uhmbah@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoAnother example of shrink flation... oh, my beer...lemmy.caimagemessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1562arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1548arrow-down1imageAnother example of shrink flation... oh, my beer...lemmy.cauhmbah@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square116fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·1 year agoIf I’m not mistaken, the guinness can is the same size as other US pint (16 oz) cans, but there is less beer volume because of the widget.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThe widget is so nice and crunchy though.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoAs someone that’s not a beer drinker… What is a widget?
minus-squarepomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agocan also confirm that Guinness makes an awful Android launcher, like trust me don’t even try it
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoVery helpful, thanks. I’m glad I upgraded to Windows Vista, because now I can use the widgets!!
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt’s a plastic ball with a tiny hole in it. When you open the beer, the compressed gas, nitrogen and co2, sprays out of that hole into the beer, making it creamy and frothy. Guinness isn’t meant to be carbonated like most beer, so it’s never “foamy”
minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoGuinness has a little plastic ball in it to make it foam a certain way once opened
minus-squaren3m37h@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDraft Guineas is poured with a restrictor plate to give you that thick dense head. The widget in the can is to replicate that
If I’m not mistaken, the guinness can is the same size as other US pint (16 oz) cans, but there is less beer volume because of the widget.
The widget is so nice and crunchy though.
As someone that’s not a beer drinker… What is a widget?
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can also confirm that Guinness makes an awful Android launcher, like trust me don’t even try it
Very helpful, thanks. I’m glad I upgraded to Windows Vista, because now I can use the widgets!!
It’s a plastic ball with a tiny hole in it. When you open the beer, the compressed gas, nitrogen and co2, sprays out of that hole into the beer, making it creamy and frothy. Guinness isn’t meant to be carbonated like most beer, so it’s never “foamy”
Guinness has a little plastic ball in it to make it foam a certain way once opened
Draft Guineas is poured with a restrictor plate to give you that thick dense head. The widget in the can is to replicate that