Guinness Tells Beer Drinkers: Embrace The 'Stache.

Don't slurp the foamy head off their beer. It's essentially a nitrogen cap, they say, that's protecting the flavors underneath from being oxidized.

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That is a very interesting and true tidbit.
I know this firsthand, as years ago I helped manage a bar that always had Guinness on tap. And we actually had a welding gas company mix a special gas canister to keep it fresh. Which required nitrogen to be used instead of the standard CO2 gas used for all other commercial beers.
It wasn't really much more expensive than CO2...but none of the beer distributors would supply the proper gas mixture.

One of the heads of the Guinness distribution chain actually visited the bar about 20 years ago. The bar was selling more of their brew than any other in the state and more than many other states combined.
He was equally impressed that Jim Franz, the owner, (who sadly has passed on) had taken the trouble to get the gas mix custom made to ensure the proper dispensing of their brew.

CO2, you see, effervesces too easily and makes Guinness foam too much instead of having that wonderful creamy texture it is intended to have. Small bubbles, not large exploding ones. And keg Guinness is a far more wonderful thing to behold than bottled Guinness. It just ain't the same at all.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

A few years ago I had to do a job out in Dublin, sort and pack for shipment some goods from a warehouse.

After we had finnished we went to a bar for a meal that the boss knew, it was just across the road from the brewery, I don't normally drink Guiness but that was one beautiful pint.

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Kevin

Keg Guinness is a far more wonderful thing to behold than bottled Guinness. It just ain't the same at all.

That's very true Marc.
There is or was however Guiness in aluminium cans that had a nitrogen capsule that broke when you opened the can.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqVbzeoMudU

A better Guiness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5UedfCySQk

I've sold those at the place I work at... And wondered what that piece inside the can was for. (Apart from turning the can into a rattle for the music jam sessions that can happen when you've had a few.)

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(Apart from turning the can into a rattle for the music jam sessions that can happen when you've had a few.)

Hehe:)
You can make a music ensemble from empty cans and bottles.
Cans the rythmic section and bottles the horn section.

Keg Guinness is a far more wonderful thing to behold than bottled Guinness. It just ain't the same at all.

That's very true Marc.
There is or was however Guiness in aluminium cans that had a nitrogen capsule that broke when you opened the can.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqVbzeoMudU

A better Guiness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5UedfCySQk

I remember those special Guinness cans...

And being the drunken lot we were, we also came up with the 'Flaming Guinness', which was a shorted pint which we then floated a couple of shots of Wild Turkey 101 proof theron and then lit on fire.
Such a pretty blue flame. And then quaffed the lot in one gulp.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

I remember those special Guinness cans...

Don't they still have those? They have a bottled version with the nitro cap too, but I think it worked better in the can.

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I remember those special Guinness cans...

Don't they still have those? They have a bottled version with the nitro cap too, but I think it worked better in the can.

Dunno....

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

Keg Guinness is a far more wonderful thing to behold than bottled Guinness. It just ain't the same at all.

That's very true Marc.
There is or was however Guiness in aluminium cans that had a nitrogen capsule that broke when you opened the can.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqVbzeoMudU

A better Guiness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5UedfCySQk

There was a certain skill required to properly tap a perfect glass of Guinness...not all of the bartenders ever quite managed it properly. Not like tapping a simple domestic beer.
You have to kind of 'slide' it down the side of the glass or mug.
And slightly chilled glassware helps a lot as well. Not frozen, just slightly chilled.

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"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

The weird little spoon helps, too.

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