A Beer Can That Cools Itself.

Sun, 09/02/2007 - 01:05 — beer wench

Wow, more innovations in beer packaging technology. This would be perfect for those all day, summer music festivals.

The Sunday Herald wrote:
"If self-chilling cans are the beer drinker's Holy Grail, then we've found it for them. It has taken two decades and a lot of work to get this far, but everything is finally ready to roll, and the first cans should be hitting the open market within two years," said Dr Cullen Sabin, Tempra Technology's chief scientist.
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About the size of an ordinary 500ml beverage can, the invention uses thermal, insulating and heat pump technology to cool its contents in three minutes flat. Activated by twisting an integral self-cooling device on the container's base, a natural desiccant inside draws the drink's heat through an evaporator and into an insulated heat-sink container, reducing the temperature by a minimum of 30F (16.7C).

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Billed as an entirely environmentally friendly solution to the age-old problem of warm beer, the Instant Cool Can (IC Can) contains only natural products. Completely non-toxic, it has even been designed not to explode if thrown on to a fire at a beach party.

"I have personally eaten every component and suffered no ill affects," said Sabin.


Be sure to read the full article for the story of how the self-cooling beer can came about, 20 years in the making!