Now there ya go, ruining a perfectly good ale by diluting it! I guess if
you do the test fast the ice won't melt too much. Now the question
becomes what do you do with the ale?
Peace,
Pat
Thusly spake Peter J. Thomas, On 2/5/2011 8:41 AM:
> On 2/4/2011 11:35 PM, Mark wrote:
>> Perhaps there was enough CO2 in the Root Beer being released that the
>> fluid
>> couldn't support the ice. Don't you know you are not supposed to put
>> ice in
>> Root Beer anyway:)
> My vote/guess. The thickness of the root beer, which allows a nice
> head to form, keeps the CO2 bubbles suspended lowering the density of
> the liquid. Don't know if its confirmed, but gas released from sea
> floor hydrates are supposed to sink boats.
>
> You might be able to reproduce this at home using a really stout ale.
>
> Peter T.
>> Mark
>> Nashville
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> On 2/4/2011 6:49 PM, Steve Shipley wrote:
>>> Why DOESNT ice float.
>>> I just had a burger, fries, and a mug of root beer at the local A&W. I
>>> was
>>> given a chilled glass mug and I poured my own drink. I got the ice
>>> from
>>> the soft drink dispensor, but the root beer came from a separate tap
>>> that
>>> looked similar to a beer tap in a tavern.
>> That's weird. My first thought was the sugar solution changed the
>> density allowing it, but I realized that makes things even more buoyant.
>> I tried heating some water and mixing in sugar. Ice cubes were
>> visibly more buoyant and popped to the surface faster when dropped in.
>>
>> Maybe if the root beer is largely corn syrup, that could be lower
>> density.
>>
>> There are many different structures (aletropes??) of ice crystals, and
>> some are actually higher density than water, and shrink when frozen.
>> But they have to be made under precise temps and pressures.
>>
>> Curious to hear what you figure out.
>>
>> -Wayne
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