The plastic widget was developed by Guinness in 1969 to give their canned brews a silky, creamy head.Duk/Wikimedia Commons The Guinness widget is a tiny, plastic ball inside beer cans. During canning, pressurized nitrogen is added to the brew, which trickles into a hole in the widget. Once opened, the widget's nitrogenated beer squirts into the rest of the beer giving it a velvety texture. Have you ever noticed the clink-clank of a tiny object rattling around the inside of an empty Guinness bottle or can?That little gadget is called a widget, and you should be thankful for it.
Why There's A White Plastic Ball In Guinness Beer Cans
jcalderone@techinsider.io (Julia Calderone), Business Insider
Tue, 06/06/2023 - 7:42am
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