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"sbillings":2q4pcqgx wrote: They are hardly going to spread around that it's a myth, now are they? Just because someone works for Diagio does not mean that they are going to tell them the truth. I mean what are they going to tell the delivery drivers, etc? “Well actually, it's a load of old nonsense the marketing boys came up with, back in the 50s, but keep it under your hat.” I don't think so. [/quote:2q4pcqgx]

It seems a big effort to teach the teachers what not to teach or else, if it´s a myth, a only few know "the secret"
<!-- s:roll: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_rolleyes.gif" alt="" title="Rolling Eyes" /><!-- s:roll: --> It´s perhaps a case of a lie told so many times that it becomes a mantra. I like the tradition o fthe two pours thought

Oh, I dunno. If there's a bit of a ritual around something it can make some people feel they're getting something a little special. How many times have we heard people complaining about a barman "abroad" who didn't do a two part pour, so obviously didn't know how to pour Guinness? We all buy into these things subconsciously. There's no harm overall, and if it's something that marks out a product from others, then to that company it's worth it. It has become tradition esentially, even if it makes no difference to the taste or appearance of the product. <!-- s:) --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_smile.gif" alt="" title="Smile" /><!-- s:) -->

Absolutely. So much so that any other Irish stout (Porterhouse, O'Hara's etc.) are all nitro/two-part poured.

I can't see how the affect can be anything other than psychological. I faintly recall a work colleague of mine attending a market research thingy where Guinness served 'different' types of their stout in blacked out glasses. I think the idea was that some were straight poured and others two part. Didn't hear anything further about it over here, but they might have tried something in the UK.

Ok, I've thought long and hard before casting my vote, and I think I'll have to vote YES. I mean with a one-pour pint the shamrock design on the head isn't half as prominent, and we can't be having that, begorrah!

Pour a stout from your own corny, much better without that nitro crap