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  • People who say that cans are for lazy people...

    I don't know about you, but I don't have Guinness on tap in my house.

  • that is not how you pour guinness

  • Yeah. This the best way to pour it! Man, you got it down.

  • The person who poured this is obviously not Irish. It was horrible to watch, which is why you have so many dislikes. Hold the glass at an angle in one hand, the can at an angle in the other. Pour calmly. When the liquid reaches an inch from the top, stop. Let the drink settle to black colour, then finish pouring, slowly, until the white head is barely proud of the rim of the glass. Wait again about a minute until the beer has turned from brown to black before drinking. Don't smash-pour it!

  • Gorgeous.

  • Crack the tab and turn it upside down immediately! This creates turbulence just like pouring from a tap. Before it settles, feel free to take a sip or two, or three. To see it is a wonder on its own, but to taste it is like fulfilling ones lust.

  • @mikeb1444 You don't turn it upside down because that creates excessive turbulence, which creates large bubbles in the head, which ought to be creamy-smooth and unblemished by bubbles. It also creates a head which is too thick. The head should look like a priest's collar, not a bishop's. See my instructions above. When you pour Guinness, you must take your time. If you can't spare the time to do it properly, drink something else.

  • @wsxvgy Okay. I'm gonna make my own pour a guinness video...

  • @wsxvgy There, I uploaded it.

  • @mikeb1444 Yes, I watched your video and pointed out the error in your technique. Your video is proof you're doing it wrongly. Thank you for proving my point, at the cost of proving your ignorance conclusively. Go to Ireland for your holidays and learn. Talk to the bartenders; talk to the people; go to the Guinness visitor's centre in Dublin and ask. Watch the demonstration videos here in Youtube showing how Guinness's Master Brewer teaches how to do it. Be willing to learn.

  • @wsxvgy

    Unlike 99% of Youtube users, I'll admit wrongness, so don't rub it in.

  • @mikeb1444 I didn't mean to rub it in, but good for you for acknowledging the truth. Thanks.

  • @wsxvgy

    Thanks, now on that note. Guinness is awesome!

  • Why so many dislikes ? I am confused :S Whats here to dislike? This is perfection !

  • I love how many of the commenters here think they know so much about Guinness and how to pour it but do not. The 2 step pour is for draught. We educated people cannot stress that more. How this gentlemen poured it in the video is exactly how it's supposed to be.

    These are the same type of people who comment "Guinness is a STOUT, not a BEER" on other people's videos and don't realize that a stout is a type of beer...

  • @perfectestperson

    Dude, but that can is Guinness draught ...

  • @aplayaz2000. NOPE, one from draft. A nitro can is all one pour...

  • ya ur supposed to tilt the class 45* and wait for it to settle, then finish it

  • the 8th wonder of the world.

  • there is nothing more beautiful than a guinness cascading in the glass.

  • The perfect pour is:getting all your Guiness in the glass.

  • The absolute best Guinness is straight from the Guinness factory in Dublin, Ireland. The pour of Guinness is often done wrong in the states. Tasting the Guinness that is poured correctly and a Guinness from the factory is heavenly! There is no comparison.

  • yeah that looks good but you should learn how to pour it the correct way because the way you did it made the beer lose its bitterness

  • @mgaudee WRONG. you shouldn't talk like you know something if you don't....

  • @mgaudee Guinness, bitter?

  • That brought a tear to my ear.

  • Guinness from a bottle is soooo much better than the crap from the can.....

  • if Guinness is "crap" from a can, please explain to me why the makers of this particular brew put it IN A EFFIN' CAN!!! Oh what's that!?! You know better than the makers!?! Well why didn't you say so! Please excuse me then....

  • @mta415 Guinness is shit in a can it has to be poured so all the lovely cream can rise :D

  • that is the most beautiful video i have seen all day

  • is like drinking gods blood. the best!

  • God must be pretty damn intoxicated then.

  • i actually pour it this way too (from cans). the 45 degree thing NEVER works with cans for some reason. just pour it that way, let it settle and it's as good as the draft (well not really, but...what else can you have at home)

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  • It's from a can = crap

  • better than from a bottle when you cant drink at a bar

  • Give me a break, u did everything terribly wrong : < guiness is gods drink, not pussies like you

  • wrong cup, terrible pour, using a can instead of draft.

    overall this is just wrong...dear god

  • not everybody lives in the Uk ;) there isn't draft Guinness everywhere...

  • Never ever pour a Guinness like that. You have to tilt the glass to a 45 degree angle. i wouldnt drink this particular pour.

  • Correct

  • btw may the reason for me not getting a big enough head be that there isnt much space left in the glass when i finish pouring? ie when i finish pouring the can in to my glass, its almost full and the head wont rise much above the top of the glass?

    thanks for ur replies

  • Learn how to pour a pint of Guinness, bro. 1 star.

  • whats the right way to pour a guinness out of a can? i mean, you dont have to do it 2 step, thats what the widget is for right?

  • he did it to illustrate how the bubbles "sink" in guinness, and needed maximum bubblage to do it.

  • Guinness isn't the Same from Cans! It's Just for Lazy people who ca't be bothered to do the Proper 2 part Pour Method. Plus you don't get a full pint in Cans!

  • Its so beautiful, I think I am going to cry a little....5 stars hardcore

  • I'm enjoying one right now, look up guinness perfect pint pour and you'll get it just right, but that looks really good... and i should now... have a good one.

    p.s. its all about the glass! get the right one.

  • mmm im drinking a freshly poured glass as i type....mmmmm

    For the large widget cans, a direct pour is the way I roll. Nothing fancy; just open, and invert - glub, glub, glub!

  • Dude, that was so beautiful, I had tears in my eyes. Makes me want to have a pint!

  • its alive inside

  • A thing of beauty in my opinion

  • people love to yell at you about the way you pour/drink guinness. If their claim to fame is their "irishness" they should do some research on Arth Guinness. He wasn't too kind to the irish (or catholics). Out of a can (and yes, for some people this is the only option) this seems to be the best way to pour a guinness. (Bottoms up, right away. No time for the stop and top up). For me in Canada, the can is usually the better option. (Bartenders do an even worse pour and charge an arm and a leg).

  • actually, the way you pour it has alot to do with how it tastes. also, if you're a competitive drinker (as i am), how you pour it affects how quickly it can be swallowed. pouring straight down will produce larger initial head, dissipating more of the carbonation and thus making it easier to drink.

  • the drout sucks, hate the fucking ball they put in the bottle, and i hate the taste. buy extra stout in a bottle.

  • Guinness is suppose to be a 2 Part Pour! The Can is designed for Lazy People. You still have to wait for it to Settle so Why Not Just Do it Properly?

  • I pour my Guinness the same way, and I always get a perfect pint. Okay, so it falls slightly short of the draught from a pub, but it comes a VERY close second.

  • Yummy!!!!!!!! Next to draft the can is king!!!!

  • they got the widgets here in australia

  • That can shit taste like crap or Tomato Juice crap. Even the bottles that don't have the Tan cap taste different almost lie they are bootleg Guinness or something I should know I am a alcoholic and all I can drink is guinness

    my body rejects anything else.

  • thats not how you pure it

  • fantastic

  • That looked incredible tasty, makes me want to head to the pub and piss the night away..

  • so I have no idea why someone posted that there are no widgets in cans in europe outside of Ireland, I've been pretty much everywhere and as far as it's a can of draught Guinness, there's always been a widget in it!

  • If there was no widget it wouldn't be able to pour like that in one go! More Haste Less Speed!

  • i live in europe far from ireland (northern europe) and we have the widget inside cans, yay!

  • that's if you have a widget. cuz in europe they dont have the widget in a can or bottle. at least not that i've seen in germany, france, or ireland.

  • Well, lucky us then eh? :P

  • not really the guinness in europe is fresher and tastier. of course the guinness inside of the store house is the best

  • eh knobjocky the cans in ireland do hav a widget in them.son't say stupid not true stuff ya spa

  • i have no i dea wtf a "spa" is and did i say not that "i've seen" meaning i saw no widget. does that mean there is no widget in ireland? no. that mean the bottles and cans i saw had no widget in them.

    and it'd be 'so don't' not "son't".

  • Why u drinkin bottles of guinness u freak, whenever you learn to speak proper of guinness cans i will speak proper to you ya arse bandit! So ya sean henry cans in ireland do have the widget so your talkin out of your ma's gee:)

  • @the88thdarcstar Of course we do, we're Europe, the frontier of human kind

  • @the88thdarcstar

    in germany u can buy it in a few independant drinks markets. Once i found it in a 4-can-tray with floating widget

    at "Hit".

    In most stores u can only found extra stout.

  • @the88thdarcstar Really? Why wouldn't they though?

  • @the88thdarcstar Yes we have the widget in the can. (England that is.)

  • It doesnt really matter what way you pour from a can. Ya see when you pour from the tap in a bar the gas is mixed with the guinness as its pouring so you need to do the 2 part pour but when you have guinness from the can the widget releases all the gas as soon as you open the can and the pint is effectively poured in the can- all your really doing is pouring the pint from 1 vessel to another when you pour from a can- a bit like getting a pint in a pub and pouring it from one glass into another

  • lol

    the "how to kill a pint guide"

    hehe did laugh, but as a barman

    id be killed for doing that :P

  • BLASTHOMY

  • WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH U MAN?

  • sooooo how it should be poured from a can???

  • first of all it should be in a GUINNESS glass....the pour is the glass at a 45 degree angle and the Guinness poured very slow then tilt the glass up as it fills...it takes 119.5 secs to pour a perfect pint

  • ooh thanks !

  • no problem...fill the glass 2/3 of the way and let it settle then fill the rest

    cheers

  • That 2-part 119.5 thing is only from the tap.Bottles with the widget should NOT be poured into a glass,just sip right from the bottle.

     I BELIEVE he poured his can the right way.(judging by bubbles)

  • You completely butchered that Guinness...

  • THAT IS A CRIME!!!

  • OH THE HUMANITY!!!

  • Sinner...

  • that is the worst pour i have ever seen...

  • Then you obviously don't drink enough with other people

  • Perfect my ass!

  • Ah, Guinness...dark nectar of the emerald gods...texture like a woman's fingertips...the earthy taste. I'm savoring one as I write this. "Brilliant!"

  • The best pint of Guinness can be had at the Brazen Head pub near Christchurch Place in Dublin. The George in George's St also serves a decent pint of Guinness. It's a gay bar tho. I read somewhere that outside of Ireland, Hong Kong has the best Guinness on Earth

  • Guinness changed my life.

  • People say oil is black gold, I beg to differ. The real black gold is Guinness.

  • @steve100253 Beamish stout and Murphy's stout are equally good Irish stouts that are not as well known, and are better value because they are quite a bit cheaper than Guinness, but they taste just as good. Guinness is great, too, of course, but it's not in any kind of class on its own. It has excellent rivals. Guinness have always been excellent marketers but you can let your own taste buds convince you how good other stouts are, and save money as well.

  • From the can delivers the most consistent pour for me. All the pubs around me that serve this fine stout, never clean their taps or lines and in most bars the Guinness is terrible. So a decent Irish pub is the only place to expect the quality. The cans are great otherwise. In fact I will go drink my second one right now and watch the Red Sox lose. F BOSTON. ha.

  • Yeah, that is a disgrace to the drink. I am ashamed that I even watched that.

  • Does this dipshit know how to pour a Guinness for real? What the hell was he thinking not tipping the glass into it, c'mon.

  • AH! what a horible way to pour a guinness

  • sorry, forget the first vid, i meant to post the guinness one!!

  • Guinness was invented one day when making Porter Ale, they burnt the hops and couldnt afford to throw it away, so they sent it to london and sold it cheaper. It became so popular among the poor masses, that when the company was bought, the new owners decided to make it a stock product, which is known as Guinness today.

  • Just so everyone is clear, the BS about it being a mistake is 100pc B!S!

    Sir Arthur's father brewed this concoction for years(on purpose) before his son started doing it for money.

    And "when the company was bought" BS! If Guinness EVER sells the brewery they will lose the 5000 year lease with Dublins water dept. Ever notice it says "Arthur Guinness and Company" on all their merch? The family still owns it.

    SO THERE! BS'er DUMAS!

  • 119 seconds must ye wait to have the perfectly cooked Guinness. It's worth the wait. (my friends and I do so all the time)

  • You know, Guinness is kosher. 3/4ths of Ireland could convert to Judiasm and still drink to their hearts content.

  • I gave it a 5 out of 10

  • Bartending in irish pub is ...(no comment) Giving 1 beer 3 minute, weiting if bubles gone and ... ppl who wont drink fast and dont wont to weit.. BEER OK

    BUT TRADITION SUX IN CLUB :D

  • ive worked in irish pubs b4...it seems only at good pubs can you get a decent pour of guinness. it slows down the bartender...the worst part is many people dont know it takes a bit to pour a good guinness. its the same thing as a cook who takes hours to make a good sauce. all good things take time. pour about .5 to .75 of the pint and let it sit for a few minutes till it settles. Then you pour the last part, to allow air to get out. it will never be good at discos or cheap bars

  • Canny

  • i miss my irish people

  • Where did they go?

  • *drools* magic it is!!

  • it wasnt' done frothing !!! Why did you cut the video off?!

  • Only the best damn beer on the planet.

  • that guy is going to drink a beer not going to have sex why are u lads arguing , all in all its beer

  • I really don't see the point in Guinness from cans... Or any alcohol from cans for that matter. Lager is acceptable (preferable, in my experience) in glass bottles, stout should only be from the pump.

  • Finally, when you are topping up the drink, make sure to push back on the pump, rather than pull it to you, and just before it finishes, lift the pint to the nozzle to clear up the head and make it all smooth and pretty :). Don't fill too much, bear in mind that the head expands after you're done. If you fill it so it's pushing over the top of the glass then it will overflow after about thirty second. Take all the way to the top of the glass but not over, it will do the rest itself.

  • In my experience of pulling a Guinness Pint, I have learned that rather than worry about the angle or the precise amount that is put in before leaving it to settle, you should be more concerned about not placing the glass under the pump until it is running black.

    Generally speaking, the quality of the pint is about 30% to do with your pulling technique and the rest is down to the pump and the keg itself.

  • Okay... Let's sort this out. That Guinness in the video actually looked quite good towards the end (couldn't say for certain because the video cut off too early). That said, there was no skill involved at all.

  • learn to pour it right

  • I shall open a bar in America, and I'll pour Guinness RIGHT dammit!

  • Ah, fantastic, a glass of foam. Thanks, let me just grab a spoon and dig in.

  • Wow. That's a great way to show how not to pour a pint. Thanks.

  • rename video 'how not to pour but how to butcher a guinness'

  • my exact words

  • I used to think Guinness was a great stout until I brewed my own beers. Now it seems rather sickly and watery for a stout... but, then again, I am from America where most beers are total trash. If in a bar I would drink this, but never at home.

  • In america and Canada the guinness sucks cos they put stuff in it so you don't have to pour it the special way. I was in Toronto and I watcheda bar man at an irish pub BUTCHER a guinness. SO WRONG. tilt the glass pour 80 percent in alet it settle a bit and then top the rest off like a normal beer. Well that's we do here! DUBLIN

  • Wow. That's a bad pour. Tilt glass to get a perfect head. Come ooon!

  • Wow, what an idiot. Can't you pour a beer? Furthermore, your supposed to drink the Guinness out of the can, not out of a glass. Hence the Rocket Widget inside the can. Read the damn label.

  • Um, you're wrong about the can. You're supposed to pour the can, and drink straight from the bottle. Different widgets.

  • u dont have to drink it out of the can u can pour it. nothing saying its better out of the can or that you should ro shouldnt

  • How could you,.....this is a crime!!!

  • I cried at this pour....2 part pour for god's sake!!

  • maybe it looks nice, but man, you should treat Guinness with respect... And that pouring defenetly isn't respect!

  • being Irish, I WANT TO FUCKING KILL YOU!!!!

  • come on man tilt both glasses and poor it

  • thats a discrace....check out guinness drinking game and see how its really done

  • NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

  • How could you do that to Guinness? I'm ashamed.

  • you better let someone who knows what they are doing to pour that next time

  • you're a disgrace mate, i bet it tasted crap after that rough pour!!!

  • NOOOOOOOOO!!! 45 degree angle double pour is required!!!

    What a waste! Meh, I'm just kidding, Guinness is OK, nothing spectacular like the makers would like to believe...

  • fucked up pour!!!

    wasted a good pint!

  • What a tragic waste of a good pinta guiness!

  • i'm drooling now.

  • U KILLED A PERFECTLY GOOD PINT!!! Shame on you and your family!

  • The comment benief me is right. 45 degree angle until 3/4ths full and let it settle (black again) and top it of with the rest. the good Irish way I seen them.

  • ahh my soul, you gots 2 pourn it right, 45 degrees, until 3/4 full, let her settle, finish it off on the top, it makes it perrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrfect

  • Not from a can with a widget. It doesn't matter how it's poured, it'll only ever taste mediocre.

  • i just watched this at work... damn i cant wait to get home... mmmmmm

  • it's on a can

  • Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!

  • Thats the perfect way to pour a guinnes from the can (draught can) even look at the label, it shows it to be right, its also a correct guinness glass, the new shape guinness glasses are relatively new, the original ones had straight sides.

  • im off to the pub....

  • erm...nice ...hmm pint pouring :|

  • ya cant pour a Guinness like that! Oh, and you need a Guinness Pint Glass

    !!!

  • thats how you do it from the can.

  • Why does everyone think it is wrong?

    It's not being poured from a tap, and it turns out perfect.

  • To pour a correct guinness, yes even with the can you first must pour the guiness against the side of the pint glass while turning the glass to evenly distribute the head, until it is about 3/4 full. You then must wait for the bubbles to settle and let the head firm up. Then you slowley pour the rest of the Guinness into the pint, careful to not create any more head. Let it settle and enjoy!

    I learned just last week!

    Even to my own suprise, it actually tastes different

  • Yeah looks really cool,and is makeing me want some,but really the wrong way to pour it,gateele had it right ,however i'd fill it 7/8 the way then let it stand then pour in the wee last bit

  • thats like complete wrong way to poor it, but still looks cool

  • good stuff,im drooling all over the place

  • whoa whoa whoa, blasphemy that is not a good pour, supposed to be hold the cup at about a 45 degree angle and pour till about 3/4 full, put it on the table, let it settle and finish it off, and if your really good than you put the clover in the foam

  • Jeez man, have you not read any of the comments before yours?

  • haha actually i didn't, but after i made the post i did, ah well. and i did know about the widget and all, we cut open the cans and took them out to play beirut with, which by the way, don't work as good as ping pong balls. anywho its still good practice and is very important for everyone to know how to do a good guinness pour...now if only i could learn the clover trick

  • If you wanna learn the clover trick you should check out the St. Patrick's section of the Guinnes site. You can practice there!

  • I want one man, Guinness is awsome

    Must be my irish blood ;P

  • Widgets are only in cans and thats not a good place for Guinness to come from.

  • Vertical is fine. I'd put the can closer to the liquid in the glass to stop splashing, stopping bubbles in the head. I started off pouring cans at the 45 degree angle but it's really a load of shite, it doesn't make a difference. I've seen some of the worst home-poured glasses of Guinness done this way with massively frothy heads - not how it should be! But if a barman did it vertical I'd reach over and slap him;the Two Part Pour is paramount for Guinness in bars.

  • At the time I didn't have any tulip glasses, I do now. Like many have pointed out, there's no need for the two part pour because of the widget. However, when pouring to drink and not just to watch or film, I do tend to pour at a 45 degree angle.

  • ya def did it wrong it would taste like piss been poured like that.

  • that made me cringe.which tube said vertical is good, tut tut rookie.its still hypnotic after the initial pour.ahh cant whack a aul stout.