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What happened to the Guinness Widget Cans?
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Mick Spencer
Mar 30, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/30/99
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The other day, I bought what I thought was a case of Guinness Draught
"Widget" Cans. When I unpacked them, I noticed a suspicious red stripe
around the top of each can extolling a "SMOOTHER, CREAMIER TASTE NEW
FLOATING DRAUGHT SYSTEM". Well! There's apparently a piece of
plastic(?) floating in these cans to provide something approximating the
"pub" pour that the Widget cans (apparently gone now?) gave. I did
notice a difference in taste - it wasn't as good as the widget can IMO.
I could tell as soon as I popped a top that the head-rolling "oomph" was
gone. Sure, my buddy and I downed a few, but our hearts just weren't in
it. We went through the motions. Even the "flipped upside-down pint
glass pour trick" didn't cheer us up. Why the change? Did a Widget can
put out someone's eye or something? I'm very sad.
---Mick
"Widget" Cans. When I unpacked them, I noticed a suspicious red stripe
around the top of each can extolling a "SMOOTHER, CREAMIER TASTE NEW
FLOATING DRAUGHT SYSTEM". Well! There's apparently a piece of
plastic(?) floating in these cans to provide something approximating the
"pub" pour that the Widget cans (apparently gone now?) gave. I did
notice a difference in taste - it wasn't as good as the widget can IMO.
I could tell as soon as I popped a top that the head-rolling "oomph" was
gone. Sure, my buddy and I downed a few, but our hearts just weren't in
it. We went through the motions. Even the "flipped upside-down pint
glass pour trick" didn't cheer us up. Why the change? Did a Widget can
put out someone's eye or something? I'm very sad.
---Mick
Cattman
Mar 30, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/30/99
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never heard of such a thing. just regular widgets.
Mick Spencer wrote in message <37012E06...@epix.net>...
ssho...@phobos.astro.uwo.ca
Mar 31, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/31/99
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In article <37012E06...@epix.net>,
nspe...@epix.net wrote:
> The other day, I bought what I thought was a case of Guinness Draught
> "Widget" Cans. When I unpacked them, I noticed a suspicious red stripe
> around the top of each can extolling a "SMOOTHER, CREAMIER TASTE NEW
> FLOATING DRAUGHT SYSTEM". Well! There's apparently a piece of
> plastic(?) floating in these cans to provide something approximating the
> "pub" pour that the Widget cans (apparently gone now?) gave. I did
SNIP
nspe...@epix.net wrote:
> The other day, I bought what I thought was a case of Guinness Draught
> "Widget" Cans. When I unpacked them, I noticed a suspicious red stripe
> around the top of each can extolling a "SMOOTHER, CREAMIER TASTE NEW
> FLOATING DRAUGHT SYSTEM". Well! There's apparently a piece of
> plastic(?) floating in these cans to provide something approximating the
> "pub" pour that the Widget cans (apparently gone now?) gave. I did
Someone told me (someone with no qualifications as a knowledgeable beer
person) that the floating piece of plastic is the new widget, and the
glued-to-the-bottom thingy is gone. Why? Who knows? I did notice that they
don't foam up right like the old ones. Maybe just sticking in a widget is
easier (and cheaper) than gluing one on the bottom, but they certainly didn't
pass the savings onto the consumer. Anyone else???
Steve
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