In the event of nuclear war, drink beer
Sounds like a sensible plan to me.
As for whether bottles would protect the beer inside from radiation, I imagine that would be the least of one's concerns after a nuclear war.
As for whether bottles would protect the beer inside from radiation, I imagine that would be the least of one's concerns after a nuclear war.
Tacoma News Tribune - July 7, 1958
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Soda-lime glass doesn't protect against X-Rays or Gamma rays. Whatever effects those have on the beer would be minimal compared to the risk of drinking something that might have radioactive isotopes in it from the dust/ash from a nuclear explosion.
Beer could be important to survival. Although questionable on the matter of vitamins and minerals, it is a high calorie food.
One thing to consider is drinking only the beer bottled prior to the explosion. Anything bottled after might have contamination -- you can tell if a wine was bottled prior to 1945 by measuring its gamma signature: pre-1945 doesn't have Cesium 137 (?) while all bottled afterward does. (Went down a rabbit hole with this after watching an episode of "White Collar" which featured this fact in a story about forging vintage wines.
Beer could be important to survival. Although questionable on the matter of vitamins and minerals, it is a high calorie food.
One thing to consider is drinking only the beer bottled prior to the explosion. Anything bottled after might have contamination -- you can tell if a wine was bottled prior to 1945 by measuring its gamma signature: pre-1945 doesn't have Cesium 137 (?) while all bottled afterward does. (Went down a rabbit hole with this after watching an episode of "White Collar" which featured this fact in a story about forging vintage wines.
Posted by Phideaux on 01/08/24 at 03:21 PM
If you need brown glass bottles to protect the drink adequately against radiations, there are a number of malt-based Caribbean beverages that might do the trick while preserving your hand-eye coordination. The green-glass bottles' content can be used to wet the cloth used to clean radiation dust from the brown glass bottles.
Posted by Yudith on 01/13/24 at 11:25 AM
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Category: Inebriation and Intoxicants | Atomic Power and Other Nuclear Matters | 1950s