I drink cans of Guinness "raw" direct from the can. I've been told I'm "some scumbag".

scrotist

Does anybody else do this?

I do enjoy a pint of stout in the pub. In fact it's the only thing I drink in the pubs.

But with the cans, it doesn't really make a difference. It tastes the same coming from the can or sloshing around in a pint glass looking like crusty sea foam.

Does anybody else drink it raw from the can?

Padre_Pio

Durt burd.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Not a scumbag thing to do but pretty disgusting. Guinness needs to be poured properly. I know my stouts and I don't buy into all the nonsense around Guinness such as a two part pour etc or anything that tool "Guinness Guru" waffles on about.But straight from a can must be vile. Jesus man, get a pint glass for yourself.

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

You won’t get the validation that you are looking for off me anyways.

tabby aspreme

I doubt your a Scumbag, but definitely a Full Time Mad Barsteward

StupidLikeAFox

The whole guinness mythology is a load of bollox. If it tastes good just drink it

waterboy15

I've done it myself in the past, and it tastes fine no big deal do as you please.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121572656#Comment_121572656

Better cut in a large bottle aka. a Kitty or a Sergeant.

Cetyl Palmitate

Work away. Guiness Is no different to many beers. It's probably better from a glass but fine too from a can.

Feisar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121572640#Comment_121572640

Ah tell the truth, ya love a bitta domage!

Joking aside would it matter that much if you let the Guinness settle in the can?

ballyargus

well, when the can is opened the air pressure causes the wee plastic widget to pop releasing nitrogen which gives it the creaminess that mimics a pub pint, by pouring it you're getting it well mixed - when it all settles you get what is an ok pint. If you just let it settle in the can, the nitrogen pop doesn't get well mixed, the liquid isn't agitated and you just have a rather sad, flat, damp squib on your hands.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121572922#Comment_121572922

The thing is it doesn't really settle in a can. It's almost completely flat until you pour it, I've had it straight from a can when out camping before and it just tastes rotten. Remember the can is just a storage device! Besides, would ya really wanna hear the sound of the widget clunking around all night. I don't know why anyone would willingly drink it straight from a can. Funnily enough its different from stout bottles which should be drank from the bottle but that stuffs awful muck.

silliussoddius

You should be beaten with a hemp sack full of craft beer.

tikka16751

What state is your underwear in presuming you haven’t resorted to turning it back to front and inside out already?

Feisar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121572944#Comment_121572944

Hmm, I thought it'd settle. Bottles are a different drink altogether, I like one off the shelf.

blackbox

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121573071#Comment_121573071

Yes, bottles should be drunk at room temperature.

Tony EH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121572640#Comment_121572640

The two part pour is a load of old bollocks.

But it does need to be poured.

Cluedo Monopoly

You need to be taken out and flogged. Monster.

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121573104#Comment_121573104

Marketing, pint of plain was always a two part pour but when nitrogen was added to Guinness in the 50's or 60's it meant it could be poured in one go but the regular old pint men at the time didn't like that so it went back to a two part pour. It makes absolutely zero difference to the look or taste of Guinness but Diageo make pubs pour it like that due to marketing. Anyone who tells you it tastes differently in one pour is talking bollix.

tikka16751

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121573341#Comment_121573341

I don’t play computer games

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121573351#Comment_121573351

? ? ?

jj880

You dump the can head first into bottom of pint glass. As you lift the can up the Guinness escapes into the glass easily. Job done.

Pouring slowly with glass at an angle makes fook all difference to a widget can pint in my experience.

Kaybaykwah

You’re not a scumbag, scrotist.

Gregor Samsa

Next time you're drinking Guinness with your mates, just jab your house key into the side of the can and shotgun it.

They'll think popping the ring pull and sipping from the pour-hole looks positively civilised after that.

artanevilla

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121573341#Comment_121573341

You don't get as aesthetically pleasing head when you single pour. Tastes the same though.

accensi0n

Beamish straight from the can is actually pretty nice and the first half is quite creamy.

GreeBo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121572941#Comment_121572941

If the nitrogen is released from the bottom of the can and floats the to the top, how is it not well mixed? It is literally going through the entire can, top to bottom?

jimgoose

To each their own, but what I would say is you're missing the point of what is in all fairness a very good product (Murphy's draught cans are much the same). A simple 45-degree pour into a pint glass gives you a perfect, creamy pint with a beautiful head every time, after only a two-minute settle or so.

Potatoeman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121573367#Comment_121573367

Yes, the can just needs to be upside down so the widget gives the head more froth.

I hope the OP is cleaning his can tops. These can be stored outside and are not always clean. Even though I use a glass I still clean the top of the can.

Tony EH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121573341#Comment_121573341

Oh I know exactly what it's all about. But drinking Guinness straight from the can is just not the same as pouring it into a glass. Whoever came up with that widget thing was a bloody genius.

Tony EH

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121574053#Comment_121574053

A simple 45-degree pour into a pint glass gives you a perfect, creamy pint

Bingo.

I remember the days when you could only get Guinness in a bottle. It was absolutely disgusting. Looked like coca cola when poured. My old man was a Guinness drinker and he couldn't stomach it either. Then they started selling syringes with the bottles so people could give their pint a head. That was just weird.

These days, a poured can of Guinness is just as good as the pint down the local, regardless of what some people would have you believe.