What’s the Fastest Way to Chill a Can of Beer?

There’s nothing like cracking a cold beer on a hot summer day, but what if your six-pack isn’t chilled? You’ve got to find a way to get those brews frosty, lest you face the horror of a lukewarm libation. That’s why we’re trying a couple methods to cool your beer quickly.

We gave ourselves ten minutes to get our cheap beers as cold as we could. First we tried a simple ice bucket, heavily salted to accelerate the melting ice, and then we wrapped a wet paper towel around a can and put it in the freezer for the same amount of time. It’s not shocking that the ice worked, but it was surprising just how tepid the wet paper towel was.