For One Beer Expert, How Your Beer Is Poured Is A Ritual Experience
Key takeaways
- Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights.
- Master Cicerone Neil Witte aims to showcase various pouring styles with events that take place usually in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri.
- Witte started Ritual Pour three years ago when JP Pfafflin, brewer at the famous Dovetail Brewery in Chicago, showed Witte Japanese pouring styles for beer.
Spirits For One Beer Expert, How Your Beer Is Poured Is A Ritual Experience Neil Witte’s Ritual Pour aims to showcase the art of beer through curated events that prove how you pour a beer really can affect flavor and aroma. By Em Sauter,
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a cartoonist and author who focuses on Visual Drinks Education.Follow Author Jun 13, 2026, 08:33am EDTNeil Witte Beer is merely poured, yes? Think again. From hand pumps in British pubs to wet foam in Czech cafes, beer is poured a variety of ways throughout the world and in various glassware. It’s a skill that takes dedication and passion.
Master Cicerone Neil Witte aims to showcase various pouring styles with events that take place usually in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. Called Ritual Pour, Witte focuses on one style of beer done to perfection multiple ways.