Well, it’s Tuesday. For better or worse I’ve decided to alter my crappy day with a couple of pints. I’ve only got two left in the fridge now, and I don’t want to drink them now, but I would like to be a wee but more buzzed than I am. The foam from my last pint is sitting in front of me at the bottom of the glass. My question: is there any appreciable amount of alcohol in the foam? I think the stuff is way too bitter for enjoyable consumption, but I’d still like to know . . . just in case.
Actually Guiness has quite a high alcohol content for a beer. It is a stout, after all. I, unfortunately, don’t have one handy, but it must be at least 6%, which is more than the usual 5% or less of other beers.
The foam probably has the same alcoholic content, since it is part of the beer. The other part is gas, CO2 (and possibly some Nitrogen), which will actually make you higher quicker than the body since it will be absorbed by your body quicker.
I love Guiness. Nice strong body, mellow to the tongue. Guiness on draft is Heaven on earth.
Actually, I saw on a website once (that I haven’t found just yet but probably will in a minute) that Guiness was 4.6 or 4.7, I believe…which is actually lower than Budweiser, which is 4.9. Back when I drank (heh, last Friday) I went for Hornsby’s Draft Cider, which was 6.0.
