The Perfect Pour
Posted by Leonard And Me , 7.11.2018 2:48 PM
It's not as easy as it looks....just ask my wife! Today we visited the Guinness Storehouse located at St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin. The Storehouse covers seven floors surrounding a glass atrium shaped in the form of a pint of Guinness. The Guinness Storehouse explains the history of Beer. The story is told through various interactive exhibition areas including ingredients, brewing, transport, cooperage, advertising and sponsorship.
Guinness is synonymous with Ireland and no visit to Dublin is complete without a trip to the Home of Guinness. As we made our way through the impressive storehouse, we discovered the age-old art of brewing that makes Guinness so distinctive. It seems they have a little something special in their water over here.
I think for the first time ever I was more excited to POUR my beer than drink it! Why? Because according to Guinness there are six steps to master to pour the perfect pint. I'm always up for a challenge! We spent some time learning the intricate science behind the pour. The two distinctly different layers in Guinness are made of the same substance; the white, foamy head has been whipped up by the escape of bubbles on leaving the keg, leaving the clear dark stout.
If you look at Step #4 above....you will notice the beer must "settle" and it's important to wait for the bubbles to surge down the sides of the glass and up the centre to form the head. This settling step is reputed to take exactly 119.53 seconds. Not two minutes. Not 119 seconds. 119.53 seconds. During this time, many bubbles rise up, creating the two distinct layers of the perfect pint!
Can we look any dorkier? These two dorks are now certified as crafting a PERFECT PINT OF GUINNESS in Dublin, Ireland! Now it's time to perfect the art of DRINKING that pint of Guinness. Cheers!
The first sip must be taken horizontally, in order to consume the lighter head with its delicate flavor compounds evaporating off.....alongside a gulp of the bittersweet, malty drink. The two together create a perfect balance of flavors which Guinness argues that you would not experience if a pint was poured without such attention to detail. It sure tastes good to us!!!
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