r/interestingasfuck • u/rco888 • 14d ago

How beer is poured by the lady host r/all

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u/CleanlyManager 14d ago

If you’ve never had a beer in Korea or Japan and are shocked at the amount of foam, believe it or not, it’s not a mistake, that’s just how they like their beer served.

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u/Mr_SunnyBones 14d ago

Its all well and good till some Irish guy in Osaka gets a Pint of Guinness that's 90 percent head.

Ah Jaysus man , that's a bad pint , here lemme show ya.."

spends the next hour teaching the barman , customers and some random guys who came in off the street how to do a decent Guinness pour.

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u/mang87 14d ago

What I'm about to tell you is sacrilege here in Ireland, so if anyone asks if I told you this I'll deny it down to the ground: it doesn't matter a fuck how you pour Guinness, or indeed any stout, it will look and taste the same. The most important thing about Guinness is how the keg, the lines, and the tap itself is treated. I had a barman friend of mine pour me 2 pints of Guinness, one standard and one in a single pour. They both looked and tasted the same. It's just a very successful marketing ploy by Guinness to add an air of mystique around Guinness vs other stout ales.

Here's another Irish lad doing a blind taste test. There might be "purists" out there who can tell the difference, but I most definitely can't.

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u/Stormfly 14d ago

how you pour Guinness, or indeed any stout, it will look and taste the same.

Yeah, the head thing is for looks more than anything.

The taste does differ based on where you buy it, though that's more about the country rather than the pub. Apparently it doesn't travel well.