How this city pub is printing faces on pints of Guinness

But how about getting your own face printed on a pint of Guinness?

That's what Pogue Mahon's Irish pub in Prince of Wales Road is doing.

Pogue Mahons in Prince of Wales Road, Norwich is one of just four bars nationwide to print images on the tops of pints of Guinness (Image: Denise Bradley/Archant 2022)

It is one of just four Guinness retailers across the UK handpicked for the two-month Guinness Stoutie Tour.

The picture-perfect pint features a selfie printed on the head of the black and white stout using natural malt extract.

The Stoutie machine will be at Pogue Mahon's until November 8.

Pints of Guinness at Pogue Mahons with laser-printed images on the top (Image: Denise Bradley/Archant 2022)

Aidan Mahon has been a publican for 25 years and established Pogue Mahons in December.

The 51-year-old Cork native said: "We were the first pub to be chosen, we're really proud.

Pogue Mahons owner, Aidan Mahon, with a laser-printed Guinness (Image: Denise Bradley/Archant 2022)

"We probably serve the best Guinness in East Anglia - it's the closest you can get to a Guinness in Ireland I think.

"We're going to have the machine for two weeks and Guinness have promised we can have it back again for a stint after the tour, which is brilliant."

Pogue Mahons in Prince of Wales Road, Norwich (Image: Denise Bradley/Archant 2022)

The Stoutie machine itself costs the best part of £6,000, Aidan said.

He added: "It's a barley malt print.

Aidan Mahon of Pogue Mahons in Prince of Wales Road with the Stoutie machine behind the bar (Image: Denise Bradley/Archant 2022)

"The machine laser prints the design on top of the pint. If anything it adds to the flavour.

"You scan the barcode on the bar, which gives you a link to send a picture from your gallery to the Stoutie machine.

Kate Wolstenholme and Maya Derrick's selfie laser-printed onto a pint of Guinness at Pogue Mahons in Prince of Wales Road, Norwich (Image: Denise Bradley/Archant 2022)

"The machine then gives you a number and adds you to the queue.

"So when you then go to the bar to buy your pint, you give the server your number and we place your pint under the machine, press your number and it laser prints your design.

The Stoutie machine at Pogue Mahons in Prince of Wales Road, Norwich - which prints pictures in malt on the top of a pint of Guinness. (Image: Denise Bradley/Archant 2022)

"It's as simple as that. It takes ten seconds.

"Guinness drinkers appreciate that you've got to wait for the pint and appreciate the traditional three-part pour we do.

An Evening News monogrammed pint of Guinness at Pogue Mahons in Prince of Wales Road, Norwich (Image: Denise Bradley/Archant 2022)

"We're so proud that we were chosen by Guinness to do this.

"For us to be a premier Irish pub in East Anglia - and in less than ten months of being open - is a huge honour.

Aidan Mahon said Pogue Mahons being given the Stoutie machine is a "huge honour" (Image: Denise Bradley/Archant 2022)

"It's been a hard year for pubs with electricity rates rising but we're now in a really strong position.

"The cream always rises."