What is the purpose of the plastic widget that is put into the bottle?

It releases nitrogen when the bottle is opened to give it the same effect as
when it's pulled from a tap.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widget_(beer)

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What is the purpose of the plastic widget that is put into the bottle?

Thanks for your answer.

On 4/9/2007 1:54 PM Time Traveler jumped down, turned around, and wrote:

What is the purpose of the plastic widget that is put into the bottle?

JFGI.

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That's funny, because I have a similar Guinness question to the one
asked by-

Time Traveler wrote:
What is the purpose of the plastic widget that is put into the bottle?

What is the purpose of the written explanation of the widget, the 800
toll free phone number and Guinness website address that is printed on
every can or bottle of Guinness Draught?

Could it be that people just don't read the label (it is printed
sideways, so you might spill you beer in your lap if you've opened it,
but there's no problem before opening or after emptying) or that they
don't trust the brewer's explanation? Altho' why you'd drink something
from a company you don't trust is beyond me.

Certainly that seems to be the case with people who claim that ALL
Guinness in the US comes from Canada (altho' the Draught kegs, bottles
and cans are clearly marked "Brewed in Ireland") OR it all comes from
Ireland (even tho' Guinness Extra Stout is, in East Coast US markets
anyway, clearly labeled "Brewed in New Brunswick, Canada").

But the bigger question-
Is it true that if you remove the widget and line it up just right with
the "33" on the Rolling Rock bottle, you get key to the universe?

But the bigger question-
Is it true that if you remove the widget and line it up just right with
the "33" on the Rolling Rock bottle, you get key to the universe?

Yep, absolutely. But you ought to have known better than to divulge this in
public. The Lords of Chaos will have your hide once you use the key.

HAHAHAHAHA

Joris Pattyn wrote:
But the bigger question-
Is it true that if you remove the widget and line it up just right with
the "33" on the Rolling Rock bottle, you get key to the universe?

Yep, absolutely. But you ought to have known better than to divulge this in
public. The Lords of Chaos will have your hide once you use the key.

Hmmm...you know, I *thought* I heard the doorbell ring when I was
napping on the couch (opened a bottle of Brooklyn Local One while I was
making beef stew, and the weather [rain] and the beer just made it the
perfect day for a mid-stew nap) but figured it must have been the Dr.
Phil Show that was on TV at the time. Glad I didn't get up to answer
the door...