Slow Pour - is the intentional slow pour aspect worth replicating?

[cactusgarrett]

Bierstadt is one of, if not my favorite US brewery, and their slow pour pils is in the top 3 of my fav beers. My favorite local joint is even getting in on the idea with a collab with Fairstate Brewing.


I've done a good job of curating info to produce a recipe, but could someone in the know shed some light on the slow pour concept? What's the advantage over a regular pour? Is it worth trying (or even possible) to replicate it on the homebrew scale? Is this purely a mechanical concept? I thought Bierstadt had some special tap/engine setup to pour their Slow Pour Pils, but that doesn't seem to be the case with this local brewery - it seems like they repeatedly dispense and over-carbonated beer until the glass is full.

 

[Vale71]

I've done a good job of curating info to produce a recipe, but could someone in the know shed some light on the slow pour concept?

Marketing. Same as NITRO bottled beer.

 

[hotbeer]

I've got no idea what the video is showing.

However if you have naturally carbonated bottles and don't want to stir up the yeast on the bottom, you might want to pour slowly. Unless that makes it "glug, glug, glug" as it takes in air, then you are screwed either way.

 

[day_trippr]

So, another method to flatten beer then. Great! The Stella Artois fans should check it out...

Cheers! (Color me utterly uninterested...)

 

[cactusgarrett]

So, another method to flatten beer then.

I'm not saying it is - if it's overcarbed then it seems like it'd do this too. I'm just trying to find information on the "style" (?) or process, or whatever. What does a brewery do to make it a "slow pour", is it the same industry-wide, and could a homebrewer do it.

 

[Wayne1]

Explanation of "Slow Pour"

Side Pull Faucets

 

[day_trippr]

“A lot of people say they like our normal pilsner more [than the slow-pour version], but they keep ordering slow pours for that drama and aesthetic.”

Uh huh. Sounds right...

 

[jtratcliff]

This thread just popped up:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/thread...uring-beer-trigger-warning-for-the-uk.694584/

 

[hotbeer]

Just my rant... ignore me. I have to babble sometimes.

This might not be my cup-a-tea. Just like when I want a cup of coffee, I want a cup of coffee. Not a coffee flavored drink with artistic and swirly designs in the frothy foam.

Just like when my friends tried long ago to explain why I had to drink my pint of Guinness out from under the head, I just want to drink my beer... and coffee, with no fuss, worry or flourishes of artistry that really don't mean much for taste considering how fast I'm going to down that beer.... or coffee!

 

[BrewZer]

My latest bottled batch, if you don't pour slowly, you get a glass full of foam. Good tasting foam, yes, but still foam.

If you don't want to wait 15 minutes for some beer to drink, you got to pour it slowly.