@Pouncer
I hate you tro…
Kidding. I want to see it floating in a pool as well!

This guy obviously takes his refreshments very seriously, judging by the number of failed attempts he had.

Instead of all the gravel, sand and dirt, just use salt water (or glycol).

that’s a cool project, literally

Next thing to do: Position a plastic bucket handle in the water before freezing so you don’t freeze your hands off carrying it around.

If you make some kind of beer caddy shaped container out of thin plastic or something and filled it with water, you could have a version of this that could be frozen and reused once it melts. You could have a couple of them in the freezer at once, ready to swap over once the one in use melts.

They already make beer glasses using this principle and also reusable ice cubes. Stick a patent on the idea and you might be in business!

mmm pauli girl!

Where I live in the modern world, we have things called beer fridges. The amount of energy to create this much ice versus it’s effectiveness is probably 3 to 4 times more than actually plugging one in and letting it do the job it was made for. Has HaD finally turned into ThereIFixedIt.com?

Next iteration: Pykrete beer caddy!

@cde

So it’s a “magic fridge”? Besides free energy can it travel thru time too?

How many beers where harmed, and consumed to death, during this hack?

@cde “The fridge would be even more efficient by having such a large piece of ice there in the first place”. Depends on the size of the fridge. The ice is obviously sub-zero and fridges are designed NOT to freeze food, but keep it at a refrigerated temperature. Ergo it might have to work harder to stop food from freezing.

As for the pool/beach – good luck in getting it back again, or are you going to go to the trouble of making one of these every time?

Beer fridges are 12V DC by design, so run off a car battery. Even if you keep it connected for the journey and unplug it once you’re there, you’re still getting chilled beers at the end and since it’s completely enclosed, will do a far better job at keeping your beer cool. Have you seen a beer fridge before?

This is a novelty thing and nothing more. You might as well take an inflatable dart board with you as it’s about as useful.

Beer should be served between 6 and 8°c not smacked below freezing point.

It may not look as awesome, but if you were to add 14% sawdust by weight… (see pykrete)

Or, iirc, if you keep the water flowing as it freezes, it comes out clear like blocks for ice sculptures…

I remember this guy’s paparazzi costume from years ago, and I have an eerie feeling that I remembered it at about the same time this article was featured.

Psychic Hack Force go!

http://www.cockeyed.com/incredible/paparazzi/paparazzi.html

It is posts like this that makes me love this site. Brilliant.