Public Service Announcement
It has come to my attention that a brewery in Canada is sponsoring a contest to solve the problem of “beer chill”, loosely defined as beer lost when it freezes out in the snow. They’re hoping to get a model that will predict how long a case of beer can be left out there in given weather conditions.
Leave aside for a minute the hilarious idea that drunks will be able to use a complicated thermal model—that is of course why you see cases in the snow outside every nuclear power plant. No, let’s go to a more important matter.
Beer doesn’t “age” like beef, wine, or whiskey. It goes stale. So if you’ve got a fridge full of beer (500 cans or bottles I’d guess) and a few cases in the snow, you are most likely either drinking (or storing) stale beer, or you are a drunk, or both.
So if you enjoy “liquid bread” and want to get your money’s worth, give away those ten cases of PBR you’ve got stored in your fridge and buy a few six-packs of something drinkable. Your pocketbook, your taste buds, and your liver will thank you for it.
