An Amazing Rescue!

[hopjack13]

way to go! t'was almost a tragedy! but the beer was Rescued! (http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/22/1074732543060.html)

[fretlessman71]

HOORAY!!! Why'd they waste time on the people, anyway... or the truck? The BEER was the main thing... :D

[Stodbrew]

Nothing like a little extra lagering to smooth things out a little.:D

[adbachtell]

Goes to show ya Russians like beer as much as they like vodka.

[steveh]

Wouldn't that beer have frozen solid? Frozen, then thawed - yeah, better be a good discount sale.

S.

[S.F.B.]

(tears of joy) That is so beautiful. I love happy endings.

[sallad]

Wouldn't that beer have frozen solid?

i read that water at the bottom of a lake, river, etc, can never be colder than 34*F. water is most dense and this temp, so if it cools to 33 it starts to rise up where it eventually floats and freezes at the surface.

[kgaugler]

Sallad, that would all depend on how deep the lake/river is. I've seen ponds freeze right to the bottom in the dead of New England winter (I'm sure this can happen in Russia.) If I remember my chemistry correctly, it is 40F (4C) where water is the densest. You are right though, if the lake is deep enough, the temperature will be ~40F, depending on currents, etc.

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by steveh
Wouldn't that beer have frozen solid? Frozen, then thawed - yeah, better be a good discount sale.

S.

Might be a cheap attempt to make Ice Beer.

[hopjack13]

they could call it "Crud Ice"

[studentofbeer]

Originally posted by hopjack13
they could call it "Crud Ice"

i was thinking tank beer, since they used a t-72 to get it out (how funny is that?!), but there already is one of those. (http://www.gpi.org/products_images/2002/Jan02/tank.jpg)