If you drink canned beer, you've probably heard this advice: Give the can a few taps to prevent it from foaming over when you crack it open. I've even heard specific variations on this technique.

Yet another urban myth bites the dust. There’s nothing worse than grabbing a fresh can of beer only to have it explode in your face. Well, it turns out, it’s even harder to avoid that situation than ...

Nobody likes to have a beer or soda foam over when it’s opened. Many of us tap or flick the side of the can, in a long-held assumption that this in some way alters the fizzy contents of the can. But ...

It’s an automatic reflex for many of us: obediently tapping a few times on a can of beer or soda to stop it from frothing over. The team from the University of Southern Denmark in Odense conducted a ...

Anyway, I think the idea is that by tapping the top you send a pressure wave down through the beer causing the bubbles to release while the can is still closed. If they float up to the top before you ...

It’s an automatic reflex for many of us: obediently tapping a few times on a can of beer or soda to stop it from frothing over. The team from the University of Southern Denmark in Odense conducted a ...

If you drink canned beer, you've probably heard that a few taps will prevent it from foaming over. Well, according to new research out of Denmark, tapping your beer can does absolutely nothing. The ...