A great example of a British Pour
Hello fellow students, another Friday, another study break! This week, I’d like to talk about something most college students don’t know the first thing about but really should, how to properly pour a beer. I’ve included a link here that will provide you with all the details on the proper pour, however, if you’d like a simple three step guide, keep reading.
Step 1: Choose Your Beer
Here is a quick and dirty guide, light beers should be served as cold as humanly possible as the cold numbs your taste buds and lets you perceive the flavour of the beers, drinking warm light beer pretty much the same as drinking warm piss so keep them cold. Kraft beers can be drank and cooler temperatures and are at the most opportune temperature for consumption 15-30 minutes after they have been taken out of the fridge.
Step 2: Choose your glassware
Now that you have your beer ready to drink, you must now choose your glassware. There are many choices and each beer is designed for a different kind of glass. As an example, French beers are usually drunk out of beer goblets, German beers are drunk out of steins, British beers out of pints etc. Go check out beeradvocate.com if you are unsure of which kind of glass you should purchase for your favorite beer. Once you have your glass it is incredibly important to hand wash your glass with a light dish detergent and hand dry each glass. Dish detergent residue and water spots can negatively affect the flavour of the beer. Most bar supply stores will actually have cleaning equipment if you want to go pro, but in general a clean towel and some buffing will be more than adequate.
Step 3: Pouring your beer
There is no steadfast rule to pouring your beer and each large brewery will have a specific methodology on how to perform the perfect pour, however as a rule of thumb, the neck of the bottle or keg spout should remain stable and the glass should be held at a 45 degree angle. This will maximize both oxygenation of the beer while still suppressing the foam. Foam or the ‘head’ should seal the beer with that in mind, most standard British pint glasses are an excellent glass to start working on as they have standardized head marks which you can use as a guide. If you don’t have access to real pint glasses then the width of your thumb from the side is the best way to ascertain how much of a head you’ll need to properly seal the beer.
So go out and impress your friends with the proper pouring technique. After you’re finished drinking and you’d like a free chapter of my book, I’m giving away a free chapter for everyone who signs up through my how to study page.
