Sunday, May 02, 2004

An Age Old Problem - Solved

One of the major problems British sailors faced, prior to the days of refrigeration, was how to ensure that the beer supply onboard the sailing vessels of the day, would not go bad.  In the 1700’s, this problem was tackled by heavily hopping brewed beer.  The beer became known as India Pale Ale. They’re not bad beers.

Today, the solution has become a bit more sophisticated.

"It is every beer lover’s summer nightmare - stuck in the middle of a park with the sun warming your drink. Thankfully, scientists have come up with a solution: the self-cooling beer can."

I like it.

Via Brian Micklethwait in a post at Samizdata who linked the beer can story via Dave Barry.

Posted by John Venlet on 05/02 at 06:27 AM
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