A good pint of Guinness from a can?

Mr Rivers

Is there some trick to it cos it always ends up manky for me!

Blub2k4

Make sure that it is cold enough, if it is not cold enough you get a spray and lots of bubbles, also not too cold cos then it settles too fast and has no proper head. Tilt the glass and pour it fast after opening it, dont wait around.
I would say myself it needs to be in the fridge at least one day if not two before opening.

Sarky

I recently heard from some of my, ahem, more elderly friends that Guinness was always best when it was room temperature, citing a pub on the Aran Islands that insulated the pipes all the way to the tap and serving some amazing pints.

Anyone care to confirm or rubbish this? I've always felt myself that Guinness is ruined if it's REALLY cold, and certainly the best pints I've had were never excessively chilled, but never tried a warmer pint...

Blub2k4

The warm pint of guinness goes back to before it was in a pressurised keg, it is very similar to what you will get in the pint bottle ( can you still get them?). The older stuff was poured from a wooden keg into large galvanised jugs with a spout, like the large oil cans, these were then poured into glasses and from one glass to another until the head was good on them. It is hardly comparable to the newer NO2 powered gas cylinder stuff, but not necessarily nicer. I worked in pubs 20 years ago where it was still a hangover from those days and that style of large bubble ( instead of the tight heavy NO2 bubble) to have a warm tap where the cooler was switched off and a cold tap for the younger crowd, only older people ever asked for the warmer pint. I never liked it myself.

kenmc

Personally I don't think that anything from a can can EVER taste good - bottles all the way. I haven't seen the Guinness Draught Bottles for ages though, think they wend down the drain. pity, cos they tasted better than the cans. oh well..

noby

Sarky wrote:

Guinness was always best when it was room temperature

I would go along with that. I haven't had too many room temp pints, but a really cold one is awful.
Side by side, a large bottle from the shelf is a world better than from the cooler

"can you still get them?"
Blub2k4, next time you're down the south-east you'll pick one up handy enough

Steve_o

Mr Rivers wrote:

Is there some trick to it cos it always ends up manky for me!

Thats because Guinness from a can is by definition..........MANKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

smoke.me.a.kipper

id give anything for a can of guinness from back home. guinness in germany doesnt taste the same for some reason. plus i cant find cans at all over here! :-(

Steve_o

Guinness generally doesn't travel well, even in parts of britain the guinness can be a bit funny!! also the guinness in other countries comes from the over seas breweries maybe the different brewery changes the taste slightly!!!