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"a_friend_in_mead":2vb9lvx9 wrote: It does not even matter what you use to name it (serving temperature, head colour etc) just see if you can.[/quote:2vb9lvx9]

Branded glass?

It'd be easy enough to tell which one is different on a triangle test but then you'd still have to name which one is which.

I'm willing to give this a go. I will state in advance I'm useless at this kind of thing. I used never be able to tell which was different in triangle sensory tests. The person giving the test was usually happy about this though cos it meant better stats.

"TheBeerNut":17dqdpjb wrote: Secondly, for audit purposes and because ICB is an equal opportunities humiliator, I propose attendees divide into two shifts: one which gets the drinks in and arranges them, while the other -- elsewhere on the premises -- does the test. Then swap roles. Answers to be written in secret and results to be revealed and collated only after both teams have completed tasting and have a proper drink in front of them (they do pint bottles of Guinness in O'Neill's, and nitro O'Hara's, of course).[/quote:17dqdpjb]

Or we could ask for a volunteer who will not be participating in the taste-test to get all the drinks in.

Full pints, halves, or one pint of each between all testers? (Don't want anyone having to pay for or drink a full pint of something that makes them gag <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->)

&amp;quot;Bog_Myrtle&amp;quot;:2jaw0zwa wrote: It'd be easy enough to tell which one is different on a triangle test but then you'd still have to name which one is which.

I'm willing to give this a go. I will state in advance I'm useless at this kind of thing. I used never be able to tell which was different in triangle sensory tests. The person giving the test was usually happy about this though cos it meant better stats.[/quote:2jaw0zwa]

/plans sneaky early trip to O'Neills for halves of all four, since she finishes work at 4pm and has never tasted Beamish or Murphys in her life and wouldn't know them from a wet dog

Thing about a single volunteer is it means the whole veracity of the system depends on one person remembering which beer is which and not getting that wrong. And having to carry the drinks. And answering awkward questions from the barman. Better to have a team, I think.

I had been thinking of a half-pint of each stout each -- that amounts to two pints of test stout per person, which I don't think is unreasonable. Pass-the-pint is the alternative, but might not be as fair. [i:34zdvm6o]And looks weirder than the already-weird alternative[/i:34zdvm6o].

Sneaky forward-tasting will ruin your tastebuds on the day. Do your research now.
(Wet dogs have much more aroma and flavour, btw.)

What the beer nut says

also the person who knows what the beer is should not be present when the tasting is taking place as when someone goes "i think this is guinness" and I grin at them with my look of smug satisfaction they will change their mind. So the labeler of the drinks should not be the one who serves the beer. But that might make much difference. Also just in case while your tasting you should probably not go "thats definitely guinness because X, Y, Z" as that might be too much of a hint to other people.