The Most Common Beer Pouring Mistakes

How aboot sticking the beer faucet into the beer? That chaps my arse.

 

This is aimed at pubs and breweries but has some useful info for those of us who want clean glassware. Oxiclean and white vinegar, who knew?

 

Feels like the problem I encounter the most = bartenders who dish out beer that has been hanging out in the lines too long. Outside of a beer-specific bar, getting the first pour of something for the day (or longer) is a scary endeavor.

 

Usually.

There are times when the dishwasher is called for. After a party, or when other people have been using my glassware, or when the glasses have been sitting with heavy lacing dried on.

Anytime I’m in a bar or restaurant I want to know that the glass I’m being served with has been sterilized in a commercial dishwasher at high temperature - as required by sanitation ordinances pretty much universally, I expect.

But I agree that for casual, personal use a thorough rinse under the hottest water I can tolerate and upside-down air-drying is best. And a little white vinegar from time to time.

 

wish they shared the ratio

 

This: "When the glass is too cold, it causes the beer to become overly frothy," is the exact opposite of everything I've been taught and experienced. The colder the system, including glassware, is, the less foam there is. The so-called "glass rinsers" were actually developed to reduce the temperature of the glassware from room temp to help with this.

Side note, I hate those glass rinsers.

 

(grabs popcorn and eagerly awaits the 'boss pour' pics)

 

DGM UNITE!

 

Dirty tap lines seems to be the most common problem I see. Usually at dive bars, bowling alleys, etc. I can usually deal with "bad" pours.

Why never dishwasher? I usually wash by hand, but occasionally (probably every 2-3 months) I throw them all (except for the delicate ones like teku) in the dishwasher for a thorough cleaning. They look great afterwards, and no sign of bubbles, etc. after pouring.

 

You body needs some germs in order to develop a robust immune system...

 

The dish washing soap doesn't completely come off the glass sometimes. The residue can affect the taste and pour sometimes, and if you have the Chimay like glasses with the metal rim, they can wear and come off over time. Though of coarse, you might not perfectly hand wash the glass either, and if the dishwasher works fine for you, other than the large/fragile stemmed ones, then thats all that really matters

 

Did you learn that from Dr. George Carlin!?!



Cheers!

 

When you take the glass out of the dishwasher to put it away, stick your nose in it and give it a whiff. For whatever reason, my spiegelau IPA glasses hold onto the detergent smell. Other glasses not so much. YMMV.

 

I don't mind chilled glasses too much.

 

You do have to trust on-premise locations. It's easy to spot a bad pour, soapy, old beer, flat beer, and a well poured beer. When out you deal with what you get, mostly (they're are exceptions).At home I can pour beer properly, or I haven't yet chided myself for a bad [our or soapy glass.