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Originally Posted by nik-
hahahaha, you can always tell a Trappiste beer by the ####ty pours. No matter how hard I try, whenever I have a Westvleteren, that stuff touches the glass and it's like BOOM, HEAD EXPLOSION.
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There is a serious contention on how to pour a beer.
For example, a good IPA will have outrageous head on it if you pour it less than delicately. We are conditioned to believe this is bad form. Ask the head brewer of Sierra Nevada, kings of IPA, about how to pour, and he will recommend an 'aggressive pour.' By aggressive, keep the glass flat, tip beer, let it slosh around and wait for things to even back out.
I still don't do it because generally when I am pouring a beer, I want it now, but, the theory is sound. Bigger head, more CO2 stays in the beer.