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Ways to Cool Beers Without a Fridge

I have cooled many a water bottle in very hot conditions by putting it in a wet sock and keeping it wet for a few hours. Works remarkably well.
 
deadlyapp said:
It's been a while since i've taken my thermo classes, but the evaporation of the water off the sock actually provides additional cooling
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What if the stream is flowing? Lots more heat removed.

Next time my car's engine overheats, I'm going to wrap it in a wet towel.
 
deadlyapp said:
It's been a while since i've taken my thermo classes, but the evaporation of the water off the sock actually provides additional cooling
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Next time you go camping, you enjoy your wet sock beer and let everyone else enjoy their cool, refreshing creek beer.
 
Triumph said:
What if the stream is flowing? Lots more heat removed.

Next time my car's engine overheats, I'm going to wrap it in a wet towel.
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Well, that would be preferred to the alternative, which is to fully submerge it in a flowing body of water. 😉
 
meh just put it in the river, wetting a sock for hours to achieve a few degrees less than 15°C or whatever it is is probably worthless, in the summer it's warm enough outside to make 10-15°C taste cool.
 
old cyclist trick. Wet sock around water bottle on frame of bike as you ride the afternoon. Cold enough at your first break.
 
When I need to cool something quickly I just open the kitchen door and stick it in the snow. There's a short 2-3 month period of the year (called summer 😛) where this does not work though.
 
Red Squirrel said:
When I need to cool something quickly I just open the kitchen door and stick it in the snow. There's a short 2-3 month period of the year (called summer 😛) where this does not work though.
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Same. Though the not freezing period in my part of the world is slightly longer.
 
Red Squirrel said:
When I need to cool something quickly I just open the kitchen door and stick it in the snow. There's a short 2-3 month period of the year (called summer 😛) where this does not work though.
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This! We went on a ski trip to Breck two years ago - b/t 10 of us we bought some 50 bottles of beer/wine. Just left it on the deck in the snow vs hogging fridge space. After about 4 days a few bottles busted from freezing 🙁
 
RagingBITCH said:
This! We went on a ski trip to Breck two years ago - b/t 10 of us we bought some 50 bottles of beer/wine. Just left it on the deck in the snow vs hogging fridge space. After about 4 days a few bottles busted from freezing 🙁
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I remember seeing a pic or reading a story somewhere on the internet: back then before the invention of double and triple glass, they just built 2 windows one before the other, leaving a space in the middle corresponding to the wall's thickness. That's the perfect spot. That way it doesn't freeze too much but it stays cold.
 
if you tie it to a balloon and let it go up high enough it should cool off pretty well, it probably have to be a weather balloon tho.
 
if you tie it to a balloon and let it go up high enough it should cool off pretty well, it probably have to be a weather balloon tho if ya want to do a 6 pack at once.
 
Maybe those methods will be important to know in the zombie apocalypse, but until then......I'm so glad I live in America. We have refrigeration and ice readily available.

When those fail, we have money to buy cold beer.
 
Wait until you are of age instead of having to insert it into your anus to steal it.
 
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A Cold Beer Never Looked So Good ! 🙂
 
eldorado99 said:
Next time you go camping, you enjoy your wet sock beer and let everyone else enjoy their cool, refreshing creek beer.
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As pointed out, the beer that has been in the sock and subjected to evaporative cooling will be colder than the ambient water. I usually just drank the beer warm, or brought wine in a space bag myself, but evaporative cooling does work in low humidity or high wind as pointed out.
 
One poster who registered just to post this video and another one that registered and only made two posts, both in this thread.

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