt if the short kecks brigade would, but possibly some more mature gents might.
Thanks in anticipation as they say.
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Post by AyG on Mar 23, 2020 7:13:16 GMT 7
I think you may be mistaken. I'd always understood that black & tan was with Guinness, the name reflecting the Black and Tans - auxiliary policemen/thugs recruited during the Irish War of Independence (1919-21) brutally to suppress the Irish.
The tan part was traditionally Bass, which is English.
The name black & tan is considered offensive by some.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Mar 23, 2020 20:33:50 GMT 7
Unable to sleep, thinking of my second favourite sport, the subject of beer and stout came to mind. The above-mentioned drink comprising a bottle of Guinness and a half of mild (or occasionally bitter) popular at one time, came to mind. However some preferred to have the draught Guinness and this as I remember had a totally different name. Anyone here recall it? I doubt if the short kecks brigade would, but possibly some more mature gents might. Thanks in anticipation as they say. I remember it, at the time, I thought of it as an old mans drink, looking back now, I understand why they were drinking it. Not mentioned, a sweet black and tan, up my way was a mixture of guiness and stout, isnt that what ena sharples and minnie caldwell drank in the snug of the rovers? In these days of euro fizz p**s water lager, i wish i had a time machine to take me back to the days of proper boozers, just remembered, screwtops or long necks, long since gone beers sold in pint bottles.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Mar 23, 2020 20:37:57 GMT 7
I think you may be mistaken. I'd always understood that black & tan was with Guinness, the name reflecting the Black and Tans - auxiliary policemen/thugs recruited during the Irish War of Independence (1919-21) brutally to suppress the Irish. The tan part was traditionally Bass, which is English. The name black & tan is considered offensive by some. You understand wrong. The irony, when the independant free state turned on itself, never hear these ra bands sing about that, not exactly their proudest moment, still, i suppose you have to crack a few eggs to make an omelette as they say.
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Post by AyG on Mar 23, 2020 21:13:05 GMT 7
Which bit do I understand wrong? Or is it all of it? Genuinely curious.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Mar 23, 2020 22:38:39 GMT 7
Which bit do I understand wrong? Or is it all of it? Genuinely curious. I dont know where you come from, up my way, they are despised for being scabs, i hear about snowflakes and libtards being offended about terms such as, jew, nigger, gay or faggot, the irony of it all, all the afore named mentioned were locked outside as the scabs went to work, up my way its the worst term you can ever apply to anyone. of course, it depends on which side of the line you stand on.
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Post by oldie on Mar 24, 2020 6:18:16 GMT 7
A Thai and an African in a threesom?
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Post by rgs2001uk on Mar 24, 2020 21:20:59 GMT 7
Heres a wee song, . got to love those plastic paddys, selective memory syndrome, a bit like the jacobites, sold down the river by their own, nothing to do with the engerlish.
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Post by TTFT on Mar 25, 2020 8:14:02 GMT 7
STOP THIS THREAD NOW, IT IS RACIALIST AGAINST TANS!!!
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Post by rott on Mar 25, 2020 14:30:50 GMT 7
Which bit do I understand wrong? Or is it all of it? Genuinely curious. I would say most of it, you parrot the semi-literate garbage that is drummed into Irish people from birth at home, school and church. A quick Google would tell you that 19% were Irish born, the majority had served in the British Army in WWI and had no criminal records, and that they lost 160+ men to ambush and murder. Your statement that people find the words offensive is breathtaking. So effing what? Be offended if you so wish, up to you.
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Post by rott on Mar 25, 2020 14:42:31 GMT 7
One thing you do get correct is that the drink is "with Guinness", as this was in my OP I am puzzled that you mention it.
In Liverpool a black and tan was Guinness and mild, unless bitter was specified. I do not really remember seeing it much after the early seventies when the world decided that beer was ice cold, fizzy and translucent.
My original question was does anyone know the name of the drink when the bottle of Guinness was replaced by a half of draught Guinness.? In Liverpool a half was always referred to as a glass for some reason.
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Post by rott on Mar 27, 2020 0:05:11 GMT 7
Unable to sleep, thinking of my second favourite sport, the subject of beer and stout came to mind. The above-mentioned drink comprising a bottle of Guinness and a half of mild (or occasionally bitter) popular at one time, came to mind. However some preferred to have the draught Guinness and this as I remember had a totally different name. Anyone here recall it? I doubt if the short kecks brigade would, but possibly some more mature gents might. Thanks in anticipation as they say. I remember it, at the time, I thought of it as an old mans drink, looking back now, I understand why they were drinking it. Not mentioned, a sweet black and tan, up my way was a mixture of guiness and stout, isnt that what ena sharples and minnie caldwell drank in the snug of the rovers? In these days of euro fizz p**s water lager, i wish i had a time machine to take me back to the days of proper boozers, just remembered, screwtops or long necks, long since gone beers sold in pint bottles. Never heard of this sweet black and tan rgs, "a mixture of Guinness and stout" shome mishtake shurely? I always thought that what the three fat old tarts drank was Mackeson, never heard of a milk stout anywhere else. I have known people drink a "Mackies mixed" Mackies and mild, even knew one place that had it on draught.
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