Comments on: The Plastic Ball In Guinness Cans Explained

By: Shizz

Shizz — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:37:42 +0000

Yeeaaaa……that's totally printed on the containers. No big mystery.

By: Souzaphone711

Souzaphone711 — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:14:21 +0000

I hate to say it, but in Guiness Draught, there is absolutely no CO2. It’s Nitrogen stout, which means all those bubbles in that creamy head are nitrogen. You are correct in that there’s nitrogen in the widget.

By: Oloff

Oloff — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:40:30 +0000

Interesting. I knew why it was in there, but not how it did what it did. Although I would like to point out one tidbit I found out about Guinness. It's actually the Nitrogen which is the "carbonation" in their standard fare. Though I'm sure there's some CO2 in there, its the nitrogen which makes that thick head and the tiny bubbles which make that cool rising cloud effect when you pour it into a glass. As cool as this is, it kinda sucks for us homebrewers out there, since we would have to buy a kegging system with nitrogen to make a propper clone!

By: spuffler

spuffler — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:12:10 +0000

nick…. you've wasted a lot of your own life – "waist" is not the correct root word for waste.

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By: Arthur

Arthur — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:12:38 +0000

Before they invented the widget, you used to get a black plastic "syringe"-type gadget with your cans – you would use it to shoot air into the Guinness after you poured it to help give it a head. Now you know!

And Guinness is a stout, not a larger :)

By: TROY

TROY — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:07:55 +0000

i like balls

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:35:26 +0000

Thanks for waisting thirty seconds of my life! I'm going to go look at that chick from UM.