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Remember the beer question?

Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:07 pm

Anyone who was at Legends of Divng 2010 remembers that I posed the question of how one would consume beer underwater. Well, today at Ginnie I did just that. The specific gravity of beer is about that of water, so it just stayed in the can after I opened it and equalized the pressure. I chugged it at 50 feet, and then finished the dive. It kind of feels like being narced, except you are only at 50 feet. Interestingly, as I am not aware of the internal pressure of an unopened beer, the volume appeared unchanged at 50 feet so the internal pressure in the can must be higher than the ambient water pressure around it. I moved the open beer into various positions, and no beer came out until I drank it. Needless to say there were some very surprised open water divers at Ginnie today. One lady asked if she could have my car because she thought I would die somehow toting a beer and 50 year old dive gear down to the water.

The best part was that is was some redneck Floridian who tossed me a Busch Light in order to facilitate my endeavor. Stand back....I'm going to try SCIENCE! :lol:
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Re: Remember the beer question?

Sun Aug 29, 2010 10:12 pm

I think that was part of the AOW class in the 70's & 80's when PADI was a non-profit organization.
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Re: Remember the beer question?

Sun Aug 29, 2010 11:07 pm

kgehring wrote:I think that was part of the AOW class in the 70's & 80's when PADI was a non-profit organization.
The above comment by Karl should be a bumper sticker 8)
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Re: Remember the beer question?

Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:14 am

Sounds fun. Have you considered what might happen with the CO2 expanding as you ascend? The most rapid change in pressure occurs ascending from 33 ft. Beer bubbles in the stomach should clear with belching, but beer in the intestine could be something else. Perhaps leaving your keys and your watch with someone on the surface is good idea. Steve

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Re: Remember the beer question?

Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:19 am

If Ron had expired while drinking the beer underwater, I was there to get all his stuff.. :P
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Re: Remember the beer question?

Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:43 pm

How, exactly, would one get beer in one's intestines within 5 minutes of drinking it?
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Re: Remember the beer question?

Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:58 pm

lol thats funny and fun i think i need to hang out with this dude? best
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Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:06 pm

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Re: Remember the beer question?

Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:57 pm

Nice Charlie!
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Re: Remember the beer question?

Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:41 pm

So at 50 ft. was the beer flat or was the carbonation about what you expected?
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Re: Remember the beer question?

Mon Aug 30, 2010 10:47 pm

George,

It tasted a lot like a cask conditioned beer. It had good flavor, but it was pretty flat. I did expel quite a bit of gas on the ascent :lol:
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Re: Remember the beer question?

Tue Aug 31, 2010 7:23 am

sthtxdiver wrote:you might like to try this??

https://www.deepseasupply.com/index.php?product=55
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Re: Remember the beer question?

Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:04 pm

HELLS JEAH!

I think Early Cuyler did that on an episode of "Squidbillies"

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Re: Remember the beer question?

Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:42 pm

slonda828 wrote:How, exactly, would one get beer in one's intestines within 5 minutes of drinking it?
I would be willing to bet that it was actually the six-pack you polished off about 2-2 1/2 hours prior to your "experiment". :wink: :lol:
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Re: Remember the beer question?

Mon Sep 06, 2010 4:19 pm

I was actually remarkably sane about this one. I didn't drink anything other than water. This helped me better catalog the effects of the deep..and the beer.
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