Replies 4 Views 2K. Jan 11, unionrdr. Boiling Foam. Replies 8 Views 1K. Aug 6, ChshreCat. Foaming into blow off. Suicid Oct 30, Replies 13 Views 1K. Oct 30, unionrdr. Foam removal on boil? Replies 18 Views 13K. Oct 14, bethebrew. Latest posts. This is losely brewing related, but a question. Latest: bracconiere 1 minute ago. Electric Brewing. Stuck Fermentation? Latest: Falstaff 1 minute ago. General Homebrew Discussion. I am curious about OP's other point, if there's any known benefit to this process perhaps it'd be worth a tiny amount of waste if there's a benefit to be had.
SirBottlecap Initiate 0 Jan 28, California. Maybe it saved time? Maybe it is better because, in the act of trying to pour off the head, one might of the risk of pouring out actual beer instead of foam? Anyway, I want one, too! I own a lot of cool and offbeat beer stuff a Shiner Bock CD opener?! I have a Stella one from Belgium.. I've also seen them used extensively in BLG: they are kept in a metal cup filled usually with simple tap water, and all they are doing is scraping the excess foam from the top of the glass if its over-poured.
No one is re-using a glass, so its only touching a clean glass each time.. Did the bartender know at that time it was unsanitary? Certainly bartenders would not knowingly want to contaminate customer drinks. A post-prohibition patent shows that one designer intended to solve this problem. The patent for a "sanitary beer comb and cocktail mixer receptacle" was filed by Peter Solinas. It recirculated the water in an attempt to keep the receptacle that held the scraper sanitary.
What we do know is that these beer combs bring alive a clouded history of both American popular culture and our continuing love of beer. Mike Stein is an educator, brewer, author, and historian. He has been called one of the Washington, D. He has brewed over a dozen historic beers with breweries throughout Washington, D. Skip to main content. Blog Home About Archive. Behold the beer comb, a fancy bartending tool from drinking days of old.
By Mike Stein, June 30, Posted in From the Collections , Food History. Related Blog Posts. Potable quotables on the 40th anniversary of the Paris Tasting. American wine aficionados know the Judgment of Paris or Paris Tasting as the transformative tasting held in Paris on May 24, , where How do you cure a historic hangover? On this first day of , many of us will be looking forward to the New Year. Others will just be looking forward to recovering from the Nevertheless, this condition created the need for foam scrapers.
This unique device looks like a tongue depressor. After the bartender poured the beer, he would use the scraper to swipe the foam level with the rim of the glass. Baloo55th Answer has 0 votes. Baloo55th 19 year member replies Answer has 0 votes. I don't know where the above comes from, but in the UK a head on the pint was always regarded as essential.
Getting a top-up if it was too large in the days before oversize marked glasses was also necessary. This is still the case with those of us that drink proper ale.
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