King Charles was hailed for pulling the ‘perfect’ pint of Guinness marking the new launch of a new brewery in the capital city today.
His Majesty, 77, confidently took position as bartender during his tour of the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in London.
Armed with a glass in hand, Charles poured the perfect pint of Irish stout at ‘precisely 45’ degrees with ease Bar 232.
He even stopped when the glass was around three quarters full, as instructed by Guinness experience ambassador, Leo Ravina.
And to the relief of punters across the nation, the monarch made sure to wait – following the famous rule to allow the drink to settle before topping it up.
The King chatted up a storm with his guide before he added the final drops to his pint – a process which took 119-and-a-half seconds in total.
Mr Ravina praised the king for pulling the ‘perfect pint of Guinness’, to which Charles quipped: ‘If you say so.’
King Charles then marvelled as a machine printed the words ‘Merry Christmas’ as well as a sprig of holly using edible dies before taste testing his festive creation.
King Charleswas hailed for pulling the ‘perfect’ pint of Guinness marking the new launch of a new brewery in the capital city today
His Majesty confidently took position as bartender during his tour of the Guinness Open Gate Brewery in London
‘He did great, that was an ideal pint of Guinness. He’s got the job – he’s hired,’ Ravina joyfully announced.
During his tour, Charles took a sip of some of the beers produced by a micro beer factory in the building’s basement under the eye of master brewer Holly Stephenson.
Among the samples were, a porter, winter warmer and an apricot sour, which Charles remarked did not even taste like beer.
Charles’ visit marked the official launch of the £73 million Guinness Centre, which first opened its doors last week.
The space located in the heart of Convent Garden features a microbrewery, visitor experience, restaurants, shops, and events space.
It will also serve as the UK southern hub of the Learning for Life hospitality training programme of Diageo, a global drinks firm which owns Guinness.
After pouring his pint, the King met graduates from the training programme and his own King’s Foundation’s Introduction to Hospitality Course.
During the visit the King was guided by staff through the process of creating beers in the microbrewery, from raw ingredients to the finished products.
King Charles III pours a pint of Guinness during his visit to Guinness Open Gate Brewery London on December 18
His Majesty beams as he is shown the Guinness range which includes including limited-edition seasonal brews during an official visit to the new brewery
Charles ended his visit by braving a heavy downpour to meet representatives from local businesses and the community in Old Brewer’s Yard.
He saw a selection of produce from Gilroy’s Loft restaurant which overlooks the yard including a Guinness bread, oysters and pies.
Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha, who was also at the event, revealed Charles had requested latest movie Christmas Karma – a modern day retelling of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol – for a royal festive viewing.
‘The King has asked for my movie to be sent to Sandringham as the Christmas movie,’ she said.
It comes after an amused King Charles looked back on footage of himself ‘fooling around’ during his 1975 trip to the Canadian Arctic.
A young Charles, then 26 years old, demonstrated his adventurous spirit by venturing to the region, home to polar bears and Arctic wolves, to complete a historic ice dive and showcase his passion for the environment.
During the visit, Charles, completed an ice dive near Resolute Bay, but despite the daring challenge at hand, he was very much still up for a laugh – and completed the dive while wearing a bowler hat.
Remarking on the trip, he said, ‘We had some laughs. I thought it’d be rather fun coming back up with the hat on, and I thought, a chance to fool around.’
That wasn’t his only bit of fun, and the royal also entertained his fellow adventurers by blowing up his snow suit with air. ‘I blew the thing up to see how far the thing would go,’ Charles said.
The clip also showed the then-Prince of Wales comment on his dive, saying: ‘It was splendid. It was very, very interesting indeed, I must say,’ He added that it was ‘bloody cold,’ which was met with laughter.
The monarch reflected on the trip as part of a new ITV show, which airs at 8.30pm this evening and follows environmentalist Steve Backshall as he looks back on climate change over the past 50 years.
Charles is set to discuss the ‘devastating effects’ of climate change during his appearance in the programme, titled Steve Backshall’s Royal Arctic Challenge.