£1.5m `floating widget'

Guinness has developed a new "floating widget" at the cost of more than £1

Guinness has developed a new "floating widget" at the cost of more than £1.5 million which, it says, gives its Canned Draught Guinness "a perfect head".

Guinness brand manager, Mr John O'Keeffe, said: "When the can is opened, the pressure causes the nitrogen to be released as the widget moves through the beer, creating the classic draught Guinness surge."

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