A Hearty Thanks

Posted on June 21, 2011 by TBM

Several weeks ago, Carl and I chatted about different types of beer.  I love to try new things so I asked him for suggestions.  He mentioned that one of his favorites was a black and tan with Fat Tire and Guinness.  I chuckled to myself.  I lived in Fort Collins, Colorado for many years and this is the home of the New Belgium Brewing Company, the makers of Fat Tire.  Yet I hadn’t tried this concoction.  I didn’t beat myself up though since I had a card up my sleeve.  Fat Tire is not distributed in Boston.  But I had a connection.  My better half was heading to Colorado soon and so I made a request.  Please bring back one Fat Tire so I could sample Carl’s brew.

I was surprised by 3 Fat Tires and several other beers that I hadn’t tried before.  I looked online for a black and tan recipe.  It’s pretty easy.

1.  Fill your glass half full with Fat Tire.

2.  Pour the Guinness over a spoon slowly into the glass

3. Cheers

Thanks Carl for the tip!  It was delicious.

And since it was the day before the official start of summer, we had some summer sausage with our beers.

Beer, sausage, deck weather…Happy Summer!

About TBM

TB Markinson is an American who's recently returned to the US after a seven-year stint in the UK and Ireland. When she isn't writing, she's traveling the world, watching sports on the telly, visiting pubs in New England, or reading. Not necessarily in that order. Her novels have hit Amazon bestseller lists for lesbian fiction and lesbian romance. She cohosts the Lesbians Who Write Podcast (lesbianswhowrite.com) with Clare Lydon. TB also runs I Heart Lesfic (iheartlesfic.com), a place for authors and fans of lesfic to come together to celebrate lesbian fiction.
This entry was posted in Everyday life and tagged , , , , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink.

9 Responses to A Hearty Thanks

  1. Meredith says:
    June 21, 2011 at 11:29 am

    WTF?? You hadn’t ever tried Fat Tire? How is that possible? Didn’t you do the New Belgium tour with Synia, Taush, Jamie, and I?

    Reply
  2. Meredith says:
    June 21, 2011 at 11:30 am

    Oh, duh..never mind. I misunderstood and replied before reading your entire post. LOL. Duh. You meant the guiness fat tire combo.

    Reply
  3. TBM says:
    June 21, 2011 at 11:49 am

    I hope they enjoy it. It was a perfect drink for a nice warm night on the deck.

    Reply
  4. Carl V. says:
    June 21, 2011 at 2:06 pm

    My oh my that looks sooooo good! And with the summer sausage as well. Yummy!!! I’m so glad that you tried this and am extra thrilled that you enjoyed it.

    Reply
  5. Melissa says:
    June 21, 2011 at 8:41 pm

    It is currently 88 degrees here, that beer looks very refreshing and very filling. Do you think I could get away with giving my husband one and calling it dinner? =P

    Reply

Leave a Reply to TBM Cancel reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Google photo

You are commenting using your Google account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Cancel

Connecting to %s