Lol! That's what I mean. Sometimes I don't want to wait. So, I'll start with a hard pour then finish with a 45 degree pour so I don't have to wait too long for that first delicious sip.
Right you are. The lady in the below video demonstrates the "Duvel pour" with the first portion being a tilted pour followed by a down the middle pour. FWIW I pour all of my beers that way (i.e., first start with a tilt then straighten out for a middle pour). Cheers!
I’m an angle guy. Mainly habit, but I feel I’m more in control of preventing the beer from overtopping the glass, pouring onto the table and the wife yelling…
I do that way sometimes too. Makes total sense with a bottle conditioned beer. I totally laughed at her comment - "you don't shake your wife neither".
It depends. . . . If a packaged beer is at refrigerator temperature a rough pour is needed to unlock enough carbonation . If the bottled or canned beer is not very cold, a gentler technique will release enough carbonation. I pour growlers out pretty slowly to try to retain most of the lower carbonation available.
I was in Munich many years ago drinking beers at a restaurant with some locals. We ordered something bottled, and I began to pour down the middle. I was immediately chastised by all the Germans at the table. They then proceeded to explain that the correct way to pour a beer was to tilt the glass and pour down the sides. I trust the Germans when it comes to beer, so I've been doing it that way ever since.
I don't see how it's gimmicky if Pilsner Urquell has been doing it for over a hundred years. https://www.pilsnerurquell.com/stories/the-history-of-the-mliko-pour/
I drink slow, the tilted pour with 1-2 fingers of head works for me because I also swish and swirl the head back up. This continual release of carbonation prevents bloating in my case and also some beers lose too much co2 or even go flat from time and too strong of a pour. There are many beers and styles that I would not attempt a through-the-head pour. Tank 7 was my first explosive over fill disaster and almost my last. Cheers.
So I decided to pour my Tree House Black Fern straight down instead of my typical slanted glass. I am not sure I like what it does....
You don't think there were gimmicks 100 years ago? And by the way, nothing in that article convinces me otherwise.
After reading this thread, yesterday I enjoyed a couple of Fuller's London Pride on my day off. I very consciously poured down the middle of the glass instead of the side of the glass. I'll be damned if it wasn't better! And with a nice 1" head! Who'da thunk it?
