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Black and Tans in Ireland

There were two sections in the article that seemed to suggest that black and tans are not drank in Ireland. This is incorrect. During the summer months stout drinkers often have a black and tan as an alternative to Guinness. Even tough hitorically the Black and Tans would have been considered in a very bad light, it is by no means offensive to order a black and tan in a pub.

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I have never ever heard of a black and tan as a drink and I'm a 34-year-old Irishman, not unaccustomed to the inside of a pub, and neither has anyone I have asked.

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Bold textBlack and tan seems an interesting drink. That seems hard to make and a show-worthey drink. --Djjackson7 02:38, 19 March 2006 (UTC)If it wasn't alchohac, i would have it. To bad it isn't. I think apple juice and gingerale on top would work. I will try it. Mabye I could make an interesting drink stall. It would be good for you with the allousion of beer. It seems like a good idea.Italic textIf it dosen't work, its to bad.

Etymology

The etymology is back-to-front; black-and-tan was first a dog, then a cocktail, then the RIC reserve. From the OED, under "black":

14. a. black and tan (of a kind of terrier dog): Having black hair upon the back, and tan (yellowish brown) hair upon the face, flanks, and legs. Also ellipt. as n.

1850 C. M. YONGE Langley School vi. 41 Oscar, the bloodhound, that monster of a black-and-tan dog. 1863 KINGSLEY Water-Bab. vi. 272 Out jumped a little black and tan terrier dog. 1870 D. J. KIRWAN Palace & Hovel (1963) xiii. 118 The dog-fancier may be noticed with..a black and tan under one arm and a spaniel under the other. 1884 Harper's Mag. Aug. 464/1 A jealous little black-and-tan stood by. 1948 C. L. B. HUBBARD Dogs in Britain III. xx. 271 Since 1925 Black-and-Tan Miniature Terriers may exceed the previous weight limit of 7 pounds.

b. black and tan: a drink composed of porter (or stout) and ale. slang.

1889 in BARRÈRE & LELAND Dict. Slang. 1955 G. FREEMAN Liberty Man I. iv. 60 He asked for a pint of black and tan, and had to explain to the waiter what it was. 1958 A. SILLITOE Sat. Night & Sun. Morn. vi. 93 Gin-and-orange? I'll have a black-and-tan.

c. Black and Tans: popular name for an armed force specially recruited to combat the Sinn-Feiners in 1921, so named from the mixture (black and khaki) of constabulary and military uniforms worn by them. Also attrib. Hence black-and-tannery: the principles or activities of the Black and Tans.

1921 Times 28 Jan. 7/5 ‘God Save the King’ and ‘God Bless the Black and Tans’. 1921 LD. BRAYE in Hansard Lords XLIV. 792, I rise to ask His Majesty's Government..whether they will..recall the Black and Tans. 1922 W. B. YEATS Lett. (1954) 680 The Black and Tans flogged young men and then tied them to their lorries by the heels. 1923 Weekly Disp. 4 Mar. 9 ‘How can I,’ concluded Sir John Simon, ‘defend black-and-tannery?’ 1958 Spectator 8 Aug. 183/2 The only way would be a reversion to Black-and-tannery, to forcible coercion and repression.

Delicious

While the mixture may indeed be delicious, that is an opinion, something that doesn't really belong in an encyclopedia. And thus, I removed it.DannyBoy2k 19:09, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

It is delicious though. --qp4 00:15, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

That is your opinion though!

Alternate Irish name

Isn't there an alternate Irish name for this drink, to avoid connotation with British counterrevolutionary troops? brain 03:36, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Response to Alternative Irish Name: Sometimes it is called a Half and Half, but really, a Half and Half is when the two are poured in together at the same time, which is disgusting, or sometimes, people refer to a Guinness and Harp as a Half and Half. Generally though, the name of the drink preceeds the name of the paramilitary organization, and Black and Tan is a perfectly legit way to ask for the drink. Mike Murray 20:54, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Variations

A Snakebite_(beer_cocktail) is not stout and cider, it's lager and cider. I fixed this, as well as fixing the attached snakebite link to point to the page on beer cocktails instead of a page about reptile venom. Coincidentally, said page on beer cocktails also points out that referring to a stout/cider mixture as a snakebite is incorrect. Garyfoster 15:05, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 06:01, 2 January 2008 (UTC)