Moonshae
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Why is stout the only beer poured in this manner? Why not all lower carbed beers? Or all beers in general?
Beer gas/stout faucets
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bendavanza
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Great question.
Nitro beers like Guinness, Murphys etc use the faucet's restrictor to break out the co2 and nitro from the beer giving you a glass of basically flat beer with a thick creamy head. Doing this means finding a place to get mixed gas, applying it correctly and having the right faucet. I want to do this myself, I have the faucet, and have found a shop that will fill a co2 tank with the blend.
There are non stouts served this way, though: Boddingtons, Belhaven, and Old Speckled Hen are some example of non stouts in a nitro can.
Most people prefer most beers to be carbonated, though. Co2 adds some bitterness and crispness, I imagine Miller Lite would taste awful as a nitro beer.
Nitro beers like Guinness, Murphys etc use the faucet's restrictor to break out the co2 and nitro from the beer giving you a glass of basically flat beer with a thick creamy head. Doing this means finding a place to get mixed gas, applying it correctly and having the right faucet. I want to do this myself, I have the faucet, and have found a shop that will fill a co2 tank with the blend.
There are non stouts served this way, though: Boddingtons, Belhaven, and Old Speckled Hen are some example of non stouts in a nitro can.
Most people prefer most beers to be carbonated, though. Co2 adds some bitterness and crispness, I imagine Miller Lite would taste awful as a nitro beer.
ShortSnoutBrewing
Kwanesum Chinook Illahee
Nitro beers are big here in Portland. More often than not they are something other than stouts.
In Europe you see nitro taps with the restrictor plate taken out to pour Carlsberg, Bud, etc.
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