Marketing myth or necessary?
Personally I've always thought of it as just a bit of a marketing myth. I've had bar staff fill it right to the stop for me before and it tastes exactly the same regardless of the pour method. If you say it's necessary, explain why.
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I say necessary. Mainly because with inexperienced bar staff, if they try to pour it in one go you either end up with a massive head or loads of beer running into the drip tray and then a head that doesn't last two minutes.
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I've never heard it said it makes it taste any different, always thought it was like hatmybhoy said, just a way of consistently getting a decent head on it. Though I suppose how much head you're drinking it through would affect the taste/texture a little.
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It’s defo necessary.
Affects the texture and creamyness of the pint. One pour leaves too big of a head and the bubbles all travel to the top far too fast in my experience, leaving the bottom the the pint the same texture as plain water.
I’m usually a whisky drinker, but like the odd Guinness and had a couple of cracking pints in Sweeneys in Shawlands on Saturday. Poured correctly of course.Easter Rd Davie, BigManSmalls and Johniebhoy. like this. -
Guinness are *!!
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Am I making this up or is there a special wee platform they something have at the tap that the pint sits on and it vibrates it or something so you only need to pour once?
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That's the surger unit which is is used with surger cans.
You pour it completely flat and then sit it on the unit and zap it with sound waves which activate the gas.
I thought it was a good idea, but I think it's been discontinuedJamesM09 likes this. -
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Guinness is bowfin
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I never used to be that fussed with it but actually quite like a good pint of Guinness these days, and find it a lot less heavy than tanning pints all day.
Actually choking for a pint of anything now.wee green dug likes this. -
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Drank Guinness for a while years ago. Plus side was not a single hint of a hangover, minus was could drink 5/6 pints of it then felt I couldn’t fit anything else in my stomach and the carnage filled bowel movement next day. Went back on the lager :)
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Definitely think it matters. Love a Guinness but it's only decent in about 50% of places. Otherwise its rank rotten.
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The one real drawback of a night on the Guinness tbf :s:TheHappyLoss likes this. -
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Completely necessary.
Anyone who pours a Guinness all the way through should be shot.Doogs. and Johniebhoy. like this. -
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many years ago I was in Cork with my missus for a weekend break and went into a pub for a quick pint, sitting at the bar I was watching a new barmaid practicing pouring pints of Guinness. so there was about 8 pint glasses with different amounts of Guinness in them and the manager was telling her that ''this was the most important drink you will serve and it has to be perfect, so he then proceeds to pour a full pint of Guinness and told her to try to pour a full pint. well the young lassie nailed it 1st go and I said to the manager ''she's just poured a better pint than you'', he laughed and nodded then offered me a free pint that the lassie had poured, but I said naw, don't like the stuff, ''pint of lager please.
but the thing was, I had sat there for about 10mins transfixed by them pouring thick treacly GuinnessJohniebhoy. likes this. -
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There would be feckin carnage in an Irish pub if a barman/maid consistently poured bad pints of stout. -
Had a 1 pour Guinness once and I can confirm I will never be having another
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Well this thread proves marketing works. :giggle1:
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Haf two pints of Guiness in my puff. One was ok and the other was rank.
Was in Twechar right enough. Inbred shitehole.TheHappyLoss and stew37 like this.
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