Blending beers

[teutonic terror]

Alright BORG I've pretty much given up on my Schwarz beer due to lack of carbonation.
I've tried shaking them to rouse the yeast, but I've noticed there is very little yeast in the bottom's of
the bottles!

I'm looking at brewing another smoked porter within the next couple of weeks, and since they are close
in style, blending them together to save myself from tossing a very expensive batch of beer!

What is the best procedure for doing this? Do I just match it bottle for bottle, or is there some kind of ratio?

Can I add the already bottled beer to the bottling bucket , or just put them together as I drink them?

[RickBeer]

My understanding is you would aerate the crap out of it if you poured them into the bottling bucket. You mix as you open them and pour in the glass.

[Inkleg]

I think I'd try mixing in the glass. That way you can try different ratios to find out what tastes best.

[mashani]

Belgians blend aged flat beer all the time before bottling it. Somehow they manage to do it without oxygenating the crap out of it and/or having it go bad. Yours is not flat though. Although all the bubbles are CO2, so maybe it would drive off oxygen as it blows itself out of solution. And then again most of those blended beers are sours, and some oxidation in the bottle can actually makes sours better, IE get you some sherry flavors, etc. If I was going to try it I'd carefully pour the bottles first, and then rack my wort into that.

All that said, even if you wanted to try it, you still need to mix the two beers in a glass in various proportions to figure out what tastes the best to you, before you commit to blending the entire bulk of it. The Belgians who do this are masters at it.

You would have to be careful about priming it then too of course. Priming rates would depend on final blended ratio in your case.