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 ...

In the past few decades, Guinness revolutionized both draft beer systems and how stouts are canned. The key? Nitrogen, and a modified ping pong ball.

Ever wondered why there’s a plastic ball in your can of Guinness? It’s not just a quirky feature—it’s brilliant beer science. In this video, see how this tiny device, called a widget ...

• Guinness is the world’s first nitro-beer. • Michael Ash introduced nitrogen to draught Guinness in 1959, launching in 1960. • Only used for the first time in 1988.

A can of Guinness Draught accommodates a hollow spherical plastic ball containing a small amount of nitrogen and beer. Once the can is opened, the ball shoots up from the bottom of the can ...

Guinness 0 is a new NA beer from the world's most famous maker of stout. ... It’s got a widget inside, a small ball that helps the product pour more like a real draught.

In 1997, Guinness released the floating, spherical widget you can find in cans today — which they call the "smoothifier" — to fix this problem. Carbon dioxide vs. nitrogen in beer ...

The widget was patented in the U.K. in 1972 but wasn't produced in cans until 1988 and in bottles in 1989. The invention allowed Guinness-lovers to enjoy their favorite beer outside of a pub, and ...

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 ...

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 ...