No. 003 Beer · Beer

A pint of stout (two-part pour)

Name: A pint of stout (two-part pour)
Total time: 3 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 568 ml Stout (draught)

The two-part pour for draught stout: fill to three-quarters, let the surge settle, then top up.

Recipe card

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Makes 1 drink · about 3 min to make

Ounces are US fluid ounces (29.57 ml), rounded.

Take a cool, dry pint glass.
Hold it firmly at 45° under the tap.
Pull the handle fully forward and slowly straighten the glass as it fills. Stop when it is three-quarters full.
Leave the surge to settle so the creamy head forms.
Top up by pushing the tap handle away from you, stopping when the head is just proud of the rim.

Draught stout on a nitrogen mix pours with a cascading 'surge'. Pouring in two stages lets the creamy head form before the glass is topped up.

Guinness's brewer in Malaysia describes this pour as taking 119.5 seconds, with a head of 10–15 mm.

Tags: stout two-part pour nitro

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