I'd seen one of these a while back and thought, "That would kick ass if I could use one of those on my homebrew to mimic that nitro head." Well, that time has come!!!! Found one on Ebay...
First, a little history behind the surger: A couple yrs ago, Guinness decided to release the "Surger"... It essentially hits the beer with ultrasound waves to pulse dissolved gasses out of solution to create that famous Nitro-like head... They shipped most units to the UK and China, however, a few bars in test markets here in the USA got some too.... I think Guinness was hoping to appeal to bars and restaurants who didn't want to carry mixed mixed gas just to dispense guinness... Plus, nitro pours take forever to do right and in the restaurant business, time is money!!
They released ultra-low carbonated guinness in cans to be used on the unit.. Regularly carbonated beer will make a HUGE mess!!! Since guinness has dropped the project, people and bars who have the unit have no use for them as, like I said, reguraly carbonated beer used on it will overflow into a mega mess... However, as homebrewers, we can control how much CO2 we put in our beer!!!
Well, here are the results!
The Unit
Very Low carbonated Stout
Push the "Surge" button and watch the magic happen!
How about on a Red Ale to mimic something on cask??? Hmmm????? ...
Here We Go!!!
As Guinness would say..."BRILLIANT!!"
