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cools your beer more or less instantly.
drink up quickly (stoopid UK licensing hours) or your beer will be on the floor.
shot rocks
http://www.gadgetsuk.com/shotrock.htm
not much beer but anyway... not really a new idea. [egnor, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]
Ice glasses at the Ice Hotel
http://www.scantour...Absolut_Ice_Bar.htm
Baked in Lappland, for Absolut Vodka [herilane, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]
Ice carving business is USD $150 Million annually
http://www.abcnews....arver_031014-1.html
Oct 14 2003: "In June [Elton John] offered his 450 guests a caviar hors d'oeuvre served on individual trays made of ice. Such ephemeral flourishes, typically chiseled by hand, take an hour per dish." [krelnik, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]
OT - Global Warming Beer
http://www.boingboi..._warming_beer_.html
[Dub, Aug 04 2006]
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please note auto boner strikes at 10 p.m. on a saturday night |
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This'd be a Bad Thing for those among us who are inclined to drink lager. Lager has bubbles put in it because it tastes of not much. Wet glasses ==> flat pints ==> a diminished drinking experience. |
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Wonders if alcohol raises or lowers the melting point of ice. Or how patrons will drink up without melting the handle. |
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The better bars (yeah, I know you don't have any of those in Britain ;) do chill glasses before serving. |
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pondering this and have decided that a wooden handle would be good. |
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Fishbone - this would make the beer Ice cold. Real ale should not be cold .... lager maybe. |
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Wold be good in the summer for servicg cider, though...... hmm. Fishbone withdrawn pending further research. |
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"a wooden handle would be good" - why not forget the glass and do beer popsicles? |
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Beer would taste like water from the melting ice. |
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Baked - although for vodka - see link. |
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I'd be a little nervous... |
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Unless the beer was already quite cold, wouldn't the temperature change have the potential to crack the ice? I know ice cubes snap and crack when I pur cold juice, or other beverages onto them. |
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If you can't solve that difficult though, it would make for an excellent practical joke, especially in pubs which leave the glass cups in the frezer until serving. A simple switch to the "Evil" category might be all you need here. |
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"cools your beer more or less instantly"... |
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No, not at all. Unless the vessel was very narrow, or in some other way had a massive surface area/volume ratio, the cooling wouldn't be instant at all. In fact, I think you'd find that without constant stirring, it would take quite some time to cool down the beer. Unless you were putting already ice-cold beer into the ice cup..... |
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Hmmm... [+]Cold beer (lager rather than bitter... Everyone knows, it's best to put a good bitter in the microwave for a few seconds, before drinking)... But [-] I think the BSI/ISO would want to ensure that the contents weren't otherwise corrupted by the container... What TYPE of water too? Thames? Washing-up? or Other (more likely in the pubs round here) (Yuch!)? [+/-] |
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Gy liks! Gy liks are stuck to the tankard! |
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How about a prank glass that consists of glass everywhere but the bottom? You put it in a mold, add some water, freeze it and hey presto - a glass that will hold your drink only for a limited time. |
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An icy bottom wouldn't be very noticable if the ice is clear enough. |
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<pun-prevent>and yes - I know icy bottoms may be prevented by long woollen underwear, but let's not go there, okay?</pun-prevent> |
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welcome to the madness [forthur] |
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people have commented on my cold extremities... |
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[po] Madness? I thought this was pretty much the usual level here at HB? |
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Hmmm. Thinking about cold extremities - I mean ice bottoms to glasses gave me another idea. Before I post it here: does anyone know if any kind of cooling coasters have already been suggested here? |
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