The Peltier Beer personal beverage cooler

Once in a while a homemade device comes along that is so darn handy that it's destined for mass market distribution. The Peltier Beer personal beverage cooler is one such device. Basically a drink holder attached to a cooling plate, a thermometer, and some batteries, this contraption cradles a pint glass and keeps your refreshment of choice chilly even in the hot sun. For now you'll still have to build your own (unless someone knows of a commercial product that does this), though luckily Per Oyvind Arnesen takes you through the build step-by-step if you follow the link. We're excited about this product, but we'll wait around for one that is USB-powered, you know, just cause so we get bragging rights while we drink at work.

[Via Cnet]

[Ben @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

this was covered on hack a day a while back.

[Chu Chu @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

If your beer sits around long enough to get warm that is what's called "operator error".

You're supposed to drink it not look at it.

[Dave @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

can you turn the peltier device around to keep your coffee warm (say, the next morning after drinking all that beer)

[bc @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

that guiness... it looks.... beautiful!

[Jonathan @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

It would be even better if it used a solar panel for power. What a juxtaposition - using the sun's energy to beat the action of...the sun's energy!

[Adam @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

unless they can integrate it with:

http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000740061060

i ain't buyin.

[Ffats @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Probably about 4 or 5 years old now...

That's cool - still funny that it'l be ultra hot on the outside.

[Thomas @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Who would want an ice cold Guinness? Guinness should be served at about 45 deg F.

[Jack @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

You can buy something like this from Sharper Image for $40. It has AC/DC and also can be used to keep your coffee hot instead of your beer cold. I http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/catalog/productview/sku__SI711SIL

[drnkbstd @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

I agree with #2 If you need a device to keep your beer cold after you start drinking it, you are doing something very wrong. Either drink it faster or don't drink at all to save more for me and #2.

[Kevin @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

You're going to be waiting for a long time for your USB powered version; it would be pretty difficult to power a peltier off a 5V USB port.

[Scubasteve @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Why would you want warm Guinness you mean?????
the temperature on that thing is 19.9 Degrees C!!!!
That's the temperature of a nice spring day, Guinness should be drunk at least below 10 probably closer to 6 degrees C.

[Scott @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

OK, now show me the peltier-cooled beer pong table!

[karmaghost @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

Two things:

1.) This is a poor choice of a picture: there are other pictures on his site that show the beer at much lower temperatures. 10 degrees C was when it stablized.

2.) He mentions "power over CAT5," so I guess you could still drink at the office and show off.

[Dean Peltier @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

hey thats cool my family makes beer coolers - chutch!

[deluxe @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

#7 If you go to the Guinness brewery in Dublin you'll be served a cold Guinness. They've even got a draught line of Guiness COLD that is served at 5 degress C.

Warm Guinness? What backwater are you from anyway!?

[J.M. Barron @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

I have a friend that tried to build a solar powered one... Not sure how it turned out, he kept getting hammered trying it out.

[Krevency @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

I hate being an american. I have no idea what 20 degrees celsius is.

[Joe @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

deluxe, 5 C is 42F. 45F isn't entirely off the mark, don't ya think?

[Anthony @ Dec 19th 2005 2:37AM]

#16 - it's "room temperature" (for high-school chemistry purposes), to give you a rough idea (68degF). If you really care, there are ways of finding out on this new-fangled interwebnet thingy.

#15 - I think you've missed #7's point; 45degF is about 7degC, so he's not saying it should be drunk "warm", I suspect he's saying that "ice-cold" would present certain practical drinking difficulties, although there might be other alternatives (see http://lifesuckssometimes.milten.lima-city.de/mystuff/biereis/B3ta%20-%20Guinness%20Ice%20Lolly.htm for an example...)