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Short Stuff: The Guinness Widget

2025/1/29
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Josh: 我认为吉尼斯啤酒的‘小工具’(widget)是一个真实存在的产品,并非仅仅是泛指的‘小玩意儿’,吉尼斯公司还为其申请了专利。它是一个带孔的小塑料球,在开罐时释放氮气,从而产生更细腻的泡沫,使罐装啤酒的口感更接近桶装啤酒。 我曾经在90年代尝试过吉尼斯啤酒,当时罐底固定的小工具让我感到好奇。自1997年以来,小工具通常是漂浮的,但在疫情期间等特殊时期,它又恢复了固定在罐底的设计。 除了吉尼斯啤酒,其他一些品牌的啤酒也使用了‘小工具’技术,例如Old Speckled Hen、Boddingtons、Murphys等等。 我个人认为,吉尼斯啤酒小工具的设计非常巧妙,它曾被评为比互联网更伟大的发明,虽然这个说法可能有些夸张,但也体现了其设计的重要性。 Chuck: Michael Ash 通过研究发现,在罐装啤酒中添加氮气可以使啤酒口感更顺滑,更接近于桶装啤酒的口感。为了使罐装吉尼斯啤酒口感更接近于桶装啤酒,Michael Ash 发现添加氮气是关键。氮气与二氧化碳混合,可以使吉尼斯啤酒的口感更顺滑,泡沫更细腻持久。通过添加氮气,可以复制桶装吉尼斯啤酒的外观、口感和风味。 John Lunn 发明了吉尼斯啤酒罐中的‘小工具’,使得罐装啤酒能够模拟桶装啤酒的口感。吉尼斯啤酒罐中的‘小工具’是一个充氮的小塑料球,它在开罐时释放氮气,产生更细腻持久的泡沫,从而模拟桶装啤酒的口感。 ‘小工具’通过释放氮气,产生更细腻持久的泡沫,从而模拟桶装啤酒的口感。

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The episode starts by introducing the Guinness widget, a small plastic sphere found in cans of Guinness beer. The hosts discuss its purpose and its history, noting that while the term 'widget' was used in a 1924 play, Guinness patented its use. The widget's role in making canned Guinness taste more like draught Guinness is highlighted.
  • The Guinness widget is a small plastic sphere.
  • It's designed to make canned Guinness taste more like draught Guinness.
  • The word 'widget' was first used in a 1924 play.

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Guiness beer is famous for its smooth and creamy texture, thanks in part to nitrogen, and also a simplistically brilliant little device called the Guinness widget.

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