Guinness

[Skyryder]

Bought some bottles the other day and I noticed they have these white plastic 'things' inside the bottle. Anyone know why??


Skyyrder

[DJSin]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widget_(beer)

[NDORFN]

They're to stir up the sediment.

[Usarka]

To make it all creamy and give it a good head just like it's been lovingly poured out of a tap.

Black gold.

[Skyryder]

And here's me thinking it was for pissed Irishmen so they would not 'over pour' the glass by slowing down the beer as it comes out the bottle. Nah not realy. I've never known an Irishman who can not pour a decent head of beer even if paraletic and leggless.


Skyryder

[Laava]

[want-a-harley]

I beleive the widget is in there so you can drink it out of the bottle and it will create a foam/fizz something approaching what you would get if you were drinking it from draught

[Indiana_Jones]

I don't bother with the bottled Guinness myself.

Just not the same

-Indy

[Skyryder]

I don't bother with the bottled Guinness myself.

Just not the same

-Indy

The bottle said it was brewed in Ireland. Why I brought it. Mind you I think Guinness is overrated.


Skyryder

[NDORFN]

The bottle said it was brewed in Ireland. Why I brought it. Mind you I think Guinness is overrated.


Skyryder

Try it on tap. It's MUCH nicer... if poured properly it'll be done in two stages and take about 5 minutes. Order and pay then find a seat so they know they can take thier time and do a good job of it. If you don't like it after that you're probably purebred English or have a vagina.

[Shadows]

Try it on tap. It's MUCH nicer... if poured properly it'll be done in two stages and take about 5 minutes. Order and pay then find a seat so they know they can take thier time and do a good job of it. If you don't like it after that you're probably purebred English or have a vagina.

I usually take less time to drink one than it took the barman to pour the bloody thing.

As far as the canned / bottled stuff goes, the cans need to be poured into a handlle, the bottles are supposed to be consumed as they are.

I'll take the bottles over the cans every time. After the tap, of course.

[AllanB]

I purchased half a dozen of them a while back and presumed the ball was the Irish equivalent of the tequila worm. I swallowed them all.

A day latter I was shooting them out my arse like a machine gun........

True(ish) story - pictures soon........

[popa griffin]

Its a nitrogen wedge. To make the head all froffie like.

if poured properly it'll be done in two stages and take about 5 minutes

And actually it should take 3 poors to be done properly. 1 fill up to top. let settle, and again, then 3rd time serve.

[balans]

Its a nitrogen wedge. To make the head all froffie like.



And actually it should take 3 poors to be done properly. 1 fill up to top. let settle, and again, then 3rd time serve.

First pour to the top!?

[SMOKEU]

The widget releases nitrogen to give a good head