How long does it take for room temperature beer to get ice cold?

I'm throwing a party. I have a ton of beer in bottles and cans that I need to be cold for the party. However, I don't want to ice them too early and have all the ice melt off. How much time do I need to allow for the beers to get cold after being iced in coolers?|||i'd say at least 2 hours, and I'd put some in freezer or fridge just to have a batch of cold beer before hand...|||Your question depends on how large the containers are (its thermal mass), what they are made from (thermal transfer abilities), how hot they are when you put them in (starting temperature) and if there is enough ice to compensate. That being said putting them on ice will not make them ice cold. It will make them about 35F. It takes about 5-10 minutes for 12 ounce cans depending on how warm they were to begin, how many you put in at a time, and if you can get it totally surrounded by ice. Cans cool quicker then bottles as glass is an insulator and aluminum is very good and thermal transfer.





Keep it in a fridge until it is time to transfer it to coolers. Oh, and once you buy a new fridge take your old one and put it in the garage. It is what we know as a beer fridge.|||If you put the beer in the cooler with ice on it, it only takes 8 minutes for the beer to get cold and good enough to drink.!! bottoms up!|||Refrigerator - 45 minutes


Freezer - 20 minutes


Ice water - 5 minutes


Ice water w/ salt - 2 minutes|||The best way is to fridge the beer now if possible or at least keep them in the shade, and put them in the cooler with ice on top 30 minutes before the first one will be drunk.|||pour liquid nitrogen over them, and they'll be icey cold in an instant.