{"id":68,"date":"2026-08-13T07:41:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/maltvik\/the-pour-is-half-the-recipe-and-we-teach-it-twice\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T07:41:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T07:41:15","slug":"the-pour-is-half-the-recipe-and-we-teach-it-twice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/maltvik\/the-pour-is-half-the-recipe-and-we-teach-it-twice\/","title":{"rendered":"The pour is half the recipe, and we teach it twice"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"68\" class=\"elementor elementor-68\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5056b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d5056b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e6af813 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1e6af813\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fd9f129 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3fd9f129\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67ed657b e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"67ed657b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b0e247 e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"26b0e247\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1995c3a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1995c3a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Taproom \u00b7 4 min<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23a8aad7 layout-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_heading\" data-id=\"23a8aad7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"gum-widget-title\"><h2 class=\"section-main-title size-default\">The pour is half the recipe, and we teach it twice<\/h2><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6c7c4c e-flex e-con-full e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d6c7c4c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f8f4804 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2f8f4804\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/maltvik\/\">Home<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd0788b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fd0788b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\/<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33c07c35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33c07c35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/maltvik\/blog\/\">Journal<\/a><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cc1f09d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2cc1f09d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\/<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6edbb48c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6edbb48c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The pour<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29e9d8c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29e9d8c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A beer can leave the cellar perfect and still arrive at the table wrong. Everyone who works the bar learns the pour twice, and the second time is the one that sticks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ed83673 elementor-post-meta-divider-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_meta\" data-id=\"2ed83673\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_post_meta.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"posts-meta\"><li class=\"list-meta\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"\"><\/i><span class=\"meta-text\">Taproom<\/span><\/li><li class=\"meta-divider\"><span>\u00b7<\/span><\/li><li class=\"list-meta\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"\"><\/i><span class=\"meta-text\">August 13, 2026<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d073f35 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2d073f35\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bdfdaa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-gum_post_image\" data-id=\"4bdfdaa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"gum_post_image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"blog-featureimage\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/maltvik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/pour-1.jpg)\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wp-templatekit.codeinsolution.com\/maltvik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/08\/pour-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ac50e7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ac50e7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We spend four weeks getting a lager right and about eleven seconds handing it over. That eleven seconds decides how it smells, how long the head lasts and whether the last third is still worth drinking.<\/p><h2>Glass first, always<\/h2><p>A rinsed glass at cellar temperature is the whole trick. Anything left on the surface, detergent film or dust, kills the head before it forms and leaves the beer flat in the hand.<\/p><h2>The angle and the finish<\/h2><p>Forty five degrees to start, straight up for the last third, and let it build its own head rather than chasing one. Two fingers of foam is not waste, it is the aroma sitting where you can smell it.<\/p><h2>Why we teach it twice<\/h2><p>Everyone learns the pour in their first week, when they are learning twenty other things at the same time. We teach it again a month later, once the rest is automatic and there is room to notice the difference. 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