While in London at the weekend we had an hour or so to kill while waiting to meet my Son who was catching the train from Bristol, we chose to spend that hour in one of our favourite bars. While there I decided that I'd have a pint of London Black from Anspach and Hobday a Bermondsey brewer and one of my favourites. Much like Guinness the beer is carbonated with Nitrogen rather than Carbon Dioxide, this makes the bubbles much smaller and the beer taste much smoother, it's been a trick that Guinness has traded on for years, anyway, quite often you see pubs serving this beer and serving it like normal ale or lager, i.e. in one go. It's not a good look, to get the full effect of the nitrogen you really need to pour it in two goes, letting the first pour settle out before topping up.
It's a shame that a lot of pubs don't realise this (poor training!) as this beer really sings when served properly, giving the (other) black stuff a run for it's money, and in good condition London Black is better in my humble.
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