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is no reason not to expect other states to embrace this beer as quickly as the first three did. We had the opportunity to get several questions answered from the folks at Left Hand including the proper method of pouring this beer to ensure that we get exactly the creamy goodness we want. Here is some information from our Q & A session. Q: Where do you get your nitrogen? A: We use only local, organic nitrogen that has not been fed any GMOs. Q: Do you use a special bottle? A: The bottle is specifically designed to release the beer as you empty it.
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Q: What does the n2 do for you? A: Nitrogen forms small densely packed bubbles which create a beautiful head on beer. Nitrogen bubbles are also less resistant to breakage in the atmosphere, because our atmosphere is mostly nitrogen. This lends itself to long lasting, visually stimulating head. Q: Why does it cascade? A: It is due to the friction on the side of the glass. The bubbles on the side of the glass have to fight with the friction of the glass surface. The bubbles in the center rush up the middle and then get pushed to the side by the bubbles behind them. This causes a downward flow on the sides of the glass as they cannot flow up they flow down into the center and out. Q: What made you decide to do this?
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A: Our Milk Stout Nitro bottle is designed to replicate our draught product that has been to successful. We love drinking our beer in our bars and restaurants, but wanted people to have that same experience at home. Q: When do you add the nitrogen? A: It starts in the brewhouse with designing the beer. We also take specific steps during fermentation, filtration and packaging to end up with the nitrogenated beer. Q: How do you get the nitrogen into the beer? A: Very carefully with tiny tweezers. (Editor’s Note – I think this is their way of saying that this is a proprietary method and it is none of our business, just be happy the nitrogen gets in there…but I may be reading too much into that.) Q: Why don’t you use a widget? A: We found that due to the unique physical properties of our Milk Stout, the development of a widget would be an unnecessary waste of millions of pounds, er… dollars. Q: Why is it necessary to “pour hard?” A: In order to force the nitrogen out of solution in the beer to create the desired head. This is similar to using a restrictor plate on a draft nitro faucet. Q: Whose idea was this? A: It was a total team effort. It didn’t take long for the whole company to buy in as we strived to become the first craft brewery to put nitro beer in a bottle. Continued on Page 50...