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Draught Guinness at home
Chizz
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I like Guinness on draught in pubs. And I also like the Guinness that comes in cans with a widget. In fact, I think that's a great drinking-at-home drink.
But now there's "NitroSurge" (what a terrible, terrible name for a beer product) which comes in slightly larger cans and recommended to pour using a NitroSurge device (c.£30).
Does anyone have experience with these new devices? Where are they on the invaluable-gimmick scale? How much - if at all - better is a NitroSurge-poured, at-home Guinness, compared to a normal, widget-poured draught Guinness?
And, after how many Guinesses can you no longer notice the difference?
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It's better than the ones with the widget, definitely, not far off (potentially impossible to tell the difference) to the quality of a pub poured pint in my experience.Chizz said:I like Guinness on draught in pubs. And I also like the Guinness that comes in cans with a widget. In fact, I think that's a great drinking-at-home drink.
But now there's "NitroSurge" (what a terrible, terrible name for a beer product) which comes in slightly larger cans and recommended to pour using a NitroSurge device (c.£30).
Does anyone have experience with these new devices? Where are they on the invaluable-gimmick scale? How much - if at all - better is a NitroSurge-poured, at-home Guinness, compared to a normal, widget-poured draught Guinness?
And, after how many Guinesses can you no longer notice the difference?
The cans are more expensive than the widget cans though.0 -
10 cans for £14 on Amazon at the moment. Nitrosurge thing is £200
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I reckon people who say they can tell the difference are lying...1
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He's a lager drinker.Scoham said:12 -
I can confirm that this is most definitely NOT the case!! The man spends as long as it takes to pour one, setting his Guinness up to take the perfect picture of each first pint in each pub he sups one in. Dedicated lad 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😉ElfsborgAddick said:
He's a lager drinker.Scoham said:4 -
You can use the nitrosurge on normal cans. Plenty of YouTube videos showing you how.2
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But it's still only Guinness...0
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I'm tempted by this. I think Guinness is pretty awful in at least 60% of pubs, and excellent in less than 5%. But when it's good, it's an absolute delight.
London Black can also be great when you can find it.1 -
Quit alcohol 4 years ago this Jan. The introduction of 0% Guinness is quite possibly one of the most momentus events in human history.15
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Blythe Hill tavernChunes said:I'm tempted by this. I think Guinness is pretty awful in at least 60% of pubs, and excellent in less than 5%. But when it's good, it's an absolute delight.
London Black can also be great when you can find it.
Dacre Arms
Dog and Bell
All do a good Guinness, Blythe Hill especially. Like you said a lot of other places ain't any good.1 -
I just ordered a Nitrosurge starter pack.Nitrosurge thingy plus 8 Nitrosurge Guinness cans for £35 on Amazon.2
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The Rising Sun in Carter Lane near St Pauls does a brilliant pint of Guinness.Kinsella87 said:
Blythe Hill tavernChunes said:I'm tempted by this. I think Guinness is pretty awful in at least 60% of pubs, and excellent in less than 5%. But when it's good, it's an absolute delight.
London Black can also be great when you can find it.
Dacre Arms
Dog and Bell
All do a good Guinness, Blythe Hill especially. Like you said a lot of other places ain't any good.2 -
Do you have a link to this?OhMyGodden said:10 cans for £14 on Amazon at the moment. Nitrosurge thing is £200 -
Spent the last three years living not far from the Dacre, but never went in there! If I knew they did a good Guinness... Moved away now.Kinsella87 said:
Blythe Hill tavernChunes said:I'm tempted by this. I think Guinness is pretty awful in at least 60% of pubs, and excellent in less than 5%. But when it's good, it's an absolute delight.
London Black can also be great when you can find it.
Dacre Arms
Dog and Bell
All do a good Guinness, Blythe Hill especially. Like you said a lot of other places ain't any good.
Most pubs Guinness tastes like 2p coins.0 -
I’m told the Guinness in the Lord Herbert is very good and in the Old Mill it’s good.0
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£15 for 8 cans. I ordered yesterday, came todayfollett said:
Do you have a link to this?OhMyGodden said:10 cans for £14 on Amazon at the moment. Nitrosurge thing is £20
https://amzn.eu/d/4wppbMN
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What's the Guinness wannabe that they serve in the fan bar; not so great I thought0
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TMIBalladMan said:
£15 for 8 cans. I ordered yesterday, came todayfollett said:
Do you have a link to this?OhMyGodden said:10 cans for £14 on Amazon at the moment. Nitrosurge thing is £20
https://amzn.eu/d/4wppbMN7 -
Genuinely never been able to tell the difference between any Guinness ever. Apart from once in new York where I'm sure it was fizzy.0
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Black cab stout, I wasn’t keen on it when I tried it. Also £3 more a pint than the Guinness in Roses in Woolwich.kafka said:What's the Guinness wannabe that they serve in the fan bar; not so great I thought0 -
Exactly 😂 taste like a 2p coin but cost £7 ffsChunes said:
Spent the last three years living not far from the Dacre, but never went in there! If I knew they did a good Guinness... Moved away now.Kinsella87 said:
Blythe Hill tavernChunes said:I'm tempted by this. I think Guinness is pretty awful in at least 60% of pubs, and excellent in less than 5%. But when it's good, it's an absolute delight.
London Black can also be great when you can find it.
Dacre Arms
Dog and Bell
All do a good Guinness, Blythe Hill especially. Like you said a lot of other places ain't any good.
Most pubs Guinness tastes like 2p coins.5 -
Please let us know what you think of it, both the thingy itself and the Guinness it produces.SuedeAdidas said:I just ordered a Nitrosurge starter pack.Nitrosurge thingy plus 8 Nitrosurge Guinness cans for £35 on Amazon.0 -
The Black Cab was decent last season - not so good so far this year though
The Nitrosurge Guinness is actually pretty decent IMHO
ANother good pub that serves a decent Guinness is The Jolly Farmers in Lewisham near the hospital0 -
It’s getting a test run later. I’ll report back. I’m sure I’ll fuck up pouring it….but let’s see….Chizz said:
Please let us know what you think of it, both the thingy itself and the Guinness it produces.SuedeAdidas said:I just ordered a Nitrosurge starter pack.Nitrosurge thingy plus 8 Nitrosurge Guinness cans for £35 on Amazon.1 -
I’ve just ordered one, will report back1
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Come on. We are waiting for the report0
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He enjoyed it too much. FYI, my report = as good as a pub guiness and you don’t have to put up with twats at the bar. 5 stars.1
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Does anyone else prefer bottled guinness to the widgety stuff? I find nitrogen kills all the flavour, as it does with Boddingtons/Caffreys etc (not that I imagine these beers were ever much cop anyway)0
