Our Tastes-- Shock Top Choc' Top

A fine sampler brought over by The Enabler, we tried the beer both ways, Shock Top on top and bottom. Oddly enough the Chocolate Wheat layered out better on the bottom with the original on top better than the inverse. My brew was pure Shock Top initially with heavy lending to the orange but both of us agree there is little difference in the nose, as there was really none to mention. By no means is this a "black and anything" at all, but a good beer to end the anchoring of the garage shelves on for sure. Chocolate gave us a 4.3% abv while the original yielded a 5.2%, overall a decent mixer but no Black and Fud.

Our Tastes-- SnakeBite

Yep, that was next on the list after the Rotten Pear. Guinness layered on top of wonderful Hornsby's Hard Apple Cider. Now this was truly a treat. I hadn't had one of these since 1997 or so.

Our Tastes-- Rotten Pear

The Stump brought over some Woodchuck pear so we layered some Guinness on top of it of course. It layered out beautifully!! It drank a bit too sweet for me so we moved on to true....

Our Tastes-- Black Chaser

Using Brüno we had BlackStone Chaser Pale Ale with Guinness. Very nice and different. Amazing what you'll start to layer under Guinness this time of year. Also had some Boddington's which was kick-ass, but never got to really make a good Bubblebee out of it. Save it for later.

Our Tastes-- Rotten Pumpkin

This is one of my own concoctions. Half Jack's Spiced Pumpkin Ale and half Guinness. Seems to be very pleasant. The pumpkin gives a nice sweet maltiness to the Guinness as the finish. The 5.5% of the pumpkin ale doesn't hurt either.

Our Tastes-- BlackTop

I personally think it should be renamed Black Asphalt but this is half Guinness and half Fat Tire Amber Pale. Very nice indeed. The difference in colors of the beers gives great layering effect. The overall matching of brews is extremely nice as well. The crispness of the Fat Tire is a great finish the Guinness heaviness.

Our Tastes-- Black Fud and Black & Blue

Since I started getting ready for the Shamrock Run (placed 2nd in my age division, good time overall to be posted at http://www.auburnrunning.org in a few days) I haven't had any beer or stogies. Well I took care of that Saturday night until the wee hours of the morning. Guinness and anything never tasted so good. Black Fud (Guinness and FudPucker Pale Ale) not so great, but the Black and Blue (Guinness and Wicked Merry's Berry brew batch #18) was wicked sweet!! It had a soft light purplish head and Wicked Merry's just seemed to gently slide under the velvety Guinness. Kick ass sea-bass. Unfortunately this beer is not available at mass market as of yet. So let the weeks of Black and ANYTHING roll on!