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Keeping Your Keg Cool Sans Ice
DrLudicrous writes "Case Western Reserve University is reporting that first year physics graduate student Adam Hunnell has come up with the idea for a Keg Wrap, a thermoelectric sheet that will be able to maintain a full keg at 32-35F by running off of wall current or even a car's cigarette lighter. The funding for this project is coming from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, which has provided Mr. Hunnell with a $20,000 grant. Serious stuff - I'd rather see this than another few million dumped into quantum computing."
The article says "2,500 wholesalers in the United States. Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania between them have 3,200 wholesalers and distributors."
2500 wholesalers in US
3200 Wholesales and distributors in WV, PA an ohio
it's the distributors that is the larger number.
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You mean "Guinness". Note the two Ns See their site
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Bah speaking as a Canadian, most beers taste better cold.
But have'nt these kids today heard of making a keg fridge? It was a must have for my roommates and I....
In that picture they show a PUMP, the beer will taste bad before they can finish it anyways! Man up, get an old fridge, a CO2 tank and the tap/lines and build a damn kegerator
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why develop?
it is already developed: same site or other site with some breweries who use it (jever seems to do so as well)
or for the multimedia fanatics, a flash
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Second, 80F for Ales you are a brave man, or you really like a lot of esters. I get scared if my wort gets over 75.
You don't need this for homebrewing. There are great Wyeast ale yeasts which will create a really wide variety of styles at room-temperature. I've been brewing for 15 years, and I've used ale yeasts 98% of the time. Go have a chat with the owner of your local homebrew supply store, and s/he will tell you what you need to make whatever kind of beer want.
So don't wait for this device to become available, just go ahead and brew away!
This technology is way behind. A German company has devloped a keg that cools beer with no cord. I actually saw this keg and drank its beer at Pack Expo 2003. The beer was real cold and the outside of the keg was warm. It works by evaporative cooling using a double-walled shell, a controlled vacuum, and a special moisture holding material. The keg could be regenerated and used over and over. It is quite an ingenious system. The company rep said that they had no sucesses in marketing the keg in the US. But this might very well be worth the cost of airfare to Germany.
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