With St. Patrick’s Day around the corner, visions of Guinness are in most die-hard drinkers’ dreams. But what about it’s black and tan counterpart?

Bass has come up with a marketing tool just in time for the Irish holiday to make sure you don’t forget about them on this day.

The brolly is designed to pour the perfect glass of black and tan and with a little practice, I found it was much easier than using a warped spoon. (I know this pour isn’t perfect, but see how nicely separated the beers are.)

 

 

Then I started wondering what else I could make using Bass. Traditionally, Guinness gets all the glory. A quick search at drinkmixer.com turns up 58 recipes with Guinness while only three recipes had Bass in them (and two of those recipes also had Guinness in them). I decided to try the brown Betty punch (below) although I was a little weary of the contents, especially the warm beer part.

 

 

I enlisted the help of my roommate Sarah. The ingredients of the punch are more her style, especially the use of spices.

Needless to say, the drink wasn’t a hit with either one of us. I couldn’t really taste anything for the first few sips and after that it went downhill. Sarah said it had too much alcohol from the start, probably the result of the brandy, and even tried chilling the drink to see if it would make a difference. It didn’t.

At least it was worth the experiment, and I’m thinking that if you are a big brandy drinker, it might be worth a try.

If you’re a fan of Bass, two other drinks that might be worth trying, and can be found on the menu at Strange Brew in Manchester, are the radler, which is half ale or larger and half Sprite, or the snakebite, which is half ale or lager and half cider.

If anyone knows of any other good recipes using Bass feel free to post them below.