Ice Cold Beer In 20 Seconds!

How to instantly chill or even freeze drinks in less then a minute using household items.



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Step 1 Warm Beer.

If you just cant wait to get your hands on a cold beer, follow these quick and easy steps and you will be enjoying your favorite frosty beverage in no time. less then a minute.

Comments

[xintus]

Good idea, but no cost efective...
A air duster can can go between $10 to $15 on top of the price of the beer...

[Arx]

Way too expensive to be practical Also HFC-134 (tetrafluoroethane) is a pretty bad "greenhouse gas", so dumping a couple hundred grams of it into the atmosphere just to cool your beer is pretty irresponsible. HFC-152 (difluoroethane) is not nearly as bad, but still not a cool thing to do. As far as toxicity goes, it's not really that dangerous unless you're inhaling large amounts (intentionally?). Also, burning it is very bad. It gives off Hydrogen fluoride when it decomposes. That turns into Hydrofluoric acid when it contacts water (like moisture inside your lungs) Very bad news.

[Arx]

Oh yeah,

To cool your drinks quickly...

drinks and lots of ice in a cooler/plastic tub, etc.
Add some water. You won't need a whole lot, since the ice will melt a lot in the next step.
Mix in some coarse salt. You can buy it for pickling etc. A big 5lb bag goes for about $3 Ordinary table salt works too, and mixes in easier, but it'll cost a lot more.

The ice will melt really fast, and the water temperature will drop to about -20^{C as opposed to the 0}C of ordinary ice water.

It'll cool your drinks quickly, cheaply, and without dumping unnecessary gasses into the atmosphere.

[eight]

Ta Arx. I'd forgotten this trick.

[jules15]

Salt won't make a liquid any colder, it will just make it freeze at a lower temperature.

[Arx]

It will cause your ice to melt at a lower temperature (below 0^C) Sure, if you throw salt into cold water it won't get any colder, but if there's still lots of ice in it, it will melt faster, bringing your 0^C salt water down to -20ish.

[helllordkb]

yeah.. i would not recommend this at all, not worth it. I use to use compressed air canisters all then when i worked in computer repair. Its bad on the lungs and just not good. Ended up using a small inexpensive air compressor/vacuum combination unit. Much better for you and unlimited usage.

[cvxdes]

And remember kids, do NOT inhale the vapors. You can die from lack of oxygen within 12 seconds, and that little buzz you think you're getting, is asphyxiation kicking in.

[xirekaj]

exactly. and depending on the gas that is compressed some of them you wont even feel like your out of air until after your passed out.

[cvxdes]

They mostly use Freon, the same stuff they use in air conditioners. The reason I said that is I know somebody who almost died from getting "high" off dusters, he was in the hospital for 2 weeks

[gormly]

That is just flat out wrong. Please do not post misleading statements, others may believe your hogwash.

[KelliShaver]

Quite correct, sir.... there are some minor chemical differences, but they're both CFC's and are essentially the same.

[Arx]

Freon is actually a brand name for a whole group of refrigerants. R-12 was the well-known ozone eating "Freon", which is a CFC, like you stated. Canned dusters are HFC, not CFC, pretty much always either HFC-134, or HFC-152. HFC-134 is the "Freon" which is in most household refrigerators and air conditioners. It doesn't deplete the ozone like the old CFC (and to a lesser degree HCFC) refrigerants, but it is still a strong greenhouse gas. And yes, as far as the huffing goes, xirekaj is entirely correct. co2 is actually what makes you feel like you're running out of air. When you breathe most other gasses, you'll just get light-headed and pass out. Getting "high" off of it is really stupid, It's really just a painless method of choking yourself until you're dizzy. I don't condone doing drugs, but honestly, you would be way safer smoking pot or something.

[cvxdes]

No, I'm damn sure that I'm right. But since you're so smart, how about you tell me what is in them?

[EviLNinJa]

Absolutely false. There is not or has ever been freon in air duster.. Look for my very long comment near the end of this page to find out the truth. Duster can kill you or cause severe brain damage if inhaled but freon is way to dangerous a chemical for household use.

[cvxdes]

Your comments contradict each other.
Freon is another name for Tetrafluoroethane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrafluoroethane

[EviLNinJa]

ehh you got me, kinda, Freon isnt a single chemical its a group of chemicals known as haloalkanes. Many of these chemicals are toxic and even deadly. Tetrafluoroethane is used in air conditioning units and also in refrigeration units so technically it is freon.. or like 'new freon'

[cvxdes]

Actually, yeah. Freon is just like a group of chemicals that can be used in HVAC systems. But, Tetrafluoroethane is still deadly, and so are these dusters when inhaled, which was my main point.

[EviLNinJa]

Yes I agree, Inhaling duster is deadly no matter what is in it, it's certainly not air and will cause asphyxiation (lack of oxygen to the brain) which can cause severe brain damage and death. and if you read the fine print and do the research like CVXDES did, you will find out that the chemical in this stuff is very similar to the very ice cold and deadly to inhale refrigerant 'Freon' so for all the doubters heres the real proof. look it up.

[technodude92]

probably best to do this with a couple windows open eh?

[Guitarrrgrrrl]

I'd only do this if my fridge broke down for no reason... Isn't there a safer way tp do this without risking lack of oxygen to the brain?

[Arx]

It won't be that much of a safety problem as long as the room is well ventilated, but safety aside, it's still pretty expensive and it's a greenhouse gas (much worse than co2). With a $3 bag of salt and some ice, and you can chill a whole cooler in less than 5 minutes. And there should be enough salt to do several coolers. Cheaper, safer, and less environmentally harmful.

[EviLNinJa]

by using this method there is no risk of lack of oxygen the other comments you read were about sucking the air directly from the bottle which can cause death the first time u you use it

[Tannersdumb]

Dude this is cool dontt listen to them as long as you dont sniff it close up youll b fine (^:

[genenius]

wow pretty macguyver there. Cool idea, except, if you couldn't pay your bills becuase you bought booze, how do you afford compressed air? :)

[Major Clucker]

Because compressed air is $2.00 a can....

[kenny94]

here it is $9.99 a can

[chunkymuggen]

plus the air-dusting liquid contains a weird chemical that you shouldn't get in your mouth. you should probably wipe the can off thoroughly after you cool it.

[Arx]

It evaporates. unless you blew it into the drink so the gasses dissolved the can will be clean. It's not really toxic either in low concentrations. Still a stupid idea though. Bad for the environment.

[Tannersdumb]

screw tthe envvironment he wants a cold beer

[enianis]

If you drill your hole tangent of the glass instead of perpendicular of your beer to create a kind of tornado in the glass, do it cold faster?

[Arx]

yeah, it will cool faster, because you're contacting more of the warm beer, instead of freezing a chunk on one side. Still a bad idea though. salt+icewater is pretty quick, and less harmful to the environment.

[paulm]

good idea but one saftey concern; use gloves while holding the canister or risk frostbite to your hands... this can happen with Co2 pressurized cylinders letting go of pressure quickly, they become cold enough to give instant frostbite!

[EviLNinJa]

gloves are a good idea!

[capn]

It is not actually compressed CO2 it is 1,1,1,2 tetrafluoroethane not the best stuff it inhale or have a lot of exposure to.

[paulm]

cool, still, it is a good idea to wear something on ypour hands as anything letting go of pressure can get prettty cold... just from spraying my friends, my air duster had condensation all over it. still, if you d it right, your method is ingenious!

[Tannersdumb]

I agree this is really cool

[EviLNinJa]

thanks!

[EviLNinJa]

I agree, Its always a good idea to wear gloves and eyewear.

[jmdowdy]

There's no way it cooled that entire can of beer in 20 secs. According to the thermometer, the air temperature in the container may have dipped to 20 degrees, but you'd need to spray that beer can with the compressed air for (just guessing) a couple of minutes minimum, at the same time rotate the can so that it doesn't freeze the beer inside. Plus, if you can't afford electricity, why are you wasting a $4 can of air to chill one beer. A bag of ice is about $1.50, plus a bag of rock salt and water...maybe another $2-3?? You could chill a 12 pack for the same price in a matter of 10 mins.