Blending Beers: Share Your Experiments

Every year when all the pumpkin seasonal beers start coming out my friend's and I grab a different sixer each one weekend and watch a lot of football. It inevitably ends with us mixing a few. Some work out, some...don't. Pumpkick doesn't always play well with others, FYI.

Also, Chimay Grand Reserve and Cantillon Kriek was a solid combo back in Brussels where they were both cheap and readily available.

If we can include blending beer with other types of alcohol:
-Ten Fidy with an ounce of Carpano Antica and an ounce of Campari is the dark chocolate cherry beer that I've always wanted.

-French 75 with kriek or framboise substituting for the bubbly is always fun.

-SNPA poured over an ounce of gin, juice of half a lemon, half an ounce of simply syrup, grapefruit bitters, and a sprig of rosemary makes a kick-ass, heavy-hitting shandy.

 

1/4 glass Founders Rubaeus
3/4 glass Foothill Sexual Chocolate

 

Making a black and tan out of dogfish 120 and world wide stout. Jk

 

Terrapin Moo Hoo and WakenBake are a pretty good combo.

 

Rubaeus with New Glarus Berliner. Probably 60% berliner to 40% Rubaeus. I found it to be great, best way I've had Rubaeus and it may make me get some more to try with other beers.

 

Founders Breakfast Stout with and good IPA ( West Sixth) you won't be sorry.

 

Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro and New Belgium 1554 - 50/50 for an insanely smooth, rich, chocolate, toasted treat.

 

I tried to go through a New Glarus Belgian Red myself but the sweetness overpowered me. I love NG offerings but usually do best with sharing. So I dropped a 1/4 glass of 'Gansett Del's Shandy into a 3/4 glass of Belgian Red and it lightened the sweetness and gave it a nice lemon tart finish to offset the powerful cherry flavors. Obviously it's better by itself but it was a fun way to finish the 750ml.

 

Westvleteren XII with Cantillon Lou Pepe. Luxurious and delicious. Drank this blend last Xmas.

 

Hell yeah. It's awesome...as long as you have super low standards and are in need of a cheap BCBS fix.

 

Does anybody have a list of beer / beer mixes.

 

Love the ideas and the names!

 

My BIL swears by rubeaus and westbrook gose @Jonnyhiggs

 

I don't ever mix two whole beers, but on a pretty regular basis, my girlfriend and I will each get a different beer, and we will mix the last few sips. That way, we get to try each beer on its own, and then try a new creation.

 

Mmm just tried one part the bruery, mischief with two parts Sierra Nevada ruthless.

 

Did something similar last weekend... 25% Rubaeus mixed with 75% Westbrook Gose, so tasty!!

 

Best blend I have come up with lately was Vivant Escoffier 2011 + Almanac Valley of The Hearts Delight.

The dryness of Escoffier balanced out the over the top thickness of the Almanac.

 

No joke I am doing this shortly. It's the dream.

Anyways, DFH 90 Minute with a splash of white wine does the trick.

 

Dogfish 61 and Youngs Double Chocolate stout

 

Thats an actuall Dogfish beer...they call it heaven and hell...