so I am about to conduct an experiment…

Premise: you can chill drink to decent drinkable levels by wrapping it with wet paper towel and putting it in the freezer for 15 mins.

I have marked and taken the temp of four bottles
1. 20.7
2. 21.1
3. 20.8
4. 20.5

difference in starting temp is negligible
bottle 1 is the control kept in the same environment as started.

bottles 2,3 & 4 are wrapped in paper towel all soaked together and wrung out at the same time, to as equal a degree as possible and are placed in the freezer near each other but not touching.

all measurement taken with an electronic ear thermometer placed on the little circle of each bottle

each bottle will be kept in freezer set at -18 deg c for a period of 2 – 15 mins 3 – 20mins 4 – 25 mins.

6 mins in

Arts said:

so I am about to conduct an experiment…

Premise: you can chill drink to decent drinkable levels by wrapping it with wet paper towel and putting it in the freezer for 15 mins.

I have marked and taken the temp of four bottles
1. 20.7
2. 21.1
3. 20.8
4. 20.5

difference in starting temp is negligible
bottle 1 is the control kept in the same environment as started.

bottles 2,3 & 4 are wrapped in paper towel all soaked together and wrung out at the same time, to as equal a degree as possible and are placed in the freezer near each other but not touching.

all measurement taken with an electronic ear thermometer placed on the little circle of each bottle

each bottle will be kept in freezer set at -18 deg c for a period of 2 – 15 mins 3 – 20mins 4 – 25 mins.

6 mins in

Aren’t you going to put one in the freezer without the wrap?

What about a bottle not wrapped in anything, placed in the freezer for the same length of time?

dv said:

Arts said:

so I am about to conduct an experiment…

Premise: you can chill drink to decent drinkable levels by wrapping it with wet paper towel and putting it in the freezer for 15 mins.

I have marked and taken the temp of four bottles
1. 20.7
2. 21.1
3. 20.8
4. 20.5

difference in starting temp is negligible
bottle 1 is the control kept in the same environment as started.

bottles 2,3 & 4 are wrapped in paper towel all soaked together and wrung out at the same time, to as equal a degree as possible and are placed in the freezer near each other but not touching.

all measurement taken with an electronic ear thermometer placed on the little circle of each bottle

each bottle will be kept in freezer set at -18 deg c for a period of 2 – 15 mins 3 – 20mins 4 – 25 mins.

6 mins in

Aren’t you going to put one in the freezer without the wrap?

yes I shall do that… a second timer will be added

Arts said:

so I am about to conduct an experiment…

Premise: you can chill drink to decent drinkable levels by wrapping it with wet paper towel and putting it in the freezer for 15 mins.

I have marked and taken the temp of four bottles
1. 20.7
2. 21.1
3. 20.8
4. 20.5

difference in starting temp is negligible
bottle 1 is the control kept in the same environment as started.

bottles 2,3 & 4 are wrapped in paper towel all soaked together and wrung out at the same time, to as equal a degree as possible and are placed in the freezer near each other but not touching.

all measurement taken with an electronic ear thermometer placed on the little circle of each bottle

each bottle will be kept in freezer set at -18 deg c for a period of 2 – 15 mins 3 – 20mins 4 – 25 mins.

6 mins in

bottle 5 freezer no wrap

will be measured at all points

15 mins

bottle 2. 13.3 deg

not entirely drinkable, a bit warm still

myth busted

bottle 2 12.9

still not great

Arts said:

bottle 2 12.9

still not great

bottle 3…

Arts said:

Arts said:

bottle 2 12.9

still not great

bottle 3…

Is this just an excuse to guzzle moderately chilled white wine?

She needs an excuse?

Witty Rejoinder said:

Arts said:

Arts said:

bottle 2 12.9

still not great

bottle 3…

Is this just an excuse to guzzle moderately chilled white wine?

it’s science dammit!

Divine Angel said:

She needs an excuse?

bottle 4 – 8.5 much better

bottle five unwrapped 13.4 after 15 mins

Arts said:

bottle five unwrapped 13.4 after 15 mins

20 mins 10.6

25 mins 10.5

what’s the target temp?

Will you shake the bottle when it reaches that temp and see if just the outside is cold, or if it was cold all the way through?

party_pants said:

what’s the target temp?

Will you shake the bottle when it reaches that temp and see if just the outside is cold, or if it was cold all the way through? pretend you’ve won the Monaco Grand Prix?

Arts, if you’re looking for a quick way to cool your wine/beer/cider, buy a sack of ice from the servo, chuck it in an esky, place bottle in ice, then throw salt liberally all around inside esky.

stumpy_seahorse said:

party_pants said:

what’s the target temp?

Will you shake the bottle when it reaches that temp and see if just the outside is cold, or if it was cold all the way through? pretend you’ve won the Monaco Grand Prix?

Given it’s Arts doing the experiment, I’m assuming bottles of water.

so

control bottle 1 – no change
wrapped bottle 2 – 15 mins – 13.3
wrapped bottle 3 – 20 mins – 12.9
wrapped bottle 4 – 25 mins – 8.5
unwrapped bottle 5 –
15 mins – 13.4 20mins – 10.6 25mins – 10.5

conclusion.. wrapping bottle with wet paper towel and putting it in freezer does help to coolify the contents to desirable drinking level but only after 25 mins.. not 15 mins as first asserted.

Let that be a lesson to you people.. it’s at least 25 mins to your next good drink

Arts said:

15 mins

bottle 2. 13.3 deg

not entirely drinkable, a bit warm still

myth busted

13.3 degree water is not drinkable?

just measured bottle five at 32 ins 8.5

dv said:

Arts said:

15 mins

bottle 2. 13.3 deg

not entirely drinkable, a bit warm still

myth busted

13.3 degree water is not drinkable?

all I had was clear cider

Arts said:

just measured bottle five at 32 ins 8.5

have you tried wrapping your keyboard and putting it in the freezer?

might fix it

stumpy_seahorse said:

Arts said:

just measured bottle five at 32 ins 8.5

have you tried wrapping your keyboard and putting it in the freezer?

might fix it

it’s quirky

Arts said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

Arts said:

just measured bottle five at 32 ins 8.5

have you tried wrapping your keyboard and putting it in the freezer?

might fix it

it’s quirky

not querty?

dv said:

Arts said:

stumpy_seahorse said:

have you tried wrapping your keyboard and putting it in the freezer?

might fix it

it’s quirky

not querty?

it’s qwerty querky

If this is a scientific experiment, you need to at least specify the mass or volume of the bottle. Is the bottle made of plastic or glass?

Shaking the bottle will also make a difference, the rate of heat convection into the interior is increased by a factor of 20 or so if the fluid in the bottle is undergoing turbulent convection.