How To Pour A Delicious Sapporo Beer Instructed by Sapporo Beer Museum’s Lady

Pouring Beer
This place is written as [サッポロビール博物館] in Japanese.

Do you know how to pour a delicious beer from a can beer? When it comes to drink a beer, you don’t care about it. Neither do I. But, you should know that, when you visit to Sapporo Beer Museum. A little tip makes your beer life happier, I’m sure. At the end of the museum tour, the tour guide, Miss.Suzuki, a pretty young lady, instructs how to pour a delicious beer from a can beer. This is a sort of technic with some knowledges of the Beer company. According to her instruction, that makes beer more smooth, flavor and tasty. Try it!

Condition of Beer

  • cooling a beer between 4°C and 8°C
  • keep it in the refrigerator for 5 or 6 hours
  • do not shake it

Condition of Glass

  • remove oil from a glass by washing well
  • upend a glass for well drying
  • cooling it in the refrigerator, not freezing
  • a recommended shape of glass is 1 diameter to 2 height ratio. See a photo below.

The First Pouring

Pouring a beer from a high position
Pouring a beer from a high position in order to make fine foam.
it makes 2/3 foam of the glass
Making 2 foam to 1 beer in the glass.

The Second Pouring

When the ratio of beer and float is 1:1, pour more beer slowly and stop to 90%.
Wait a couple of minutes for the time when the ratio of beer and float is going to be 1:1, pour more beer slowly and stop to 90% full.
up to 90%
Up to 90% of a glass.

The Third Pouring

Pouring last beer and heaping foam up carefully.
Pouring last beer and heaping foam up carefully.
foam 3 : beer 7
Set foam 3 : beer 7

The Role of Beer Foam

  • Keep flavor and carbonic acid gas of beer.
  • Prevent a beer from oxidizing.
  • The Foam keeps a beer as long as fresh.

Drinking a beer by leaving foam carefully, It will be good for you to keep a beer fresh and flavor as long as you finish.

Sapporo Beer Museum

see more detail to read this article ‘How Was The Japan’s First Beer Made?: Exploring Sapporo Beer Museum‘.