Just like the “Water that Freezes Instantly” htis beer does the same thing. Please do not ask me how its done, I have no idea! I imagine something similar to the water that freezes. : ) VIDEO->
Just like the “Water that Freezes Instantly” htis beer does the same thing. Please do not ask me how its done, I have no idea! I imagine something similar to the water that freezes. : ) VIDEO->
It’s probably just been supercooled – when you super cool something the slightest vibration (when in the lab you take a glass stirrer and scratch it on the glass container) will cause the material to instantly crystalize. In the case of the beer, the reaction simply goes slower than water.
For this to happen though, doesn’t the liquid need to be completely clean and void of any impurities at all?
could it have something to do with the bottles being supercold and still having the caps on them?
The liquid needs to be pretty impure, but not completely. If you put a beer in the freezer for a few hours making sure it dosnt vibrate or get knocked about you can recreate this effect pretty easily
You can do the same thing with a soft drink like Coke or Pepsi. I usually use a clear or yellow soda like Mountain Dew. For these drinks you gently put an unopened 20oz bottle in the freezer for just over an hour (depending on the freezer). When you take them out after the hour, the soda should still be a liquid. If the soda has frozen, try again with with a new bottle with a little less time in the freezer.
Set it gently on a flat surface and open the bottle. If you are careful enough, the release in pressure should raise the freezing point just enough to make the soda freeze from the top to the bottom in about 20 seconds or so
I use to do this to my beers. My frige was on a boat and had top loading access. There can be almost 15 degree differance from top to botton inside. I set the thermostat low, giving about 28 F deg’ on the bottom of the box. Freezer was seperate. I keep’t the beer on the bottom. They would freeze, from top down when I opened then. Usuall a frig’ isn’t below 32 F. in the main part and way to cold in the freezer. Basically needs to be cold, but not too much. I imagine there’s a small window.
My guess is that it’s just some powder in the bottlecap that turns the liquid solid and gel-like. You can see the “freezing” starts from the top and goes down through the liquid.
I’ve seen such powder in action as a practical joke on in a friends cup of coffee while he looked away.
but, of course, I could be wrong
Yes, happens all the time when you put a soda or a beer in the freezer and leave it too long. Usually it(freezes) crystalizes with the release of pressure; but a sharp blow like that granite countertop will do.
A similar thing can be done with supersaturated sugar solutions cooled to room temperature . A slight tap on the container (or drop one crystal of sugar in) and the entire container turns into a crystal in seconds.
Oops, forgot the opposite. Superheated water in a microwaved coffee cup is quite a show too. On removing a superheated cup of water (or coffee) from a microwave there are no bubbles, no sign of boiling. The water is still. As soon as a grain of instant coffee (or sugar) hits the liquid the cups boils over. {Warning: you can get badly scalded playing with this one.}