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Guiness Draught in the bottle?

Asked by bythebay (8214points) November 24th, 2008

What purpose does the widget in the bottle serve? At a party several people asked the question and nobody had the same answer!

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The Guinness in the can has no carbon dioxide in it yet. The widget is held closed by the pressure inside the can or bottle. When you open the can the pressure drops and the widget opens to let out a stream of (stuff) that adds the famous white head to the Guinness.

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Ohhhhhhhh. See…ask and you shall learn. Thanks!

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St.George's avatar

I used to work at a bar and when we ordered the gas to run the taps, we ordered regular CO2 for the non-Guinness beer, and “Guinness Gas” for the Guinness. Also, if we didn’t pour it slowly like the guy in the video did, our Irish and/or English patrons would send it back.

I had totally forgotten about that…

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