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mR. bReWski says.......
| 250 Years of Guinness As Guinness and the world celebrate the 250th anniversary of this iconic brew we here at beernexus thought it was high time to review the correct way to pour it. If you see your bartender doing anything differently just give him a copy of these directions straight from the brewery: Guinness has to be poured three-quarters full and then left to settle until a clear line between the dark liquid and the head, known as the Bishop's Collar, is formed, before being topped up – the famous two-part pour. The whole process should take 119 seconds, 90 seconds given over to the liquid-settling phase. In reality it is often 15 minutes, as the person behind the bar forgets about the half-poured pint and, having taken your money, starts serving other people. Particularly adept bar persons can draw a shamrock or other design in the head with a flick of the wrists. Guinness is brewed in 35 countries, and often given a local twist. The biggest market is the UK, followed by Ireland, Nigeria, the US and Cameroon. Guinness Draught – of the two- minute pouring – is No 1 in Britain |
| You don't say..... The first consumer protection law ever written (Reinheitsgebot) was enacted over beer by Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria in 1516. It was a purity law limiting the ingredients of beer to barley, hops and water. ------------------------------- Beer is the second most popular beverage in the world, coming in behind tea. ---------------------------- Monks brewing beer in the Middle Ages were allowed to drink five quarts of beer a day --------------------------- To keep your beer glass or mug from sticking to your bar napkin, sprinkle a little salt on the napkin before you set your glass down. ------------------------- Bourbon is the official alcohol of the United States, by an act of Congress. Many people have attempted to have that overturned in favor of beer but to no avail. Not surprisingly, beer is the national drink of Belgium --------------------------- Ever notice how many beer lovers have beards? The folks at Guinness have. They claim that a pint of beer is lifted about ten times in the course of drinking it, and each time about 0.56 ml is lost in a beer drinker’s facial hair. Don't ask how they ever figured that out. ------------------------------- The first brewery in America was built in Hoboken, NJ in 1642. The town is also famed as the birthplace of Frank Sinatra. |
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| Peter Richmond "Beer needs baseball, and baseball needs beer - it has always been thus." Jim Parker "A bar is better than a newspaper for public discussion. Just be sure to agree with the person buying the beer." Martin Luther "We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old." |
| August Nanci "Whoever called it near beer was a poor judge of distance." Henny Youngman "When I read about the evils of drinking beer, I gave up reading." Harold Randolph "Brewers enjoy working to make beer as much as drinking beer instead of working." |
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