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Draught Guinness at home

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  • Siv_in_Norfolk
    Siv_in_Norfolk Posts: 4,114
    Took me 3 attempts to get it right.
    The 3rd was a bit better than widget can

    Fad 
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,872
    edited January 7
    Chizz said:
    I just ordered a Nitrosurge starter pack. 
    Nitrosurge thingy plus 8 Nitrosurge Guinness cans for £35 on Amazon. 
    Please let us know what you think of it, both the thingy itself and the Guinness it produces. 
    It’s getting a test run later. I’ll report back. I’m sure I’ll fuck up pouring it….but let’s see….
    I’ve just ordered one, will report back 
    Well?
    I think it’s good. A much more ‘pub like’ pint and definitely better than the normal cans. 

    It’s very important to let the cans settle in the fridge as any fizz upon opening definitely impacts the pour. 

    I also think that the suggested 2 part pour is a gimmick and I get better results dumping it all in as one pour. 

    A recent example…


  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,413
    I've had a  Guinness nitro surge since they were first introduced. Defiantly better than the widget and miles better than a standard can. Not as good as a decent pub poured pint which can be very hit and miss in my opinion.
    I too agree with Siv_in_Norfolk, its a fad and will probably go the same way as Betamax, nice idea but not really worth the effort. I've had 4 cans of the stuff in my fridge since last September, I don't really enjoy drinking by myself and its too much of a faff to hunt out of the kitchen draw, clean and charge up. 
    On a bit of a tangent here, non alcoholic  Guinness is the best non alcoholic beer I've tasted. If I'm driving I go straight on them, quite passable but also pointless, unless you want to keep your licence pointless.
    I don't mind the looky likey one they do at the Valley, better than the headache inducing larger we were forced to drink in the cold.
  • BalladMan
    BalladMan Posts: 1,227
    I've had a  Guinness nitro surge since they were first introduced. Defiantly better than the widget and miles better than a standard can. Not as good as a decent pub poured pint which can be very hit and miss in my opinion.
    I too agree with Siv_in_Norfolk, its a fad and will probably go the same way as Betamax, nice idea but not really worth the effort. I've had 4 cans of the stuff in my fridge since last September, I don't really enjoy drinking by myself and its too much of a faff to hunt out of the kitchen draw, clean and charge up. 
    On a bit of a tangent here, non alcoholic  Guinness is the best non alcoholic beer I've tasted. If I'm driving I go straight on them, quite passable but also pointless, unless you want to keep your licence pointless.
    I don't mind the looky likey one they do at the Valley, better than the headache inducing larger we were forced to drink in the cold.
    +1 for Guniness Zero, they just need to get it on the pumps
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 29,275
    BalladMan said:
    I've had a  Guinness nitro surge since they were first introduced. Defiantly better than the widget and miles better than a standard can. Not as good as a decent pub poured pint which can be very hit and miss in my opinion.
    I too agree with Siv_in_Norfolk, its a fad and will probably go the same way as Betamax, nice idea but not really worth the effort. I've had 4 cans of the stuff in my fridge since last September, I don't really enjoy drinking by myself and its too much of a faff to hunt out of the kitchen draw, clean and charge up. 
    On a bit of a tangent here, non alcoholic  Guinness is the best non alcoholic beer I've tasted. If I'm driving I go straight on them, quite passable but also pointless, unless you want to keep your licence pointless.
    I don't mind the looky likey one they do at the Valley, better than the headache inducing larger we were forced to drink in the cold.
    +1 for Guniness Zero, they just need to get it on the pumps
    A few pubs in Dublin have it on pumps.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,244
    edited January 7
    Chizz said:
    I just ordered a Nitrosurge starter pack. 
    Nitrosurge thingy plus 8 Nitrosurge Guinness cans for £35 on Amazon. 
    Please let us know what you think of it, both the thingy itself and the Guinness it produces. 
    It’s getting a test run later. I’ll report back. I’m sure I’ll fuck up pouring it….but let’s see….
    I’ve just ordered one, will report back 
    Well?
    Couldn’t find anywhere selling cans over Christmas and now I’m not drinking for a few weeks 🤣
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,159
    I've had mine for just over a year since we had that Guinness shortage.

    I really like the pint it pours.  It feels creamier and thicker (stop sniggering!)...much more like a pub poured pint than just a normal can of Guinness.  My brother-in-law swears by opening a normal can and then just tipping it vertical in a glass to let in as much air as possible on the pour and once it has settled, it also tastes pretty good but for me, its just that little bit thinner if that makes sense

    FWIW, my local Waitrose had both the Nitro Guinness and Beavertown Neck Oil in the 10 packs at £17 or 2 for £28 I think it was at Christmas.  I stocked up and got 6 packs of each.  For the Nitro, it was working out at £1.40 a pint which I thought was very good.



  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,872
    JohnBoyUK said:
    I've had mine for just over a year since we had that Guinness shortage.

    I really like the pint it pours.  It feels creamier and thicker (stop sniggering!)...much more like a pub poured pint than just a normal can of Guinness.  My brother-in-law swears by opening a normal can and then just tipping it vertical in a glass to let in as much air as possible on the pour and once it has settled, it also tastes pretty good but for me, its just that little bit thinner if that makes sense

    FWIW, my local Waitrose had both the Nitro Guinness and Beavertown Neck Oil in the 10 packs at £17 or 2 for £28 I think it was at Christmas.  I stocked up and got 6 packs of each.  For the Nitro, it was working out at £1.40 a pint which I thought was very good.



    Do you do the 2 part pour thing?

  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,706
    Nitrosurge does a job. Equivalent to an average guiness you’d get in a boozer. Think I’ve said before, forget the Devonshire, best guiness in London is in Feeneys in the city. That’s a hill I’m prepared to die on!
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 29,275
    Nitrosurge does a job. Equivalent to an average guiness you’d get in a boozer. Think I’ve said before, forget the Devonshire, best guiness in London is in Feeneys in the city. That’s a hill I’m prepared to die on!
    I’ll die with you on that.

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  • Chunes
    Chunes Posts: 17,747
    edited January 7
    Nitrosurge does a job. Equivalent to an average guiness you’d get in a boozer. Think I’ve said before, forget the Devonshire, best guiness in London is in Feeneys in the city. That’s a hill I’m prepared to die on!
    I’ll die with you on that.
    Well if you can't believe someone with the name @guinnessaddick who can you believe 
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,159
    JohnBoyUK said:
    I've had mine for just over a year since we had that Guinness shortage.

    I really like the pint it pours.  It feels creamier and thicker (stop sniggering!)...much more like a pub poured pint than just a normal can of Guinness.  My brother-in-law swears by opening a normal can and then just tipping it vertical in a glass to let in as much air as possible on the pour and once it has settled, it also tastes pretty good but for me, its just that little bit thinner if that makes sense

    FWIW, my local Waitrose had both the Nitro Guinness and Beavertown Neck Oil in the 10 packs at £17 or 2 for £28 I think it was at Christmas.  I stocked up and got 6 packs of each.  For the Nitro, it was working out at £1.40 a pint which I thought was very good.



    Do you do the 2 part pour thing?

    Yes, let it settle then top it up then let it settle again.
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,945
    Guinness zero is actually 0.5% alcohol isn't it ? 
    Incidentally the best pint of Guinness used to be in the Arbitrager ,Throgmorton St back in the day 
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 27,181
    lolwray said:
    Guinness zero is actually 0.5% alcohol isn't it ? 
    Incidentally the best pint of Guinness used to be in the Arbitrager ,Throgmorton St back in the day 
    Used to drink in there in the 90’s and seem to remember the Guinness drinkers at my work would insist the Guinness tasted better in either the ground floor or basement level (can’t remember which) and would traipse up and down all night to get their drink from their preferred floor
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,383
    Just heard that Guinness have supply problems again. My son reports that our local has only got cans, no draught. Has this affected the home market at all?
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,302
    lolwray said:
    Guinness zero is actually 0.5% alcohol isn't it ? 
    Incidentally the best pint of Guinness used to be in the Arbitrager ,Throgmorton St back in the day 
    No, it’s 0.0%

    I haven’t drunk in the Arbitrager since the 90s. Amazed to discover it’s still going 
  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,945
    lolwray said:
    Guinness zero is actually 0.5% alcohol isn't it ? 
    Incidentally the best pint of Guinness used to be in the Arbitrager ,Throgmorton St back in the day 
    No, it’s 0.0%

    I haven’t drunk in the Arbitrager since the 90s. Amazed to discover it’s still going 
    It's not 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 64,994
    0.5 in USA, 0.05 or less in Europe I thought.
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 1,018
    And less than half the calories of the normal stuff.

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  • stop_shouting
    stop_shouting Posts: 3,706
    lolwray said:
    Guinness zero is actually 0.5% alcohol isn't it ? 
    Incidentally the best pint of Guinness used to be in the Arbitrager ,Throgmorton St back in the day 
    No, it’s 0.0%

    I haven’t drunk in the Arbitrager since the 90s. Amazed to discover it’s still going 
    I walked past it the other day on my way to Basinghall st. Think it might be craft beer nonsense now.
  • Huskaris
    Huskaris Posts: 9,901
    Nitrosurge does a job. Equivalent to an average guiness you’d get in a boozer. Think I’ve said before, forget the Devonshire, best guiness in London is in Feeneys in the city. That’s a hill I’m prepared to die on!
    Devonshire is just great marketing, Feeneys is way better