Rate this Guinness. Started my first pub job 2 weeks ago

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  1. Couldn’t care less for the taste of it (or any alcohol for that matter), but I challenge you to find me an aesthetically more pleasing beverage than a pint of Guinness. Always looks deadly and, when done well like above, picture perfect

  2. Thumbs up from me, looks like the sort of pint that’d be down in two goes.. Extra marks for beer mat ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|give_upvote)

  3. Where’s the flake, is the bishop in town!! Some of the banter you probably will receive. Heads way too big.

  4. Good presentation and a clean poor, the head is a little big, that could be due to a multi-chiller being a few degrees high or heat at some stage warming your lines

    I worked in a pub where the beer lines crossed the radiator pipes and it acted up when the beer flow was slow

  5. Kilkenny Cooling systems are still decades ahead of what we use in the states for draught dispense tech. Blows my mind with the size of the craft beer industry. I can get a different candy-flavored sour beer released every week at one of 30 breweries in a city of 200k, but there’s only maybe 3 Kilkenny systems in the whole country. Sorry, yank rant.

    Good pint. I’ll second about 20% less head.

  6. I used to work in a bar and it looks great. Just some advice though, it’s slightly over poured and likely to spill if it has to be brought to a table so just watch that but other than that *chef’s kiss*

  7. I’d rate that perfect for me, with the slightly larger head coz my hands seem to cause them to dissipate. Cant tell from the photo but temp doesn’t look too cold and my dental fillings will thank you for this.

  8. I wouldn’t complain. I’m in the states and I got a pour recently that would give an Irishman an aneurysm. Apparently I gave it enough of a side eye that the server went and brought me a second one on the house. Felt a bit guilty but it was really a bad pour.

  9. You have to wonder why they ever stopped using this glass. The new glass doesn’t hold a candle to the aesthetics of this and I don’t believe for a second it improves the longevity of the head or any other nonsense marketing shite.

  10. The head should be half way between the harp and top of the glass. I would send this back.

  11. Guinness looks fairly solid, bit too much of a head and a few bubbles on the top. A great looking pint =/= a great pint though. I’ve often had a pint of stout that looks like a cracker but ends up tasting just middling.

  12. Head is on the 5% side of too big, but looks creamy so you can allow for the 5%.

    What really worries me is it looks like there are bubbles on the top of the pint. Massive no no. Most people judge the pint from the side view (marketing), but the real judge is, has the top of the pint been left smooth?

    A careless bar leaves bubbles. Learn how to scoop the top on initial pour (a good technique if you full pour on initial) or remove bubbles with the nozzle of tap.

    Side-note: if a bubble forms from topping up the pint when giving to customer, you can always reply with “the bubble is free”

    Second side-note: I full pour my Guinness and then top up. It produces for me the perfect pint in the bar I work. But if it’s a busy night and the tap is running constantly then I reduce my initial pour to the harp.

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