Lurve of Der Beer Tap

[Pearl@32]

Aw. <blushie>

Back to beer:

I once went to an annual beer tasting get-together. (These people were serious!) We all just congregated in their kitchen (big kitchen). It was a lot of fun. They would select 20 beers, assign numbers to them and put covers over the bottles as they poured a sample into everyone's glass. Everyone would keep score. I liked the wussy cider and some of the German beers. It was an fun way to find out what you liked and didn't like.

[Pearl@32]

OK, here's a question, and it's not a joke, it's an honest question:
What's the taste difference among a bottle, a keg and a tap?

I've noticed a difference between bottled Guinness and draught Guinness. Draught was too bitter for me. Then again, Guinness is pretty serious beer; I'm not sure I could drink it today. I could make an exception for St. Patty's Day.

Look at this cool photo with the shamrock in the foam:

[Eric]

I trided draught Guinness once and found it too bitter, but it was in a bar in St. Louis (land of teh Anheuser Busch) so it may have been old.  The bottled Guinness we drank at Dragon*Con was pretty tasty, though.

I used to prefer draught in a frosty mug, but I've drank bottled for quite some time now.  Not sure why... probably peer pressure. 

[Spooky]

Bottled Guinness has a kind of coppery after tasted to me. Guinness on tap is perfect. I get no hint of bitterness/coppery taste at all. There have been exceptions. I've been to a few places that serve it too warm and then I do get a hint of bitterness.

[TinkTanker]

It has only been in the past fie years or so that Montgomery was allowed to sell beer on tap. The beer distributors greased a lot of palms to keep it that way but we finally stepped into the 19th century a few years ago.

[Spooky]

Some of my fav Guinness photos from friends.

Guinness and a Pie, what more could you ask for?
I want a Guinness- 351
Airport Guinness
Kelly love his Guinness

Some other Guinness related favs from Flickr.

Guinness Shadow
01/31/2009 - Guinness
St.James gate...
IMG_7517

[Pearl@32]

Some of my fav Guinness photos from friends.

Guinness and a Pie, what more could you ask for?
I want a Guinness- 351
Airport Guinness
Kelly love his Guinness

Some other Guinness related favs from Flickr.

Guinness Shadow
01/31/2009 - Guinness
St.James gate...
IMG_7517

Shadow from the Guinness glass is kewl but that last one is the bomb. Somebody worked a long time on that one.

The gate to Guinness one reminds me of Sam, Frodo and Gollum at Mordor.

[AdmiralDigby]

It has only been in the past fie years or so that Montgomery was allowed to sell beer on tap. The beer distributors greased a lot of palms to keep it that way but we finally stepped into the 19th century a few years ago.

Your city banned draft beer ?

Why ?

Draft and botled pretty much comes from the same distributors .
Or was this an attempt to keep the micros out ?

[Eric]

I think they were afraid it would cut into their sweet tea sales.

[TinkTanker]

Your city banned draft beer ?

Why ?

Draft and botled pretty much comes from the same distributors .
Or was this an attempt to keep the micros out ?

It wasn't so much that they banned draft beer, it was that they never de-banned it after Prohibition. Here is a breakdown on the counties which allow no alcohol sales at all.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alabama_alcohol_sales.svg

Anyway, there is more money to be made selling beer in cans and bottles. Kegs are cheaper per ounce, and the beer distributors didn't want to lose a dime. They fought it tooth and nail for at least 20 years while I was paying attention to it. And ironically it was the start of a microbrewery pub in downtown that led to the draft beer in the city.