the coldest beer.....

[The Dad Fisherman]

Nothing better than a frosty brew that has been sitting in a cooler full of ice for hours....You know when you take it out and the ice water just rolls down the side of the can. and you pop it and it makes that pssshhhh sound and you know its going to go down in 2 sips ....but not to worry, because there is another one just like it in the cooler...MmMMMmmmmM

[stiff tip]

toss ice on beer add salt water to chill dwn to app 30# ice cold

[Flaptail]

Originally Posted by stiff tip

toss ice on beer add salt water to chill dwn to app 30# ice cold

Stiffy, your confusing beer with bait again, thats the recipe for keeping fresh dead "gwas" and herrin.

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by stiff tip

toss ice on beer add salt water to chill dwn to app 30# ice cold

They tested this on Mythbusters a few years ago and this method was what they determined to be the fastest way to get the beer coldest. I'm just not sure if they used salt or fresh water. They also used the fire extinguisher method and just putting the beer in a freezer, but they didn't work as well.

[FishermanTim]

Originally Posted by fishbones

They tested this on Mythbusters a few years ago and this method was what they determined to be the fastest way to get the beer coldest. I'm just not sure if they used salt or fresh water. They also used the fire extinguisher method and just putting the beer in a freezer, but they didn't work as well.

They did three tests side by side.
1.) cans of beer on just ice.
2.) cans of beer in ice and water (fresh)
3.) cans of beer in salted fresh water with ice.
The verdicty was the salt water with ice, because the salt lowers the waters freezing point to below 32 F. (somewhere around 26F.)

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

They did three tests side by side.
1.) cans of beer on just ice.
2.) cans of beer in ice and water (fresh)
3.) cans of beer in salted fresh water with ice.
The verdicty was the salt water with ice, because the salt lowers the waters freezing point to below 32 F. (somewhere around 26F.)

I remember them putting beer in a freezer and also using the fire extinguisher. Is it possible they did 2 different episodes on this?

[chris L]

We put em in the lab across the street where they have coolers full of dry ice . Cold beer instantly .

[Rockport24]

can I just say, Raven, that I never saw this thread orginally, but that is freakin hysterical man! not that you were in pain, but just the obsessive nature of your beer cooling

[Squid kids Dad]

Originally Posted by stiff tip

toss ice on beer add salt water to chill dwn to app 30# ice cold

Having one now...

[spence]

The best beer I think I've ever had was a 125 degree Busch Light that had been sitting in a box in the sun for hours. We had just finished moving and that was the only beer we had.

Man, it was most excellent.

Temperature kills flavor, so an "ice cold beer" only serves to dumb down what should be a nice balance of malt and hops. For an American lager this might not be a bad thing, as the balance is iffy to begin with and the temp is refreshing.

For better beers a bit warmer (cool but not warm like high 50's) is best, and some I even favor in the low 60's.

A really nice option for light beers or even NA beer when refreshment is the motive, is to pour over ice with a few squeezes of fresh lime. Hell damn rath me but I'll even drink a can off Coors N/A this way!

-spence

[FormerUser]

Originally Posted by spence

The best beer I think I've ever had was a 125 degree Busch Light that had been sitting in a box in the sun for hours. We had just finished moving and that was the only beer we had.

Man, it was most excellent.

-spence

I just threw up.Really.

[chris L]

what was in it ? caused by beer ? did anyone see you ? floor or bus ?

after taste ? good or foul ? would you do it again ?

[Rockport24]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

Nothing better than a frosty brew that has been sitting in a cooler full of ice for hours....You know when you take it out and the ice water just rolls down the side of the can. and you pop it and it makes that pssshhhh sound and you know its going to go down in 2 sips ....but not to worry, because there is another one just like it in the cooler...MmMMMmmmmM

so damn true, one of my favorite things about camping is that you have to keep beer in an iced down cooler! I mean.. you just don't have a choice