The history of the Guinness widget . Guinness Draught, invented by mathematician-turned-brewer Michael Ash, debuted in 1959 on the 200th anniversary of the original Guinness brewery.

Guinness brewers first patented the idea of the widget in 1969, but it wasn't until 20 years later in 1989 when they released their first-generation widget, which was a flattened sphere that sat ...

A canned Guinness without a widget would pour as a relatively flat beer. Not only does the widget activate carbonation, but it also makes the beer taste creamy, smooth, and contributes that ...

Guinness brewers first patented the idea of the widget in 1969, but it wasn't until 20 years later in 1989 when they released their first-generation widget, which was a flattened sphere that sat ...

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 ...

On St. Patrick's Day, anyone who's anyone knows green beer is total B.S. and Guinness is the real deal. But before you take a big swig of that beautiful black stout, there are a few things you ...

You’re drinking a can of Guinness. As you near the bottom, something rattles around inside the can. You look inside and see, to your surprise, what looks like a ping pong ball. Was it a factory error?

Guinness from a can will never taste just like the company’s draft, poured since 1759. But since Americans drink more of their beer from metal and glass containers than Europeans, creamy-head… ...

Back in the day, Guinness was the first taste of nitro beer for most folks I knew. Mine might have been Boddington’s Bitter … at least with a widget, a device that aids in nitrogenating canned ...

The same system is used in Guinness Draught bottles, only they use a plastic rocket-shaped widget. It allows you to have an authentic Guinness pour away from the pub. *Originally published in 2016.

For canned Guinness, you should pour the beer into a glass after opening, but the bottle widget (which is shaped like a rocket) is designed for you to enjoy the beer straight from the bottle ...