Nitro: Let Us Count the Ways

In Zymurgy’s March/April 2017 Style Spotlight, Amahl Turczyn describes how homebrewers can simulate a nitro pour from a keg by cranking up the serving pressure and dispensing through a barely-open picnic faucet. That got us thinking: are there other ways to simulate a nitro-style pint without a dedicated nitro setup? The AHA office kegerator is only equipped for CO2 (cue sad violin), and an informal office poll revealed that those of who enjoy a creamy pour constitute a small but passionate minority. When we have a stout on tap, can we individually nitrogenate it a pint at a time? As it happens, we can, and two methods in particular caught our attention. We decided to conduct a completely informal, non-scientific taste test to see how the options compared. NitroBrew The first alt-nitro method we looked at is a…

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