Getting the perfect head!

alphafemmefatal

Can anyone tell me how to get the perfect head on a pint of beer, when I'm pulling a pint I always seem to end up with to much of a head or none at all, any tips?

pwd

give the liquid a little swirl. Watch someone in a bar to see what I'm talking about.the perfect angle is 45 degrees according to soime old telly ad.

feylya

Also, rinse the glass with cold water just before you pour...

neuro-praxis

I thought this thread was going to be pornographic.

feylya

No, you need to go to the Slydice forum dear

Blub2k4

It depends on what type of beer you are talking about and whether it is at home or at work (in a bar).
I suspect or at least hope that you are at home then if so and you are a pils/lager drinker you need to pull like a guinness, that is a large foamy head that you leave to stand for a few minutes to die down before you top it up to the full. This sweetens the pilsner by knocking the CO2 out of it and also drawing the hop solids into the foamy head.
I was a barman in Germany for years and this was the science behind pulling a pilsener, known here as lager.
Ales or English beers dont tend to need a head.

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I just saw your second thread in after hours and would just like to add, forget this method completely you will be working in an Irish pub just fill the glasses up, lager here wont have any head worth talking about the Guinness is easy enough and they'll teach you there.

Bri

And if in need push the handle the wrong way to get some froth.

Oh and use the spill-trays to do 'top-ups' Whewhewhe.

Lex Luthor

it has a lot to do with the mixture of gas & beer back at the barrel end. Clean lines a cold glass and poured at the correct angle and flow.
If you have to push back on the tap, then it's not perfect.
I used to rotate the glass as well on pouring.

Info passed down from 2 generations of pub owners in family.
We packed our small bar out in Cork night after night for the pint quality alone.

rubadub

It may seem like a sin but dont collect for the first split second. Pull the handle and let some beer out into the tray then put the glass in at an angle so it runs smoothly down the side of the glass. The first bit out of the tap (in a proper setup) will be mostly head/froth

DirtyDog

so you ARE talking about beer? ah ffs...

BolBill

feylya wrote:

No, you need to go to the Slydice forum dear

Wheres that?

feylya

I've said too much.