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Guinness on Tap
How to Dispense Draught Guinness
Most of our customers love a perfectly poured Guinness. We also know, that most of our customers are not sure how to set up a stout beer system. So, here’s a brief tutorial on what it takes to get your Guinness flowing at home. Stout lovers, please note that this tutorial also pertains to Beamish Stout, Murphy's Stout and Boddingtons, although the keg couplers are different.
There are basically three kinds of Guinness from Ireland available in the United States. The first version is found in the short bottles. This type is very bitter, and high in alcohol content. Then, there is the draught version, dispensed from metal kegs and found in many bars and restaurants around the country. The draught version is low in alcohol and calories. It is characterized by its tight, creamy foam head. The third version available is the draft cans and bottles. The 14.9oz can and the 11.2 oz bottle have a small widget in the bottom that contains a small nitrogen charge. When the can or bottle is opened, the nitrogen is released which makes the beer come alive. The version is actually very close in taste to the draught version.
Let’s take a closer look at the draught, or “keg”, version of Guinness
Draught Guinness is a completely different animal from all other draft beers. There are three basic differences:
- Type of gas used
Instead of using CO2 to push the beer through the lines, like a typical draft beer, Guinness uses a nitrogen/CO2 blend. This mixed gas comes in an all-in-one air tank that contains 25% CO2 and 75% nitrogen. The nitrogen gives Guinness its creamy, tight head that makes it pour and look unique. Just about every city in the country has a mixed gas dealer. So, to get this in your city, simply check under "gas" in your local yellow pages. Or, ask your local Guinness distributor who they recommend. The Guinness Import Company goes to great lengths to make sure that gas dealers are properly blending air tanks with mixed gas. Some gas dealers will only fill a nitrogen tank with mixed gas. Other dealers are not partial and will fill a regular CO2 tank with the mixed gas. The only difference between the two kinds of tanks is the threads on it. So, you can use your CO2 regulator with a nitrogen tank, but will need is a CO2/Nitrogen Adapter. Make sure to set the regulator for 30 psi. - Keg Coupler
This is the piece that fits onto the keg itself. Draught Guinness and Harp Lager use a coupler that is unique to those brands. - Faucet
Faucet The last thing is the faucet. If you've watched a bar person pour a pint of Guinness, look at the faucet. It is different than all the other faucets. Sometimes it is called a European Specialty Faucet. There is a different type of handle on the faucet, it is pulled forward and down for the beer to come out. Also, in the faucet is a tiny restrictor disc. The beer is forced through the disc, this is what helps give Guinness its unique head. There is also no waste (foaming over) with dispensing Guinness. These Specialty Faucets can be converted to dispense any other type of beer (i.e.: Bud, Miller, Coors etc.) by removing the restrictor disc/flow straightener.
The bottom line is that serving Guinness on tap at home is easy! The pieces and parts needed to do it are just a bit different. It is even possible to convert an existing system to dispense Guinness. You'll just need to change your faucet, air tank, coupler and regulator.
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HEALTH BENEFITS OF BEER
In May 1999, Texas Southwestern Medical Center reported that the results of studies demonstrated that those who consume moderate amounts of beer (one to two per day) have a 30-40% lower rate of coronary heart disease compared to those who don't drink.
Beer contains a similar amount of antioxidants as red wine and five times as many antioxidants as white wine.
Alcohol in general has also been shown to have the ability to increase the amount of good cholesterol (HDL) into the bloodstream and helping to decrease blood clots.
Beer in particular contains vitamin B6, which prevents the build-up of the amino acid homocysteine that has been linked to heart disease.
A recent study performed at the TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute in Utrecht indicates that those who drink beer had no increase in their homocysteine level over a measured period of time; in contrast, those who drank wine or liquor still had some increase.
Also noted was the fact that those who drank beer experienced a 30% increase in vitamin B6 in their blood plasma.
The health value of beer has actually been known, documented, and applied for centuries, although the facts about beer are often covered up or obscured by those who abstain.
Beer is made from grains, water, and yeast. Wheat and barley are the most commonly used of these grains (cheaper beers use corn and rice), both of which are loaded with a variety of vitamins that survive the fermentation and filtering process.
And the vitamin value of the yeast (the source of the high concentrations of B6) is conserved in the hundreds of unfiltered beers that are on the market -- both on tap and in bottles.
Dr. Katherine Tucker in 2004 "participated in a study that showed beer, either dark or light, protects bone mineral density," reported The Harford Courant.
According to Tucker—who is associate professor of nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition, Science, and Policy—alcoholic beverage contains high levels of an ingredient which allows the deposit of calcium and other minerals into bone tissue.
"The reason, we think, is that beer is a major contributor to the diet of silicon," the Tufts expert, who is director of the nutritional epidemiology program at the Friedman School, told the Courant.
"Most health research suggests that benefits, including protection against heart disease, are noted with up to one drink per day for women and up to two a day for men," Tucker went on to say.
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About the Drink Wheel "Drink Wheel"1 is a form that you can fill out. Upon completion we will instantly compute your estimated blood/breath alcohol concentration ("BAC") based on the information that you have provided and return that estimate to you. It is presented as a public service to Intoximeters web site visitors. Its primary purpose is to provide useful information about the responsible use of alcohol. Why is it called a "Drink Wheel"? We call it the "Drink Wheel" because it is based on various paper and cardboard BAC calculators that are given out in alcohol awareness programs, some of which are in the form of a wheel that you can spin around to calculate your estimated BAC based on what and how much you have had to drink. Disclaimer It would be extremely foolish for us to pretend that our "Drink Wheel" can tell you what your BAC actually is, first because it would open us up to an incredible amount of potential liability and second if it really did work accurately there would be no need for anyone to buy the instruments. A person's actual BAC is dependent on many complex factors, including their physical condition (body composition, health etc...) and what they have recently ingested (including food, water, medications and other drugs). This site includes a more detailed discussion of the Pharmacology and Disposition of alcohol in humans. The results that are generated are rough estimates of an average healthy person's BAC assuming typical beverage sizes, recipes and alcohol content. The BAC estimates generated by the Drink Wheel should not be used to infer anyone's fitness to work, drive or perform any other task or duty.
Why is it called a "Drink Wheel"? We call it the "Drink Wheel" because it is based on various paper and cardboard BAC calculators that are given out in alcohol awareness programs, some of which are in the form of a wheel that you can spin around to calculate your estimated BAC based on what and how much you have had to drink. Disclaimer It would be extremely foolish for us to pretend that our "Drink Wheel" can tell you what your BAC actually is, first because it would open us up to an incredible amount of potential liability and second if it really did work accurately there would be no need for anyone to buy the instruments. A person's actual BAC is dependent on many complex factors, including their physical condition (body composition, health etc...) and what they have recently ingested (including food, water, medications and other drugs). This site includes a more detailed discussion of the Pharmacology and Disposition of alcohol in humans. The results that are generated are rough estimates of an average healthy person's BAC assuming typical beverage sizes, recipes and alcohol content. The BAC estimates generated by the Drink Wheel should not be used to infer anyone's fitness to work, drive or perform any other task or duty.
Disclaimer It would be extremely foolish for us to pretend that our "Drink Wheel" can tell you what your BAC actually is, first because it would open us up to an incredible amount of potential liability and second if it really did work accurately there would be no need for anyone to buy the instruments. A person's actual BAC is dependent on many complex factors, including their physical condition (body composition, health etc...) and what they have recently ingested (including food, water, medications and other drugs). This site includes a more detailed discussion of the Pharmacology and Disposition of alcohol in humans. The results that are generated are rough estimates of an average healthy person's BAC assuming typical beverage sizes, recipes and alcohol content. The BAC estimates generated by the Drink Wheel should not be used to infer anyone's fitness to work, drive or perform any other task or duty.
A person's actual BAC is dependent on many complex factors, including their physical condition (body composition, health etc...) and what they have recently ingested (including food, water, medications and other drugs). This site includes a more detailed discussion of the Pharmacology and Disposition of alcohol in humans. The results that are generated are rough estimates of an average healthy person's BAC assuming typical beverage sizes, recipes and alcohol content. The BAC estimates generated by the Drink Wheel should not be used to infer anyone's fitness to work, drive or perform any other task or duty.
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