Hockley Valley Black and Tan coming to LCBO

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:31 am

I spoke with the local rep yesterday, and he showed me the new Black and Tan from Hockley Valley. Product should be available soon.

Bobsy · Post by **Bobsy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:48 am

Interesting... thanks for the info, Len! I'm presuming this will be canned?

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:55 am

Bobsy wrote:Interesting... thanks for the info, Len! I'm presuming this will be canned?

Yes, it is going to be in cans. The really good news here is that Hockley isn't replacing one of their old SKUs with this product. They were given an additional SKU, so now they have a little more room to play with.

carguy · Post by **carguy** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:37 pm

Nice to hear, I regularly rotate both dark and stout into my session line-up.

kwjd · Post by **kwjd** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:47 pm

I've never had a black & tan - not counting in bars where they actually mix Guinness with Bass or whatever. Are they actually making separate dark and light beers and mixing them together? If so, are they using beers already available (ie. their stout/dark and a lighter one).

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:55 pm

kwjd wrote:Are they actually making separate dark and light beers and mixing them together? If so, are they using beers already available (ie. their stout/dark and a lighter one).

Hope it's not a mixture of the Stout and the Georgian Bay Dipper. That would be... odd, I think.

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:17 am

I was assuming it would be the dark and the stout mixed, not sure why I thought that.

The_Jester · Post by **The_Jester** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 8:30 am

GregClow wrote:Hope it's not a mixture of the Stout and the Georgian Bay Dipper. That would be... odd, I think.

Yeah. The image of a Stout Dipper just ain't workin' for me.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 7:44 pm

I assume Hockley are proficient enough at making a blonde ale.

SteelbackGuy · Post by **SteelbackGuy** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:58 pm

Belgian wrote:I assume Hockley are proficient enough at making a blonde ale.

Link does not work.

But last night I tried to make my own black ad tan from Hockley, using Jer's suggestion of the dark and the stout. It was good.

velovampire · Post by **velovampire** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 9:59 pm

Belgian wrote:I assume Hockley are proficient enough at making a blonde ale.

Ouch! That hurt!

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 7:36 pm

Hockley Valley Gold

GregClow · Post by **GregClow** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:22 pm

Heard from Andrew at Hockley, who confirmed that they'll be brewing a new beer to serve as the "Tan" half of the Black & Tan.

The tasting notes on the can will read: "Hockley Black and Tan is dark mahogany in colour, with notes of coffee, smoke and chocolate and hints of sweet grainy malt yet finishes crisp, light and dry."

northyorksammy · Post by **northyorksammy** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:51 pm

sounds good for a try