Beer Tapping Explained (IMAGE)

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Beer Tapping Explained

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A chain of physical phenomena occurring after your bottle is hit leads to a well-know consequence: your beer quickly turns into foam.

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Javier Rodriguez-Rodriguez / Carlos III University of Madrid, SPAIN Almudena Casado-Chacon / Carlos III University of Madrid, SPAIN Daniel Fuster / CNRS (UMR 7190), Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Institut Jean le Rond d'Alembert, FRANCE

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