Comment on Another example of shrink flation... oh, my beer...

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• evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If I’m not mistaken, the guinness can is the same size as other US pint (16 oz) cans, but there is less beer volume because of the widget.

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  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The widget is so nice and crunchy though.

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  • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Draft Guineas is poured with a restrictor plate to give you that thick dense head. The widget in the can is to replicate that

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  • dan@upvote.au ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As someone that’s not a beer drinker… What is a widget?

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    • AeroLemming@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s a little embeddable mini-app that you can put on the home screen of your phone along with your app icons. For example, you might display the current weather on your home screen using a widget.

      Source: am also not a beer drinker.

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      • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        can also confirm that Guinness makes an awful Android launcher, like trust me don’t even try it

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      • dan@upvote.au ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Very helpful, thanks. I’m glad I upgraded to Windows Vista, because now I can use the widgets!!

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    • evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s a plastic ball with a tiny hole in it. When you open the beer, the compressed gas, nitrogen and co2, sprays out of that hole into the beer, making it creamy and frothy. Guinness isn’t meant to be carbonated like most beer, so it’s never “foamy”

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    • XeroxCool@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Guinness has a little plastic ball in it to make it foam a certain way once opened

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