Current Events > My beer expert pal told me that you are supposed to have lots of head in a pour

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Because the foam is the CO2 releasing and if you don't release it prior to drinking it, it just fizzes up in your tummy and makes you feel full faster.

But I've always heard the opposite, which is why peeps pour the beer down the side of the glass to reduce the foam.

Which is true?
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No one's paying six bucks for a pint of foam.
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InTheEyesOfFire posted...

No one's paying six bucks for a pint of foam.

foam turns into beer if you let it settle.
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InTheEyesOfFire posted...

No one's paying six bucks for a pint of foam.

And that's why beer isn't poured right. People don't want to sit there for 10 minutes before they can drink it. They wanna drink it as soon as it's placed in front of them.
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Depends on what beer you're pouring
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Hey I'm in agreement. Just stating the fact.
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Your buddy is right. Its more how your stomach reacts to other things you eat when you consume so much CO2. Releasing it on pour is better.
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I always figured most of the aroma is in the head, so you want enough to make it fragrant but not so much that it's annoying to drink.

Basically, around an inch of head.
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The cleaner the glass, the less foam. I pour immediately onto the side but then move the glass so I'm pouring into the center.
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ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

The cleaner the glass, the less foam.

Clean as in how well scrubbed the inside is? How does that work?
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lilORANG posted...

ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

The cleaner the glass, the less foam.

Clean as in how well scrubbed the inside is? How does that work?

Foam is created through vigorous action, either through the liquid travelling across a rough surface or through it dropping from a height before hitting the surface. The cheat method is a wet glass won't produce foam.

Basically if you wanted the most foam-free glass then clean it, leave the inside slightly wet and pour the beer onto the side of the glass from the lowest possible height.
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"My beer expert pal told me that you are supposed to have lots of head in a pour"

so is your friend the one who made that video
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drunkmuggle posted...

"My beer expert pal told me that you are supposed to have lots of head in a pour"

so is your friend the one who made that video

I don't know what video you're talking about but I doubt it. He's like 40 and a total hippie and only uses free wifi at coffee shops and stuff. I don't think he'd know how to edit a vid or upload it lol.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StMMa8uR2-0

here's the vid I assume he watched
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drunkmuggle posted...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StMMa8uR2-0

here's the vid I assume he watched

That is way too on point and recently uploaded to be coincidence lol. That dude was acting like he had some secret knowledge.
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level of head depends on type of beer and also sometimes where in the world its being pored (some European places serve more head)
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Half inch to inch seems good to me.
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lilORANG posted...

ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

The cleaner the glass, the less foam.

Clean as in how well scrubbed the inside is? How does that work?

I dunno. Just something I heard somewhere at some point.
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I love head
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lilORANG posted...

That dude was acting like he had some secret knowledge.

This is the world of craft liquor in a nutshell
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I tend to have about 25% be head. I like it that way. I like the flavor in the foam.
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ImTheMacheteGuy posted...

I pour immediately onto the side but then move the glass so I'm pouring into the center.

Very nice. I do this with everything, especially sodas.
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The CO2 in your stomach tends to escape via a process known as "belching"

eta: and if the idea is to get rid of CO2 in the beer, why do they put it in the keg carbonated anyway? Seems like they could decarbonate it if that's the way you were supposed to drink it