Nitro vs Non-Nitro

I agree, drank a regular LH milk stout the other day and it was a huge difference. I love when my local bar has it on nitro tap.

 

I prefer non-nitro beers, but pouring nitro beers is awesome

 

especially drain pours, in fact that is the best way to pour them.

 

I have had a lot of bottles where I thought, this would be better on cask or on keg

I have had a lot of keg beers where I though, this would be better on cask

I've had plenty of cask beers where I thought, this would be better on keg


Not once, in my twenty years of drinking beer have I ever thought that nitro would be the ultimate improvement.
It is an embarrassment to beer imo, it should be put down and fucked the fuck off.

 

Purists make me laugh. Last time I checked most of the gas we breath is nitrogen. Some nitro beers are good. Good is good.

 

My buddy and I would agree with you. We have had Left Hand Milk Stout with and without Nitro.
I can say with certainty that with the Nitro it is way better than without. And we had it at Left Hand.

 

One of my favorite beers is a ESB from White River Brewing called Table Rock Red on nitro. Absolutely delicious.

 

beers that are brewed for nitro usually taste better on nitro. hoppy beers on nitro make absolutely no sense to me.

 

Prefer CO2 over nitro versions myself. Nitro seems to dull/change the taste of beers in my experience, but I do like the smooth, full texture it gives beers.

 

Had Sculpin regular vs nitro side by side at a recent tap takeover event. I liked the creamy mouthfeel of the nitro that one time, but think I prefer good ole CO2 most of the time.

 

Founders Oatmeal Stout Nitro > COAT2

 

and we expel it all as it does nothing

 

Not a fan of nitro

 

Nitro(gen) is no trick, nor is CO2. Nitrogen is used to push the beer through the line, generally with a little help from CO2, the Nitro bubbles dissolve but the CO2 bubbles will remain. Straight CO2 taps push beer through the lines and do not dissolve into the beer (see difference between draft and bottle conditioning). A cask is drawn (pulled) from the container w/o gas.

Jesse Pinkman: "Science bitch!"

 

I think he is saying the exact opposite: more hop flavor on non-nitro. Nitro works for stouts and ambers, but to me it dulls the hop flavors and aromas and bitterness on IPAs.

 

this is mostly true, except a little muddled.

there needs to be a distinction between beer gas and beer that is dispensed through a nitro faucet.

nitrogen does not dissolve in liquid, so it is useful to "push" the beer.
a stout faucet forces nitrogen into solution, a least for a little while. the cascading effect you see in a Guinness is nitrogen coming out of solution.

CO2 has a metallic bite. nitrogen is inert. replace one with the other and the flavor will change.

Cheers.

 

I prefer nitro on stouts or porters. CO2 on IPAs.

 

"Purists"

Your comment makes me laugh. Nitro is "part of the air we breath" as a justification for nitro-dispense?
Give me a break.

CO2 is a natural byproduct of fermentation. It belongs in beer, ideally at lighter levels like that in cask ale, but even if it's force carbed, like in keg beer, it belongs in beer. Nitrogen is a totally artificial and unnatural presence in beer. It gives it a highly artificial "creamy" mouthfeel that is not naturally present in beer. Many of us find that texture disgusting. I'll take the completely natural silky mouthfeel of well conditioned cask ale anytime.

Nitro-dispense is an unnatural mechanical manipulation of beer, and should be avoided by anyone who respects the natural brewing process - especially fermentation.

 

Completely agree, people complaining about nitro really, really need to try this. It will blow their minds.

 

Please explain how you can brew a beer for nitro?? This makes absolutely no sense to me. The nitro-dispense takes place as an external manipulation of the beer.