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The little plastic ball called a "Widget" was first patented by the Guinness company years ago to add the right kind of head on their thick and creamy stout, which is less fizzy than regular lager beers like Bud Light.
When Guinness is canned the brewers add a shot of liquid nitrogen to help pressurize the can.
As the pressure in the can rises, compressed nitrogen and beer are forced into the sphere through a tiny pin sized hole.
When you open the can, the beer and compressed nitrogen within the sphere depressurize and are shot out into the beer. This disturbance causes the CO2 to bubble up which creates the foamy head at the top of the glass. The only thing left to do next is drink!
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe floater is called a 'widget.' It is a plastic ball with a very small hole in it. The can is pressurized with nitrogen. When the can or bottle is opened, the gas escaping from the widget forms lots of small bubbles that come close to duplicating the draft appearance of the Guinness.
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∙ 12y agoIt is not a ping pong ball, but a device known as a widget. It helps to make the head of a can of Guinness very creamy when the can is opened and the Guinness is poured out. See the related question below.
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Is Guinness draught food?
It is a drink. Beer.
What percentage of alcohol is in Guinness beer?
Apparently 4% in Guinness Draught, and 7.5% in Extra Stout.
What is the white ball in the Guinness beer can?
This is what I got off of the guinness.com website: Glad you asked. The widget is a plastic molded device that sits on the top of the contents of each can of GUINNESS® Draught. When the can is opened, a small amount of beer and nitrogen, trapped in the widget, is forced out through the beer, which creates the famous creamy head that you find on a pint of GUINNESS® Draught served in a pub. The widget gives GUINNESS® Draught in cans the taste and texture of a pub-poured pint at home. In GUINNESS® Draught in bottles, the clever little 'rocket' widget floats free in the beer to refresh the creamy head of your GUINNESS® Draught with each swig you take from the bottle.
What brand logo is square and says draught and a harp 1759?
Guinness
What company has a harp and draught printed on it's logo?
Guinness company
What's the alcohol content of Guinness drought?
Guinness draught contains 4.3 percent alcohol by volume. Guinness beer first originated in Ireland in 1759.
What logo has been arounds since 1759 and says draught?
Guinness Brewery
Beverage that starts with the letter D?
Double diamond, drink, draught Guinness, Damson wine.
Where is Guinness sold in America brewed?
Guinness makes more than one type of beer. For example, draught and extra stout (as well as others). The draught beer sold in the widget cans and the draught beer you get at a pub supposedly come from the St. James Gate brewery in Dublin, Ireland. There are Guinness breweries all over the world including one in Canada run by Labatt that makes Guinness Extra Stout for US and Canada. One distributor said that they supply "Guinness" mostly for markets west of the Mississippi. It should also be noted that the Extra Stout brewed in Canada for the Canadian and US markets has a higher alcohol content than what is sold in Europe (5% vs. 4.1-4.3%). By most accounts this Canadian brewed stout tastes different than the Irish brewed stout, but the draught version supposedly all comes from the same place. The answer it seems, depends on what type of Guinness you mean (Draught, Extra Stout, Foreign Extra Stout, etc) and where in the US you are.
How many carbohydrates are in a Guinness beer?
Food Item: Guinness Stout BeerFood Quantity: 12 fl ozCarbs: 20gDietary Fiber: 0gNet Carbs: 20g
How do you pour a black and tan?
How to pour the perfect Guinness Black and Tan... These are the directions for pouring from a tap, either at a pub or on a kegerator. 1. Hold your pint glass at an angle, and fill just over halfway with Bass Ale*. 2. Slow the flow control of the Draught Guinness tap down to a trickle. 3a. Fill to the top, letting the Draught Guinness hit the side of the glass... ~OR~ 3b. Pour Draught Guinness over an upside-down spoon to dispense the flow. 4. Let surge and settle. Enjoy! * You can substitute Bass Ale with Smithwick's, Harp Lager, cider, etc.
How do you open Guinness draught can?
the proper way to open a Guinness draught can is, just lift the top till you hear the crack, do it slow,the ball inside will open and infuse the content of gas into the beer ,you wait at least thirty seconds or so,or longer ,then lift the top the rest of the way , if you just tear the top open the gas just escapes and you don't have the beer that Guinness intented for you to drink if you have any more questions email me at pittsburghphil@hotmail.com
