When you pour draft beer...?!
and do you put the tip directly on the glass or a mm away from it?
(obviously while tilting the glass)
Answers: do you pull the tap toward you fast or slow?
and do you put the tip directly on the glass or a mm away from it?
(obviously while tilting the glass)
It doesn't matter if you do it fast or slow. Most bartenders are working so fast that they just slam the glass up to the spout and yank the tap.
When pouring from a tap, first tip the glass and get a few ounces in there, then straighten up. If you pour it strait, it will release some of the carbonation so people aren't burping all the time. A pint glass should have a two finger head, a pitcher should have a three finger head.
Fast.. doesn't really matter.
A few mm way. Contrary to what most people believe head on a beer is a good thing. It protects the beer from oxygen that can alter the taste. If you are pouring a Guinness you don't want to tip the glass. You want to do a straight pour for about half or so of the glass and then let it settle. Then continue pour the rest of the beer... again in a straight pour.
Did you mean to say... "When you draft poor beer?"
Pull the tap forward, tip is almost in the glass. The tip is just about in the glass.
Depends on how drunk I am.
The best way to pour a draft is to pull the tap open (fast or slow don't matter) and let the beer run freely for a split second and then tilt the glass into the stream of beer. If you hold the glass to the spout prior to opening the tap, the initial pressure from the tap will cause the beer to foam up.
I am an expert at draft beer...Open the tap fully and completely...insert your tipped "beer clean" glass into the pour..as it fills you even out you glass...when you have approx 1/2 inch of head/ close the tap..you bubbles should be tiny and very uniform and you should have about 1/2 inch of head