Beer blending at the bar

[11amas]

Hi guys,
there is a trend I am seeing that I have not seen discussed much--beer blending. Someone goes to a bar and asks for 1/2 of a pint of two different beers. Almost like a black and tan but without trying to separate the layers. I would think a brewer would see that as insulting but am I the only one who thinks this? I won't go to a restaurant and ask for two entres, half portions, all scrambled up on a plate; I would be telling the chef his recipes are flawed and that some nobody is telling him how to fix it...am I just a jackass?

[Dirk McLargeHuge]

When I was at Lost Abbey with BDawg, one of the regulars named Dawn blended some beers for us at the bar. Tomme Arthur didn't seem to mind.

[Ironman]

The De Struisse Sunday Session episode has a bit about blending.

[Ironman]

The De Struisse Sunday Session episode has a bit about blending.

[Bugeater]

You can say that again.

Wayne

[Steelers&Beer]

i don't think there is anything wrong with it. Taste is subjective. My local brewpub has a nice red and a decent ipa. the red isn't hoppy enough for me but has a great malt body and the ipa is a little out of balance, mix em together and i get a nice hoppy red. i do it all the time. the brewer doesn't care because they know people like what they like.

[wild]

We have a brewery here that blends and the brewer himself has designed several of them.

[Cody]

I agree. Craft beer has a lot to do with finding your tastes and experimenting with flavors. Blending finished beers is an easy way to accomplish this.