Questions tagged [pouring]
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Why does Guinness have a special pouring process / bottle, while other stouts do not?
Guinness is sold in bottles and cans with special nitrogen widgets; the taps are specially rigged to have a two-step pouring process; heck, there's even a certificate given to people who learn how to "pour the perfect pint" at the Guinness factory…
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When are beers better "hard" poured rather than "soft" poured?
One of my favorite stouts, Left Hand's "Nitro Milk Stout," is supposed to be poured "hard" (rapidly dumping the whole bottle in the cup by holding it completely upside down)
Typical pouring was covered in a previous question: How do you pour the…
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What does rolling/swirling a hefeweizen actually do?
I remember the first hefeweizen I had. It was made by Widmer, and I didn't like it. The second time I tried it, I noticed there were pouring instructions on the box/bottle.
The instructions said to pour two thirds of the beer in to a glass, swirl,…
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What determines how much foam a beer produces when it is poured?
Different beers and different types of storage result in different amounts of foam being produced when the beer is poured, from almost none at all to a glass full of foam.
What factors, both in terms of ingredients/type of beer and storage, affect…
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How do you pour a bottle conditioned beer?
Bottle conditioned beers (such as many homebrews or those explicitly labelled as bottle conditioned/fermented) are, I'm told, supposed to be poured a specific way to avoid getting the yeast from the bottle into the glass. How should I pour such a…
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When does the pour matter?
Especially when it comes to serving beer, such as Guinness, it is debatable that the pour is the most important aspect. This is something I understand due to the layering and carbonation...
When is it important to pay attention to the pour for other…
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How to avoid keg foam?
When using a keg setup at home, either with a hand pump or a pressurized system, I keep getting a lot of foam after changing and/or pumping up the air pressure (In a hand system).
This appears to me to be wasting beer, so how can I avoid this…
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Pour count for mL?
This question relates to free-pouring liquor using a pour spout when making cocktails and mixing liqours. I hope this question is acceptable in this Stack Exchange.
So I wanted to have a pour count for mL (where I live we use metric). However, I…
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How do you pour the perfect beer
How do you make a perfect pour from a bottle, given a typical non-widget, non-bottle-conditioned beer? Is there a special technique used to make a nice foam collar (not too much, not too few)?
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