Keeping drinks cold

[Who2002uk]

SILLY QUESTION ALERT!

Ok so I've dug a hole big enough for a fair few cans, and popped my groundsheet over them. But when I stumble into my tent half pissed, wont something like this happen?:

Edited May 21, 2013 by Who2002uk

[dixietheduck]

I haven't tried this but apparently adding rock salt to the ice in a cooler keeps it frozen for longer.

That piece of wisdom is courtesy of a guy at Walmart who shared it with me while I was shopping for camping gear for Coachella, so it can definitely be trusted..

[Attila]

I wish we could bring a propper esky

[garokev]

SILLY QUESTION ALERT!

Ok so I've dug a hole big enough for a fair few cans, and popped my groundsheet over them. But when I stumble into my tent half pissed, wont something like this happen?:

[Bathimp]

This is rubbish. Salt melts ice as it lowers the freezing point of water to about -16 degC.

Coleman Xtreme or Igloo coolboxes, if packed with loads of ice or frozen water bottles will easily see you through the weekend. We're taking 2 between 5 of us, which will chill down about 4 trays of beers at once.

[JennieT]

Just had a look at the Coleman Xtreme that is a serious bit of kit. Will have to debate whether £54 is better spent on fresh stuff at the

bar

Edited May 22, 2013 by JennieT

[clarkete]

You can buy 2.5kg of dry ice for less than £30 online (you can buy it in supermarkets abroad) pour this into a cool box and it should get really cold and keep contents cool for days.

[James Bolivar]

We've got a friend who had a supply of dry ice from using it to keep stocks of fish cold. That did successfully keep beer very cold from Wednesday through to Sunday, one of our gang rotated the cans so that they took it in turns to be nearest to the block which was wrapped in a tea towel.

[jamiejc]

Cheapiest and easiest to purchase Dry-Ice i found in the uk...

http://www.chillistick.com/category-17/dry-ice-pellets-in-pack-sizes.html

[siblin]

I intend to try building a makeshift evaporation cooler. Have a sealed container inside an open container filled with moist sand or soil.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot-in-pot_refrigerator

[Bathimp]

The cool box is worth it! If you think £54 will only buy you 13 pints at the bar and prob won't be that cold. If packed with cool

Packs and a few frozen bottles of water you can chill lots of cans. We had the one cool box between 3 if us last time, kept topping it up with new cans though the weekend (approx 120 cans over the weekend) and all really cold!! Trick is not to leave the lid open for long periods of time. We still had ice in the water bottles on the Sunday morning ;-)

[Thearg]

Just had a look at the Coleman Xtreme that is a serious bit of kit. Will have to debate whether £54 is better spent on fresh stuff at the bar

[Derby_Dave]

I used a cool box and covered it with a space blanket inside my tent and that worked fine.

[JennieT]

You make a very good point Jennie T

Do you have the cool box on wheels or the carry

one? How do you get it on to site?

Edited May 23, 2013 by JennieT

[borosupporter82]

Invested in the Coleman Xtreme with wheels.

When using a space blanket on the coolbox, would you cover the exterior or use inside to provide further internal insulation?

[greenArmy12]

I'm purchasing a collapsible bucket from go outdoors just fill it with water and should be cool (literally)

[CiderJames]

Wonder if you could use something like this to spray on your tinnies? http://www.maplin.co.uk/freezer-spray-26296

[The Other Steve]

Does keeping your beer under your tent keep them cool?

[Dizzy2012]

+1 for the Coleman!!

Took it in te heat wave of 2010, packed with ice bags and frozen water bottles and still had to get bacon out Sunday night to defrost for Monday morning!!

I find the trick is to chill it down 24 hours before use by filling with ice/ frozen water..

I have this, best thing i ever bought. We had freezing cold beer on Sunday night! Well worth the £50!

[The Other Steve]

[mr jolly]

Bought some of these off st john ambulance website

Never used them so taking a bit of a gamble. Planning on wrapping round cans with elastic bands. Postage is very steep so i've bought 40 packs to share between 4 of us. If it works i'll post this again.

http://www.stjohnsupplies.co.uk/products/default.asp?productId=F11438

[guypjfreak]

a bucket of water does the trick honest ..just keep it covered and outa the sun

[Festival_Fan]

I have this, best thing i ever bought. We had freezing cold beer on Sunday night! Well worth the £50!

[Rhioui]

Drink it all before it gets warm!!

[kaytee...]

Has anyone ever tried freezing wine boxes (not red)? Like if I waited til Fri/Sat for it to thaw out completely or would it become slightly diluted?