Someone put their balls in my Guinness

[Cyrano200]

Innovation at Guinness

Through the years, Guinness’ dedication to innovation has remained a key part of the brand’s mission.

www.guinness.com

It's Irish magic

I saw the "widget" first in Boddingtons, thought they were the first.

Google says: In 1992, Boddingtons introduced the widget can and was one of the first beers to use this technology. When Boddingtons is canned, the combination of the carbon dioxide and nitrogen needed to create the head of the beer is less than ideal.
In any case, drink up!

So perusing your linked article, I was prepared to concede that Guiness was the innovators, but further investigation on the internet says it was neither. A museum of plastics says it was Whitbread.

Beer can widget

A widget, removed from a Boddingtons beer can, produced circa 1991. The injection moulded polypropylene widget is in the form of a disc which was held in place by friction in the bottom of the can. A pressurised mix of nitrogen and carbon dioxide is forced from the widget when the can is opened...

www.modip.ac.uk

 

[Cyrano200]

Well hell, all from the wiki

Boddingtons Brewery - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Boddingtons remained independent until 1989, when Ewart Boddington sold Strangeways Brewery and the Boddingtons brand (but not the tied estate) to Whitbread for £50.7 million.[44]
Success was attributed to an excellent marketing campaign, and being the first canned ale to be sold with a widget after Guinness.[46]

 

[syct23]

I saw the "widget" first in Boddingtons, thought they were the first.

Google says: In 1992, Boddingtons introduced the widget can and was one of the first beers to use this technology. When Boddingtons is canned, the combination of the carbon dioxide and nitrogen needed to create the head of the beer is less than ideal.
In any case, drink up!

Man I could go for nice cold glass of boddingtons, the damn Irish pub i go to just recently took it off the menu.

Very sad

 

[EndlessCritic]

literally drinking a guinness right now. setting aside the commercialization bullshit, it kind of is a perfect beer.

 

[dc007]

I don't get the appeal of a 4.2% stout.

It's a session beer. You can have ten and feel fine, not unlike drinking a nice pilsner.

 

[Boomb]

Guiness sucks.

 

[KOQ24]

Guiness sucks.

For a big industry Beer its decent. Certainly better than what Heineken,Becks,Carlsberg,Millercoors etc put out.

 

[Meatspin]

It's a session beer. You can have ten and feel fine, not unlike drinking a nice pilsner.

Bingo

 

[Boomb]

Certainly better than what Heineken,Becks,Carlsberg,Millercoors etc put out.

That's really not that difficult, tbh.

 

[Beechwood]

Sounds like you were payed a visit from the gay leprechaun. No gold for you this time.

 

[loisestrad]

At least you realized before you swallowed it all and got to the balls.

 

[Contempt]

Bought some Guinness in cans and when the can's empty I can hear something rattling around in there. I shine a light down in the can and there's like a plastic ball thing in there.

Who put their balls in my Guinness and why?

You left your drink unattended, you asked for it bro.

What can I say, I suffer from Derrick Lewis disease.

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

I don't get the appeal of a 4.2% stout.

I don t get the appeal of stout. Tastes like someone fermented caramel and an ashtray for week.

 

[Larzon]

Guiness sucks.

Settle down edgelord

 

[Larzon]

I don t get the appeal of stout. Tastes like someone fermented caramel and an ashtray for week.

Your balls will drop one day hun

 

[William Huggins]

I don t get the appeal of stout. Tastes like someone fermented caramel and an ashtray for week.

To be honest I don't like the taste of 4.2% Guinness it's the 7.5% Bottled Dublin brewed stuff.... I avoid the bottles with the red strip in the corner, that's the Nigerian brewed stuff and it's got a strange sweetish taste to it.

 

[Berserker13]

I literally went to the bar last night and the female bartended smelled like a yeast infection from 10 feet away

 

[Berserker13]

I literally went to the bar last night and the female bartended smelled like a yeast infection from 10 feet away

Literally vomit inducing people should not be serving food/alcohol. it should be illegal

 

[Oblivian]

It's a session beer. You can have ten and feel fine, not unlike drinking a nice pilsner.

I guess it's just a different mindset or taste. I never viewed a stout as something that I'd seek a session beer for. To me it makes since with a pilsner, lager, session IPA, etc., but a stout is not something I'm going to want to have several throughout a long day. If I was going for a long day of drinking stouts, I'd either be sipping a higher ABV or take breaks in between.

 

[Joe Mama]

Guiness is a stout and on the grain bill are chocolate malts.

I blame Chef for this one man.
Balls and chocolate malts on the grain bill is no coincidence.