If you like your tinny chilled… it’s now a can-do!
By: JimOldfield
July 10th, 2012
Not that real ale lovers would particularly hanker after a “cold one” – but if you can’t get to the pub and want a cooler can on the beach, the cricket terraces, or at your barbie… well, it’s on the way!
For an American company has just produced the world’s first self-chilling can, ChillCan, which will turn your lukewarm ale cold in just two minutes, at the push of a button.
And it will shortly go on sale in the UK.
All you do is press a button on the base of the can, and a pressurised carbon dioxide capsule inside it opens up… lowering the temperature by 15C.
It will end, at a stroke, costs for establishments that have to keep their cans in chillers, and is being hailed as eco-friendly, as the cans contain no refrigerants which contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
The can has taken California’s Joseph Company 20 years to develop, based on the CO2 principle supplied by former British DEFRA science advisor Prof Roland Clift.
