bottle of beer in freezer?

daz · 7 Jun 2006 at 21:33

10 minutes should be fine in a good freezer.

Alasdair · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:32

You're better off with a bucket of iced water, and you should keep the water moving a bit. This allows them to be completely covered in cold water, ergo they chill faster.

OSB · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:34

Also when you open them, open them slowley, if you do it quickly they may freeze, slowly and they stay supercooled!

rich99million · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:37

Alasdair said:
You're better off with a bucket of iced water, and you should keep the water moving a bit. This allows them to be completely covered in cold water, ergo they chill faster.

the man speaketh the truth - it was on mythbusters so it must be true!

JollyGreen · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:38

15 minutes = perfect amount of time
OR, take the top off, put a long piece of dowel in the bottle, in the freezer for an hour, break the bottle in a bucket, voila, beer lolly.

Rich1988 · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:47

JollyGreen said:
15 minutes = perfect amount of time
OR, take the top off, put a long piece of dowel in the bottle, in the freezer for an hour, break the bottle in a bucket, voila, beer lolly.

its carbonated so it doesnt freezve properly does it? I thought it went into asloshy mess ? but a lolly would be cool

Liverpool-Lad · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:50

The best freezers for cooling beer are the frost free ones as they blow icy air around the freezer rather than a static element. Put the beer right at the back of the basket + right next to ventilation grille = ICE cold beer in 5-10 mins max.

Mundu · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:51

Stick a pole in the bottle, freeze the bottle and instant alco pop!!!

Liverpool-Lad · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:51

Bri said:
Rubbish, they'll need at least half an hour.

Bottles of wine etc all go in my freezer if they are for immediate drinking & 5 minutes wouldn't affect the temperature by more than a couple of degrees.

Frost Free *** (thought id never say that :rolleyes:

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jezsoup · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:53

da_mic_1530 said:
the bottles will crack and break

No it wont, done this many times, Due to the pressure, usualyl the beer will stay a liquid (at high pressure water can stay liquid below 0 degrees) But hwne you open it and pour it, if the beers been in the freezer logn enough, ice will form in the beer.

RobH · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:54

rich99million said:
the man speaketh the truth - it was on mythbusters so it must be true!

I believe mythbusters also had one with salt in which was faster than just the ice water. Makes sense since the salt makes the ice melt faster. But a C02 fire extingusher cooled them down the fastest, although that is not exactly a feasible option for most people

People are always leaving bottes of beer/vodka in our freezer at Uni (they probably get too ****** and forget about them), the vodka bottles just get a little cold but the liquid won't freeze because it's alcohol, the beers sometimes pop their caps and leak out, other times they will jsut freeze into a block of ice. Freezers probably freeze too slow to cause the glass to crack, thats why the lid pops or at least the seal breaks. Now if you dipped the bottle into liquid nitrogen it would be a different story.

daz · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:54

I tried cooling one with my vapochill once, didn't work because you can't get a good enough contact.

Digital Punk · 7 Jun 2006 at 22:56

Generally, I leave cans in the freezer for about an hour for that super chilled taste.

Tommy B · 7 Jun 2006 at 23:00

G18241 said:
they will only need about 5minutes, we did it the other day with a half bottle of lambrini lol the botle didnt crack but it had completly frozen

Holy... what make is your freezer????