Favorite Beer

[slacker]

Smithwicks good, Newcastle very good, ummmmm beeerrrr. I had my first Newcastle on the flight back from Denver last week, $5 dented beer in a can. Must say it was pretty nice though. And I always like me a Smithwicks.

 

[Silent Commit]

Bass beer on draught is one of my faves. It also makes a great black and tan with Guinness. Peroni is surprisingly a good, unusual beer made in Italy Newcastle is good for a brown ale. I also like Sierra Nevada (the porter), Negra Modelo. For "cheaper" versions of red and brown beers, I like Killians and Leinies Red. Like some pales, too. Oh yeah, like I said before, I also like the taste of Fat Tire....but, for some bizarre reason, I get headaches from drinking it. I like micro breweries...Third Stone is a decent beer made here in Lincoln. Never tried Smithwick's...but now I'm curious. Not a big fan of German beers, since many taste "skunky" to me. Prefer Irish or British. Can't stand Blue Moon...it tastes like you're drinking someone's flowery perfume (awful stuff, IMO).

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[bennychico11]

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ooo, I don't like that picture. a) I can't stand anything else put into a Guinness glass.....and b) too much head for my beer. I'll never understand why they advertise like that nor why most domestics are poured like that. They're pretty much screwing you out of 1/4 of the beer. But then again, guinness advertises almost that bad too

 

[Silent Commit]

ooo, I don't like that picture. a) I can't stand anything else put into a Guinness glass.....and B) too much head for my beer.

Actually, the head on that beer is about right. Guinness company in Ireland trains all bartenders on how to pour a draught of their beer. Giving the right head (God, I'm getting aroused) is so crucial to pouring the beer. They even tap the beer twice. They tap a portion, let it sit, then tap it again to come up with the consistency. Bass beer is distributed by the makers of Guiness specifically because it makes the best black and tan.

Here's a bit of info at Wikipedia.com

A "perfectly poured" Guinness pint with some brown bread.Draught Guinness is considered at its best flavour when served cool, although not necessarily cold. It should be poured slowly at a 45° angle; about three quarters is poured and left to settle before the rest is added. The tap handle should be pushed forward, rather than pulled, when the beer is topped off. This creates the characteristic creamy head that lasts until the last sip. The perfect pint should have a head just proud of the rim of the glass, and no overspill. Recent advertising campaigns state that "it takes 119.6 seconds to pour the perfect pint" of Guinness. While this method of pouring (slow) is done in Ireland and Britain, many American bars (not all) seem to ignore the requisite 'slow pour'.

 

[bennychico11]

Actually, the head on that beer is about right.

well, which is why I said it's too much for MY beer. I'll bet you in an Irish pub the head is a lot smaller in size than how the American's pour it. Like the article said...pour slowly. I don't mind a little bit of head, but by a little bit I mean less than half an inch. The way I pour it, the more black I can see through the top of the glass the better.

I also find it facinating that in the UK it's actually illegal not to fill the beer up to the correct point in a pint glass. More from wikipedia:

UK law requires certain steps be taken to ensure that a pint of beer is indeed a pint. Though this can be achieved using so-called "metered dispense" (calibrated pumps), the more normal solution is to use certified one-pint glasses. These have a crown stamp and number etched upon them. The number relates to the authority certifying the capacity of the glass (see [3] and [4] (PDF)). Selling beer in unmeasured glasses without using some other form of calibrated measure is illegal. Slightly cheaper non-stamped glasses are also made for use at home. Half-pint glasses are also available, and are subject to the same laws.
Despite this emphasis on accurately measured glasses, it is unfortunately common for drinkers to be served less than a full pint of liquid - either because too much of the glass is taken up by a foamy "head", or simply because the customer has been sold a short measure.