# I have a beer. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 30, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318 "2012-03-30T20:44:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/1 "2012-03-30T20:44:18Z")
My beer is 40°f. It is in a room at 70°f and 50% humidity. Will it stay colder sealed, or would evaporation cause the warming be about the same? ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/2 "2012-03-30T21:01:45Z")
> [@Mewl Dear](#): > > **I have a beer.** Congratulations! 🙂 Evaporation would tend to keep the beer cooler, compared to without evaporation. I’d expect this to be a very small effect, though, and that air currents being able to enter the bottle opening would let the beer warm up a little quicker than with the lid still on. This would also be a small effect, but probably not as small as the effect of evaporation of the beer. ---
**Author:** ![Jasper\_Kent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9a28c/32.png) [@Jasper\_Kent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasper_Kent)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/3 "2012-03-30T21:50:41Z")
As your attorney, I advise you to drink the beer. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/4 "2012-03-30T22:33:04Z")
OK. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/5 "2012-03-30T22:52:52Z")
What kind of beer? ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/6 "2012-03-30T22:57:49Z")
Glass bottle, plastic bottle, metal can or pub glass? ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/7 "2012-03-30T23:12:17Z")
I had a beer. I may have another beer. ---
**Author:** ![Mewl\_Dear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mewl\_Dear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mewl_Dear)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/8 "2012-03-30T23:33:38Z")
I tried to test but the open ones don’t last long enough to evaporate. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/9 "2012-03-30T23:37:18Z")
Moving from IMHO to MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/10 "2012-03-31T01:59:24Z")
I have many, many beers. I am attempting to rectify the situation. I will update as conditions warrant. (zzzzzzz) ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/11 "2012-03-31T02:00:17Z")
You had me at “beer” -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/12 "2012-03-31T04:38:43Z")
I’ll see your beer, and raise you a 12-pack. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/13 "2012-03-31T12:29:19Z")
Why do they put a use by date on beer? ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/14 "2012-03-31T19:17:37Z")
> [@Mewl\_Dear](#): > > **I have a beer.** I would rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/15 "2012-03-31T23:13:03Z")
> [@Mewl\_Dear](#): > > My beer is 40°f. It is in a room at 70°f and 50% humidity. > Will it stay colder sealed, or would evaporation cause the warming be about the same? > [@Mewl\_Dear](#): > > I tried to test but the open ones don’t last long enough to evaporate. You’ve answered your own question. If it lasts long enough to evaporate, you’re doing something very wrong! ---
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-beer/617318/16 "2012-04-01T01:40:36Z")
I have had 5 beers and am feeling fine, thank you very much.