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A group of Danes trying to save the word while keeping their Carlsberg cool have come up with a rather useful Green innovation. Earth cooled beer. This completely off grid solution is designed for the backyard patio or garden, relying on a hand crank to move beer from Mother Earth to the imbiber. The group's slogan is Save the world one earth cooled beer at a time and promotes itself with the testimonial "eCool is the greatest gift a man could wish for". No wonder the group can't keep up with demand.
I suspect between Danish love of the outdoors during the summer time, and drinking beer, this is going to be a hit. Hard to say how it'll do outside of Denmark but I have this strong desire to find out if the $350 price tag includes shipping to California.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by ezekielsays on Saturday May 31 2014, @02:21PM
I love the idea, but all my beer is homebrewed and comes out of a corny keg. If I still bought cans, I'd be up for buying one of these (or more realistically, trying to build my own - that's half the fun!).
I do wonder about the effectiveness in warmer climates though. I'm inexperienced with regards to below ground temperatures in places like, for example, Arizona.
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(Score: 2) by edIII on Saturday May 31 2014, @07:20PM
If you visit the website it doesn't even give a hint of the temperature. It just says 'cool'.
I keep getting reminded of Germany where they drink warm beer. What does a Dane consider cold beer to be anyways?
My threshold for cold is below 50 degrees (F). If a drink a Coke Classic (Mexicana only) I need it 1/2 of a degree above freezing max.
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(Score: 2) by frojack on Saturday May 31 2014, @11:25PM
This won't sell well in the US/Canada, where people really do like their beer substantially colder than just about anyplace else. 50 is warm beer by most standards in these parts.
Personally, room temperature is find by me. If the day is hot I like it colder, because beer (any alcohol, really) impairs your body's cooling system.
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(Score: 2) by evilviper on Sunday June 01 2014, @06:17AM
That would depend on local ground temperature. You can easily find maps of that.
eg. http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Cooling/EarthTemperatures.htm [builditsolar.com]
They're typically listed for 30ft (~10m) down, though, and this cooler only going maybe 3ft (1m) down will be MUCH closer to local air temperatures, so split the difference.
In summer, in the Mexican deserts, in a location without shade, given the fairly small depth, I'd bet on around 85F (~30C) degrees.
In Canada, during winter, I'd expect sub-freezing temperatures.
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