Guinness sent this little gizmo to me along with two cans and a glass. I attended a zoom demo and then later tried it myself and made a video which I've now uploaded onto YouTube. Please feel free to...
Guinness sent this little gizmo to me along with two cans and a glass. I attended a zoom demo and then later tried it myself and made a video which I've now uploaded onto YouTube. Please feel free to take a look or read below to see what I think.
It does seem to do what they want it to do, namely it replicates the Guinness two part pour experience in a pub but the main thing is that you can achieve a creamy dome head which I believe is a first for any home version of Guinness.
It's no good for normal cans of beer as it just gives you a massive Belgian style head and lowers the overall carbonation in the beer. I suspect the results of using it on a normal widget style can of Guinness would be equally disappointing.
The device isn't aimed at someone like myself. I don't drink Guinness at home and while it is my macro beer of choice when choice is not available to me, I'm never going to pick Guinness over a pint of independent Irish beer like Trouble Ambush or Dark Arts to name but two.
For those that are loyal Guinness drinkers and do want to have as close to a pub pint at home as possible, this is probably for them. I wonder would it have a place in small restaurants with no space for draught beer. It would add some theatre to a meal I suppose, much like the opening of a bottle of wine and sniffing the cork.
Cheers to Guinness for sending me the sample, I'll be passing it on to a friend who loves a good pint of Guinness.
They of course did not pay me for this, I never accept money or do sponsored reviews.
