The Beer Bit

Could you imagine how cool you would look with a pocket full of bits when you go out "Hey is that some beer bits in your pocket or are you glad to see me"

 

At first I was totally on board with your thinking, but then I remember that they already have the beer koozie. Don't see any drastic cultural shifts away from the koozie to a new product to keep cheap beer ice cold on a hot day.

 

You're right, as i really never considered the fact that beer koozies can express far more individuality like "I enjoy Margaritaville" or something of similar mundane value!

 

Funny how all your stereotypes you describe sounds like a typical Saturday in suburbia in my area as well just north in MD. I guess the beltway bandits existence North and South of DC are nearly identical.

 

I agree with most comments so far. As a mechanical engineer who sometimes deals with heat transfer and thermodynamic issues I want to throw out some technical comments. While a significantly large thermal mass in a beer will theoretically keep it closer to the temperature of the rod longer than a beer without, there are many other factors scheming to keep that temperature out of "perfect" range.

1. What is the recommended initial temperature of the rod and its tolerance range? Note that this value will be different depending upon the starting temperature of the beer and the temperature of glass itself.
2. While I commend them for believing that different sized rods will cool beer to different temperatures this adds just one more variable to those mentioned above (and those below). You would have to have laboratory conditions to make each of those rods do what they say.
3. The amount of carbonation in a beer will add yet another variable (also see 8 below). More carbonation equals more convection heat transfer, both between the rod and the beer and between the beer and the glass as well as the beer and the air at the surface.
4. There is no mention of the time it will take until the beer is at the "perfect temperature". Everyone knows by intuition that it is very hard to get quick heat transfer. This time calculation involves all the other variables as well.
5. How fast are your drinking that thing? Another variable.
6. How do you take a 12oz pint, add a rod and still have enough room for the beer and the head? Roughly, those rods appear to be about 2/3 the volume of a nice beer head.
7. What is it made of? Note it is magnetic. If it is steel then it is probably plated with nickel, does this affect taste? I don't know, I am not a chemist, but I don't see any nickle plated things in my kitchen. It could be 400 series stainless steel which is magnetic, but that would be more than twice the cost of plated steel.
8. It does add more surface area in the glass for bubble nucleation! If it wasn't mirror smooth this effect would be enhanced (is that a product for flat beer?).
9. Who the hell wants to drink from a pint glass?

Okay, I'm done geeking out.

 

Not to be a hater, as I do wish you luck, but my the heat from hand warms up my stout quite nicely in my tulips and over sized snifters.

 

What on Earth is a 12 oz pint? A pint is defined by law in the UK to be 20 ounces and in the US to be 16.
And anybody who enjoys beer should enjoy a pint glass. If it was good enough for the late Queen it's good enough for me.




What more comforting and inviting sight can there be ?

 

How long until someone loses a tooth when they try using this with a thick-bottomed "cheater" pint and the magnet fails?

 

Of course I know those real pint ounce numbers. I was being facetious referring to the associated website's colloquial use of the term "pint glass". I could enjoy a good beer in almost any clean glassware. But note that your picture of the former Queen and the picnic table have proper Nonic Pint glasses which have a slight bulge to enhance aroma. The so-called pint glasses on the website are the all-too-common-in-the-US "stack able" "pint" glasses with evenly tapered sides, no bulge. (Like someone designed a glass to get rid of aroma as quick as possible). They barely hold 12-oz. and a good head.
Its all just good fun. I enjoy seeing your frequent posts giving this site some of its all too rare non-US incites.

 

I have a great, inexpensive solution to the problem, drink faster,yinz bitches!