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Condensation On Your Beer != Good

Posted by timothy on from the except-in-england dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Turns out that condensation on your favorite chilled beverage is a bad thing for keeping it cold. Two researchers conducted an experiment in their bathroom proving that condensation can raise the temperature of your beer by nine degrees!"

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  1. Localized Warming! by paysonwelch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Save the ales!

    1. Re:Localized Warming! by dkleinsc · · Score: 5, Funny

      I tried to start that movement, but soon everyone was at lagerheads.

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  2. the bathroom is where you return your rented beer by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 5, Funny

    >> Two researchers conducted an experiment in their bathroom

    A lot of my stories that end with "and then we were both grounded for a month" start that way too.

  3. Fundamental thermodynamics by gentryx · · Score: 5, Funny

    Phase transition from gaseous to liquid dissipates thermal energy. News at 18:00.

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  4. Re:All this assumes super cold beer is desirable by The+Mighty+Buzzard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or you could, you know, just drink it before it's old enough to buy its own beer.

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  5. Re:Beer that needs chilling is, uh, well... by Cloud+K · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yep, keep it in a cold dark place. England!

  6. Only with American beer by fynfuqbg · · Score: 5, Funny

    condensation can raise the temperature of your beer by nine degrees!"

    This happens only with American beer, in the rest of the world the temperature raises only by five degrees

  7. Re: wait, will wiping off help? by Ant2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the time it has taken you guys to debate this, I drank three beers. Fast enough that there was no time for condensation to take place.

    But carry on with your theories. I salute you.