Blending beers

[timmy]

Hi all,

Has anyone tried doing this yet? Saunders was talking about it on a podcast a while ago and I tried it the other week. Basically I had a Coopers Aust Pale that I made 9 months ago where I got a bit ambitious and added more malt and dropped the volume. It was nice but too sweet.
Then I made an all-extract APA that was high 40's IBU-wise and was only really palatable to me in small quantities (I'm not a huge fan of bitter beers). So last time I cracked these I blended them in the glass at a rate of roughly 2/3 APA and 1/3 Aust Pale and it was fantastic.

Just thought I'd share....

Cheers,

Tim

[warra48]

I do exactly that with a Pale Ale and an English Bitter, both of which are a bit on the metrosexual side, and wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.
Then I have an APA with enough hops to knock your socks off.
Mix them 50/50 in the glass, and they are very good drinking.
Put it down as part of my learning curve.
I guess the message for me is to do the hop calculations properly before I intend to brew, and don't just do it by the seat of my pants.

[Ash]

I've done it, need to get another tap for my kegs to make it easier.

I wonder what APA + Choc honey Porter would become?

[Kevnlis]

Porter technically is a blend. If you believe the story of it's birth as a style, it was brewed to mimic the favoured "two thirds" or "three threads" beers requested in British pubs, mostly it is said, by "porters". The publicans would mix 1/3 each of ale, beer, and "tuppenny" into the glass. In 1722 Ralph Harwood conceived the concept of mixing the three together at the brewery to save the publicans the time of mixing it in the glass. Thus Porter was born as a style of beer, it also happens to be one of my favourite

[James L]

your a wealth of knowledge Kev

[Ash]

cheers for that Kev, the history of beer is quite interesting.

[sonictruth]

well black and tan is always a favourite. i mix half stout and half amarillo ale, turns out very nice. now if only i can work out how to get the layers happening.

[KEG]

pouring over the back of a spoon.. comes down to the density of the beer though, as to whether or not it will stay layered.

[earle]

Another example of blended beers can be found in that Clone Brews. I think its the recipe for Newcastle Brown that involves brewing two batches and blending them later.