The Peltier Beer personal beverage cooler
By Evan Blass 
posted Oct 19th 2005 2:25PM
posted Oct 19th 2005 2:25PM
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]
this was covered on hack a day a while back.
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.
can you turn the peltier device around to keep your coffee warm (say, the next morning after drinking all that beer)
that guiness... it looks.... beautiful!
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!
unless they can integrate it with:
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000740061060
i ain't buyin.
Probably about 4 or 5 years old now...
That's cool - still funny that it'l be ultra hot on the outside.
Who would want an ice cold Guinness? Guinness should be served at about 45 deg F.
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
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.
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.
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.
OK, now show me the peltier-cooled beer pong table!
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.
hey thats cool my family makes beer coolers - chutch!
#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!?
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.
I hate being an american. I have no idea what 20 degrees celsius is.
deluxe, 5 C is 42F. 45F isn't entirely off the mark, don't ya think?
#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...)