What's this...in the bottom of my beer! - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

EricaLubarsky · 08-31-2004, 08:51 PM

So it isnt a big surprise to the community that I recently turned 21, and have been enjoying some good beer and wine since then but I bought a can of Boddingtons Pub Ale at the store and there was a clicky thing in the bottom. When I opened the can, it absolutely exploded. The beer tasted good but I read on the side that there is some new technology in it- some kind of CO2 cartridge or something that only carbonates the beer when its opened. What the heck is that?

sike · 08-31-2004, 09:31 PM

stay away from exploding beverages

mavsfanforever · 08-31-2004, 09:43 PM

sounds like carbon bioxide.

OzMavs · 08-31-2004, 09:57 PM

It's called a widget in Australia, I know it gives your beer a nice, even head. I think that is its only purpose.

mavsfanforever · 08-31-2004, 10:00 PM

Just wanted to update that I recently found a great Bar in Dallas. Their happy hour starts at 4 and ends at 8. During that period beer is $0.50 and pitcher during that time is $2.00. Also pool tables and dart boards are free. After the happy hour they only charge $7.00 for Dark beer pitcher.

FreshJive · 09-01-2004, 01:19 AM

Its also in Guiness draft bottles. Its purpose is to give your beer a head like a draft beer when you pour it into a mug.

BTW Boddington is the sh*t.

twelli · 09-01-2004, 01:26 AM

I'm sure you won't find such, eh... thing, in Germany.

The Germans don't mess with their beer.

EricaLubarsky · 09-01-2004, 01:43 AM

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Originally posted by: FreshJive
Its also in Guiness draft bottles. Its purpose is to give your beer a head like a draft beer when you pour it into a mug.

BTW Boddington is the sh*t.

It's very good, and I don't mind the insert as long as it wasnt a tracking device and I wasnt supposed to swallow it.

The insert thing makes the beer as foamy as a root beer float, though...a little too much foam.

FreshJive · 09-01-2004, 02:00 AM

Yeah, its not really designed for drinking out of the can or bottle. That's why Guiness comes with/without the "tracking device".

EricaLubarsky · 09-01-2004, 02:24 AM

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Originally posted by: FreshJive
Yeah, its not really designed for drinking out of the can or bottle. That's why Guiness comes with/without the "tracking device".

yeah my first one I drank out of the bottle and it was so foamy I would have quit if it hadnt been one of the better beers I've ever had. Poured in a glass it tastes much better.

veruca salt · 09-01-2004, 05:54 AM

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Originally posted by: mavsfanforever
sounds like carbon bioxide.

sounds like awesome!
I love things that explode, and I love beer!
Sounds like the greatest thing ever. I've never heard of the like!

chumdawg · 09-01-2004, 11:37 AM

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Originally posted by: mavsfanforever
Just wanted to update that I recently found a great Bar in Dallas. Their happy hour starts at 4 and ends at 8. During that period beer is $0.50 and pitcher during that time is $2.00. Also pool tables and dart boards are free. After the happy hour they only charge $7.00 for Dark beer pitcher.

What's the name of this place?

FreshJive · 09-02-2004, 02:25 AM

You learn alot quicker than I do, Erica.

#41 · 09-02-2004, 02:36 PM

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Originally posted by: twelli
I'm sure you won't find such, eh... thing, in Germany.

The Germans don't mess with their beer.

And we don't drink beer out of cans here, tastes like crap... Real Munich beer out of bottles, that's what we drink over here! [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]