It's so cold in parts of the Midwest, they can't deliver beer

[riversedge]

Source: CNN



Updated 12:38 PM ET, Wed January 30, 2019


(CNN)Ice cold beer is great. Frozen beer is not.

That's why, with a historic deep freeze gripping the Midwest, beer deliveries are on hold in some parts of the region.

Temperatures are so low that beer will freeze -- around 32 degrees or slightly lower, depending on alcohol content -- on the trucks before it can be delivered.
Kegged beer in trucks froze Tuesday, before temperatures even reached their coldest.

"Most of the folks up north are not delivering," says Mike Madigan, president of Minnesota Beer Wholesalers Association. "Most distributors are not delivering in the Twin Cities, down south and out west."
In Minneapolis, the temperature Wednesday hit minus 26 degrees, with a wind chill of 53 below zero.......................



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I had stocked up prior to the deep freeze--but did not know about the possibility of NOT delivering the brew!!

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[SoCalNative]

1. This

is a TRUE National Emergency!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Oh, darn, I'm just not fast enough. NT

[world wide wally]

3. I lived in Wisconsin during the winter of '76-'77.

There were 6 guys sitting around at the house on a football Sunday afternoon and we all had money. Nobody was willing to walk to the tavern about 100 yards away because the wind chill was -60. Now THAT is cold!

[Cetacea]

9. The winters were longer as were the deep freezes.

Now, the "heat domes" are longer .

[DownriverDem]

19. Where I am sitting

In SE Michigan, right now it's -7. Mail delivery was cancelled.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

13. Bar-hopping on snowmobiles....

only in Wisconsin......

(it's true)

[Siwsan]

4. I brought all of my beer and cider in, from the garage

So far, things aren't freezing in the garage, but why take that chance? I've got some really good IPA.

[Yavin4]

5. There's no beer in Wisconsin,

Send in the National Guard!!!

[riversedge]

20. Now this could be the crisis Trump is looking for??? Nah-keep him out of Wisconsin!!

[whistler162]

23. That is a cheesy comment!

[EarthFirst]

30. I see what you did there... nt

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Same for Soda Pop.

And Diet Soda freezes and explodes the fastest.

[TygrBright]

7. Okay, NOW it's a crisis! n/t

[FailureToCommunicate]

8. Midwesterners know better than to be caught without having stocked up...

[BigmanPigman]

25. Yep, that is what the pioneers did to keep warm but not freeze.

Snow acts as an insulator when it gets really cold. My friend did that when he was stationed in Alaska.

[FakeNoose]

29. Love this "redneck fridge" photo!

[nocoincidences]

10. Oh no, it is the apocalypse for sure!

Quick: everyone have panic sex!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

14. Beeralypse!

.............

I feel sorry for the ugly people at closing time!..........

[George II]

11. Oh horrors!!!

That's a serious problem in the Midwest. They take their beer seriously out there.

Way back in the 1980s I worked for a company that sold industrial valves to manufacturing plants, among them breweries. While in Milwaukee visiting a Pabst brewery, they took us on a tour. Along the way they gave us some statistics about beer consumption in the US. At that time, 40 years ago, the average American consumed 7 gallons of beer a year. In Milwaukee it was FORTY NINE gallons a year, seven times the national average.

[GulfCoast66]

15. Ha! My doctor is from Wisconsin. Burly Blond guy in his 30s.

Talks to me about my diet. I eat real clean, all fresh ingredients and home cooked. But too much of it. Need to lose 30 lbs.

He tells me to eat less and stay off the bourbon and wine as much as possible.

But a few beers won’t hurt me! Says he drinks a lot himself!!

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. Travel story...

Worked field service for years in Wisconsin for mills and power plants all over the state in the 90s. On one paper job, we were almost done with the work and I wanted to work a few hours on Saturday to finish up.

Me: Could you come in for a while on Saturday to wrap this up so I can fly home a day early?

My maintenance dept. helper: No, I really can't. I've got some important beer drinking to do. It's been a long week.

(this guy was such a good helper, I honored his needs and finished up on Monday)

............

[George II]

18. You should have gone over and helped him drink his beer. One other thing about the Pabst brewery...

....all workers were permitted to drink as much beer on the job as they wanted. It seems that when you're working around beer all day you're not all that attracted to drinking it during the day.

[jcgoldie]

24. I'm guessing the problem was that it was PBR

That's what my dad drank. Yuck. I drink a lot of beer but that shit hurts your gut.

[irresistable]

12. There are other options

[keithbvadu2]

16. My mother called one New Year's Eve... Making ice cubes in the snowbank... 15 below... Colder than t

My mother called one New Year's Eve... Making ice cubes in the snowbank... 15 below... Colder than the freezer.

[briv1016]

21. Time to switch to liquor.

80 proof liquor doesn't freeze till -17F.

[zeusdogmom]

22. Never let my supply get lower than a case 😄

Ditto the wine. One must always be prepared for any emergency. 😉

[Throck]

26. No beer deliveries?

Armageddon.

[guillaumeb]

27. My beer and hard cider is safe in the house. eom

[rusty quoin]

28. With the right wing, nothing changes minds when it affects them personally.

You have a gay son...gay people are nice. Your wife gets sick, we need to do something about healthcare. You get stuck in an incredible delay at the airport...the shutdown has got to end. The beer is frozen...maybe there’s something real about this climate change thing.

[Glamrock]

31. Oh my god!