Below is an old (1973 – notice the ‘lamb chops’ on the bartender) entitled “The Last Days of Porter”. I wonder if any of our ‘senior’ members of BA have enjoyed a Pint of Plain as drawn in the below video? If so, what did you think of the beer(s)? Cheers!
This is really cool, thanks for sharing. Two different pours to make the final pint? Never heard of anything like that. I really want a pint of plain.
My attempts at a perfect homebrewed porter were always named "Only Man", a quote from Flann O'Brien's "The Workman's Friend", "A pint of plain is your only man."
Just the sound of "pint of plain" makes my anglophilia rise up to a level of near pain hahahaha. Thanks for posting!
Roger Protz (https://protzonbeer.co.uk/features/2020/05/13/the-highs-and-lows-of-draught-guinness) describes the 2 keg method and the replacement. Ron Pattinson (https://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/) probably has recipes available that you or a brewery could recreate a similar porter -- or even a more interesting historical recipe than the last gasp "plain" brewed by a big commercial brewer in the early 70s.
Yes, he’s probably posted several hundred non-Guinness porter and stout recipes, but I don’t think I’ve seen a one for Guinness. It looks like there’s a Guinness recipe from 1883 in his book.
I think this is a technique that would only really work if your bar sold porter and nothing else. I would love to drink it though. Sadly (for me) I suspect it will be done in the US before it is ever done again in Britain or Ireland.
I love this kind of stuff. Wouldn’t be at all surprised if a brewery tried this as a one-off at some point.
If you want your child to grow, your child to grow, your child to grow If you want your child to grow, give 'im a jar of porter I found a new (to me) crackin' song.
