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By *ouple V OP Couple over a year ago

South East

WTF 470ml can and no widget, pure murder. It’s not a pint and never will be. It’s more or less flat.

So disappointed

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Theres a reason it was once voted the greatest invention of the past 50 years

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By *dsindyTV/TS over a year ago

East Lancashire

No widget? How in hell do you get a creamy head? Dont tell me it's like the pre widget days....a slightly white/brown head and the drink has a fizzy after taste? That's how I remember it pre widget.

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By *ealitybitesMan over a year ago

Belfast

I don't even drink but this is old news. It was announced weeks ago that they'd run out of widgets due to covid production issues.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

A local in the pub inused to frequent used to drink a warm bottle of Guinness from the shelf, with a dash of pepper.

Maybe try adding pepper to it?

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By *osmicGateMan over a year ago

louth

"WTF 470ml can and no widget, pure murder. It’s not a pint and never will be. It’s more or less flat.

So disappointed

My local supermarket is selling Guinness cans with widgets in it.. Have not come across the 470 no widget cans yet but apparently they are made in Belfast due to covid restrictions??? That's the reason diageo are giving anyway

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By *ichael McCarthyMan over a year ago

Lucan

I heard a Diageo rep on the radio a few weeks ago talking about this issue. He said they've reverted back to the fixed widget on the base of the can due to the covid induced shortage of floating ones. Interestingly though, he says it's the exact same amount of Guinness in the can.

Does this mean that you just got 30 ml of head /gas?

Also, I see someone complaining that it's no longer a pint. 500ml cans were never a pint to begin with

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

And to add to this they have a problem with the 0 alcohol Guinness in the UK !!

Sure what could be wrong with it???

Fucking everything lads cos it’s not Guinness

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By *oghunter33Woman over a year ago

on the hill NordWest of

I've to say it boggles my mind how the production of widgets can be hampered due to the pandemic. Surely it's only a piece of plastic made in a fully automated process.

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By *osmicGateMan over a year ago

louth

"I've to say it boggles my mind how the production of widgets can be hampered due to the pandemic. Surely it's only a piece of plastic made in a fully automated process. "

Yea ridiculous really

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By *og-ManMan over a year ago

somewhere

"I've to say it boggles my mind how the production of widgets can be hampered due to the pandemic. Surely it's only a piece of plastic made in a fully automated process. "

As far as I know the problem wasn't the actual plastic widget itself but the gas thats used to fill it to give it its creamy head

There was a problem in Europe with a production facilty and it had a knock on effect

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By *aid backMan over a year ago

by a lake with my rod out

I can remember my dad drinking bottles of plain and there was a funny little syringe type thing for putting a head on it.

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By *ocko123Man over a year ago

Derry

"I can remember my dad drinking bottles of plain and there was a funny little syringe type thing for putting a head on it."

LOL I remember that alright

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