on 4/18/02 4:47 AM, Bob Howard at mgbob@juno.com wrote:
> It's said that the lads at the MG plant would lift a pint of OSH at the
> end of a working day. Some suggest that they did it at lunch too.
> Yes, it is available in the USA, and their habits are worth continuing.
> The cans have a plastic sphere inside. Does anyone know its purpose?
> Bob
>
Guinness and Boddington's have the same "widget". It seems to pressurize the
beer when you open the can, making it flow like draught beer, or something.
At any rate it behaves totally differently from fizzy American canned beer.
Which you'd expect, anyway, not being rice swill with added chemical foaming
agents...
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