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- 2ltkap, on 10/12/2007, -7/+77I'll be first in line to grab a case even though it is weak as water Yankie brew.
As the Python's say American beer is like making love in a canoe, ***** close to water. - tsbicca, on 10/12/2007, -2/+19Actually America has a ton of great brews, we just don't export them to other countries. The microbrews here can stand up to European brews any day of the week. The rest of the world loves the American macrobrews. Budweiser is the number one beer in a bunch of European countries. So in summary, its not America's fault we export crap beer. Its the rest of the worlds fault for drinking it.
- orbitalleader, on 10/12/2007, -3/+20You do realize the Olde English you tout is brewed by Miller, right?
I hate uneducated beer snobs. - teh_toaster, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16Let us never forget the The Property of Ones.
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail39.html - WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12Great...just what we needed....more disposable crap for the overburdened landfills and dumpsites!
No dick...er...I mean... no digg! - xgeneration, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Ahh, actual functional implimentation of technology to solve an age old problem plauging man.. Warm beer! Innovation, we love you..
- MattLat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Too bad it's such a crappy beer. Unfortunately, I doubt the microbreweries will pick up on this.
Oh well. I'm more of a bottle guy, myself... Unless it's Guinness. - prot0col, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Not going to be a big seller in Europe I bet. The last time I was in Germany they had warm beer at the pubs.
- blahbbs, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7No one is going to buy a sixpack of Miller Beer if it costs $10 or more. Especially if each can only holds 10.5 oz of beer. You can bet that the technology is going to push the price of each can to $2 or more. It'd would be nice for camping, though....it would be nicer if it was GOOD beer.
- beelz, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9..Expect the first cans to show up on store shelves
in mid-2007 - muddo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7"Not going to be a big seller in Europe I bet. The last time I was in Germany they had warm beer at the pubs."
I doubt that Miller Beer is a big seller outside of the US. Who wants to drink our american piss water outside of this country?
Except in the middle east, most countries have not had their beer drinking culture destroyed by prohibition. - WaterDragon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8"The average American drinks 22 Gallons of beer annually"
(Choose one.)
1. That's why (average) American's are so damn fat!
2. ...and we gotta find that guy right away, and tell him about whiskey!
3. Good! At least I know I'm not average.
4. That can translate into 235 of these gizmos per American, added to the annual waste stream left behind by our 'disposable culture'.
Great legacy, guys!
5. If it works so well, why don't they make a suit out of the stuff, for easier cooling off in the summer heat! - orbitalleader, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6" I doubt that Miller Beer is a big seller outside of the US. Who wants to drink our american piss water outside of this country?"
There's no such thing as "Miller Beer." There's Miller Brewing, which makes beers like Miller Lite, Miller MGD and Icehouse in Milwaukee.
Miller is owned by SABMiller, one of the world's largest breweries, with brands like Peroni, Castle Lager, Amstel, Leinenkugel, and Pilsner Urquell. - orbitalleader, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6> You realize that Miller breweries brew all kinds of microbrews which are much better than their own sometimes and visa versa. It's called contract brewing <
Miller got out of that game when it was bought and became part of SABMiller. They don't do any contract brewing anymore. They used to produce Pabst, Lone Star and the other former Heileman beers under contract (many at the old Blatz brewery in Milwaukee, the old Olympia brewery in Washington State and the old Lone Star brewery in San Antonio), but when the merger came they got out of that business. It's not a very good business anymore; some, like Landmark Brewery in St. Paul, went under because there's not enough of a margin. Most breweries now stick to their own brands: the Point folks don't contract brew much (they do Point and Augsburger for themselves, contract-brew James Page), the Glueck folks don't contract brew, the Schell folks do very little contract brewing (their own lines and the addition of Grain Belt are keeping the brewery quite busy!) and the Berghoff folks in Monroe don't contract brew much.
Yes, I have heard of contract brewing. Thanks for playing. - NBABUCKS1, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6wasteful? recyclable? .20 deposit?
- timmins, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7yeah, as much as I appreciate a good cold beer... this "technology" has a much bigger impact that the simple ice cube when it comes to being consumed and thrown out.
- Dhalgren, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I agree, here is my scale:
[Tap] > [Bottle poured into glass] > [Bottle] > [Can] >> [Buttweiser] - hexalite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Except for Guinness or Bodingtons and any other tallboys with a widget.
- alexdagrate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Lordofthesponge.
True, true. The East Coast (And midwest, southern, southwest, hawaiian) microbrews are growing by the day, and producing better and better beers. However, just looking at people's comments that macros like Blue Moon, Sam Adams, or Pete's are so great gives away the person's location right away. DogfishHead makes some of the most powerful IPAs in the country, Three Floyds in Indiana makes amazing stuff. But these beers aren't easy to find anywhere. If you walk into a corner store in the Northwest, you have a wide assortment of true micros available, and that just makes it easier to be a true beer snob out here.
I think I'll go to my local and get some great Delaware-brewed beer right now. It's probably easier to find out here than it is in most East Coast cities! - acceptab1euname, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I wholeheartedly agree. In an age of beer that comes in individual cans in a case, we've got enough packaging waste already. We don't need this at all.
- mongrel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Re: SoccerBoy
He didn't claim otherwise - he's probably referring to the specific product, not the brand. Or he's not.
Personally, I'm a big fan of Killian's (Coors bought the recipe from Ireland) and Black & Tan. Of course I'm not a beer snob. - DBCubix, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5As sad as it is, Milwaukee's Beast actually tastes better warm. Thank God I got a real job and can afford better beer now. :)
- danpsmith, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Actually when I was over in Ireland, they said drinking American beer was the new trend.
- Predicament, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This was in a magazine in 2004, Wired I think, anyone remember it? It may have even been 2003. I don't recall. Anyone?
- Malakin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I feel sorry for anyone who thinks this is even real beer.
http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer/miller-lite/403/
http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer/miller-genuine-draft-(mgd)/405/
Real beer isn't supposed to be drank ice cold anyways, unless you're drinking piss water and just want to numb your taste buds as much as possible. - vann, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"A pressurised beverage can has a device 14 which is structurally independent of the can..."
Already the patent differs from the diagram on the linked page. The device is not strucurally independent of the can. Never mind the fact that the physics behind the two methods are entirely different.
Nice try, though. - brhad56, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Myth Busters showed that the quickest way to cool down a beer is blasting it with a fire extinguisher. Not the most cost effective, but faster!
- cranium, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Cheap beer needs to be consumed as cold as possible.
For good beer, room temp gives you more complex flavor characteristics. - LordOfTheSponge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Alexdagrate - have you ever been to the east coast? There are more and more microbreweries opening up. And I don't mean sam adams. I a gree the west has probably more microbrews but there are plenty out east. You are ignorant to think theat microbrew enthusiasts only live on the left coast.
- MasherSCF, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I can't believe that anyone thinks this a good idea. Rapidly changing the temperature of beer causes chemical changes that lead to snunkiness. This is the main reason that it's bad to let cold beer sit out on a hot day. It works the same for cooling beer down as well. Any way, you can cool room temperature beer down to drinking temperature by using a 10 minute ice bath. This instant cold-can is a marketing gimmick.
- friedcalamari, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Cold beer... it's the reason I get up in the afternoon!
- jriggall, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9Heineken? ***** that *****! Pabst Blue Ribbon!!
- kualla, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I read badblakes but like your posting more since it explains how it works such as the purpose of the salt. Only if I didn't have an appointment coming up I would go and verify this ;)
- binky79, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5The troops in the desert will sure appreciate this.
- Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Shiner Bock and King Cobra! Draft Guinness is pretty good, but I don't have a tap.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Awesome, maybe we'll see Alex and Kevin demo it on Diggnation in near future.
- SoccerBoy, on 10/12/2007, -8/+11A ***** idea for a ***** beer.
The problem with American beers is that from a young age all Americans (including me) are bombarded with ads about "great beer" that is in fact all crap. I will admit there are some good American beers, however they are not Miller, Coors, PBR, or any other super advertised over rated beer.
From a Guinness lover! - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Sam Adams uses exclusively noble hops, they are also the only major American Brewer to comply with the Bavarian Purity Laws
- rabiddogma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No chilling beer was done because lager beer was fermented at cold temperatures so that they could be lagered or stored longer. The english drink their beer at "room temperature" which is actually cellar temperature (45 to 55 degrees F) not really all that warm. Slightly warmer than the temp that you would drink a lager at but most English beers are Ales fermeneted at 55 to 65F.
- orbitalleader, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2> Chilling beer was originally done to reduce the flavour of bad beer <
No, it was chilled in order to be able to store it longer. That's why all the old breweries were located next to rivers where beer could be stored in caverns. - Dhalgren, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Miller is owned by South African Breweries:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Brewing - Bokista, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I was hoping that someone would bring up the salt-water and ice trick.
- ManHammer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Look out landfill! The ONLY good beer to come out of Milwaukee http://www.lakefrontbrewery.com/
- vypergts, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4General: "Don't you see what genetically enhanced smart towels like these are capable of? You get out of the shower and dry yourself off. But even after you're dry, the towel makes you more dry. It keeps getting you drier and drier. Can you imagine it? What it would feel like to be way, way too dry? I'll tell you something, you don't want to know and I don't know."
Kyle: "And we don't care!" - SuperRob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And you've clearly never had some of the best beers that Sam Adams has to offer. Give their Cream Stout a try.
- hexalite, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Did you know Guinness has less carbs than Budweiser?
http://beeradvocate.com/news/stories_read/662 - Badblake, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I know people get picky with their beer. But I believe there is a place for both good beer and domestic cheap beer. A good German beer is when I just want to sit down and enjoy a a great tasting beer. I personally like Beck's. But if you're out with your bud's, there is one quality that a cheap light American beer has going for it. It's simply not filling. After I have 6 "good" beers, I'm usually done, ready to go to sleep or eat some food or something. With the American beer I can pretty much drink all night while hanging out with my friends playing pool/bowling or whatever. But then again, some people just can't stand the taste of American Beer. I'll admit, I've had some bad ones. But IMHO Miller Light or Coor's Light isn't that bad.
- bebop717, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2now if they only would make better beer, then it would be perfect!
- lame, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Maybe I'm confused here, but I would think your patent doesn't cover their technology as shown in the link. Your patent covers a cylindrical vessel suspended in the beer that cools the liquid via a chemical reaction.
The technology in the link is fueled by a phase change of the gelled water on the inside surface of the can. Both technologies do indeed cool the beer "from the inside" (in that both mechanisms are endothermic), but the specific mechanism by which the cooling takes place is substantially different. - sonofagunn, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5I, for one, happen to like the crappy, watery, American beer. I'll drink the fancy shmancy beer too, but I really do like the taste of the cheap beers. I like them out of cans as well. I don't know why, I can't explain it - but I really do prefer Miller Lite, Coors Light, etc., out of cans. I can barely stand Guinness or Heineken.
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