uhmbah@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoAnother example of shrink flation... oh, my beer...lemmy.caimagemessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up1556arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1543arrow-down1imageAnother example of shrink flation... oh, my beer...lemmy.cauhmbah@lemmy.ca to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square114fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·11 months 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-up8·11 months agoThe widget is so nice and crunchy though.
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoAs someone that’s not a beer drinker… What is a widget?
minus-squarepomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agocan also confirm that Guinness makes an awful Android launcher, like trust me don’t even try it
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoVery helpful, thanks. I’m glad I upgraded to Windows Vista, because now I can use the widgets!!
minus-squareevasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months 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-up1·11 months agoGuinness has a little plastic ball in it to make it foam a certain way once opened
minus-squaren3m37h@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months 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