For long, I’ve occasionally bought a six-pack of Guinness, but generally didn’t keep it in stock. I considered it to be an interesting beer, and a nice change of pace from my usual lagers, but that was about the extent of it. But tastes change over time, and I now consider it to be an excellent beer with lots of character, and one that I’ll keep on hand. In particular, Guinness Draught.

I buy it as 4-packs of 14.9 fl oz aluminum cans. Light, easy to carry home, and about the right size for a beer IMO. One very odd thing though: each can has a white, hollow plastic ball floating in it, about 7/8” in diameter. I have no idea of its purpose.

“Stout is a dark, top-fermented beer with a number of variations, including dry stout, oatmeal stout, milk stout, and imperial stout.

The first known use of the word stout for beer was in a document dated 1677 found in the Egerton Manuscripts, the sense being that a "stout beer" was a strong beer, not a dark beer. The name porter was first used in 1721 to describe a dark brown beer that had been made with roasted malts. Because of the huge popularity of porters, brewers made them in a variety of strengths. The stronger beers, typically 7% or 8% alcohol by volume (ABV), were called "stout porters", so the history and development of stout and porter are intertwined, and the term stout has become firmly associated with dark beer, rather than just strong beer.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stout

The white ball is for this:

https://www.businessinsider.co...-ads-nitrogen-2015-9

It is one of my favorites, Porters too. But we are entering Octoberfest season. Which is my absolute favorite

Another goodie:

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Originally posted by GarandGuy:
The white ball is for this:

https://www.businessinsider.co...-ads-nitrogen-2015-9

I thank you for that info! Very interesting.

Now that you're reacquainted with Guinness,

Do a black and tan...

DIRECTIONS
Add Smithwick's Ale to pint glass.
Add Guinness Draught beer by pouring it over the back of a spoon.

Not only is Guinness an excellent beer, it is also lower in calories than most regular light beers.

I am also a big fan of Boddintons pub ale.

My personal favorites are Trappist Ales such as:
Chimay Grand Reserve (Blue), Chimay Tripel (White), Westmalle Tripel, Rochefort 10, Konigshoven Tripel and Quadrupel, Achel Blond, Brun, and Extra.

Best regards and stay thirsty,

Mike (Beer Geek)

If I had a lot of money, I’d be like Gregory Peck and have it plumbed in my house. It is absolutely my favorite.

Give Murphy’s a try if you can find it.

Love me some Guinness. Also, a relatively low alcohol content means I can enjoy more of it.

(calories on the other hand...)

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Originally posted by GarandGuy:
The white ball is for this:

https://www.businessinsider.co...-ads-nitrogen-2015-9

I love this forum, I learn something new every day.

Gonna have to head to Specs today, two tropical storms in the gulf, might as well get some cold ones to shelter in place with.

HK Ag

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Originally posted by GarandGuy:
The white ball is for this:

https://www.businessinsider.co...-ads-nitrogen-2015-9

This article says:

“When you open the can, the pressure inside the can drops to equalize with the pressure in the room. Since the pressure inside the widget is still much higher than the pressure in the beer around it, the nitrogenated beer from inside the widget squirts into the beer — providing a burst of tiny bubbles of nitrogen gas that rise to the top of beer, giving it a thick, creamy head you'd get straight from the tap.”

I wondered how they could be sure that all, or at least most, of the beer in the ball would be expelled. It didn’t take much thought to guess that the ball was weighted such that the tiny hole would be at the bottom.

Floating the ball in a glass of water confirmed that it has a strong orientation preference. The hole is too tiny to see, but I’m confident that my guess is correct.

Try using it as braising liquid for pot roast or stew beef. One of life's great comfort foods is steak & ale pie.

It surprises me that Guinness is only 4.2% alcohol.

luvs me some Guinness,

dump it in a pint glass, let the foam settle a bit and enjoy,

Vitamin G. Mmmmm.

My favorite is to do this except instead of the ale I used Ace Pear Cider and layer the Guinness over that. The crisp sweetness of the pear cider combined with the Guinness is....sublime....

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Originally posted by HRK:
Now that you're reacquainted with Guinness,

Do a black and tan...

DIRECTIONS
Add Smithwick's Ale to pint glass.
Add Guinness Draught beer by pouring it over the back of a spoon.

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Originally posted by Pyker:
Another goodie:

Agree. Restocked both today.

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Originally posted by rangemaster:
Give Murphy’s a try if you can find it.

Especially if you can find it on draft. To me it's even better than Guinness.

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Originally posted by Powers77:

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Originally posted by rangemaster:
Give Murphy’s a try if you can find it.

Especially if you can find it on draft. To me it's even better than Guinness.

ABSOLUTELY True. I converted on my trip to Ireland earlier this year. So far I've been only to get it in cans here locally.