How can I keep drinks cold?

Question

I'm having a big party & only have a small fridge so can't do ice cubes & I have no bath & not much storage! Worried about warm beers!

I only have a small fridge which will be full of food, the same for the freezer, I have no bath and I'm worried about warm beer. Cheapest option please!

Saying I don't have a bath does NOT mean I don't have a bathroom? Some idiots about! I have a shower as the room is not large enough for a bath

Answer 1

You can buy ice at most supermarkets and off licecnes.

Get it just before the party and fill up buckets and the sink with cold water and ice and that should be fine.

Answer 2

Fill your bath and sink with freezing cold water and buy some ice from supermarket. Put your beers in 20 minutes before. If your parties are anything like mine by the time your beers cool down no-one cares cos they are too hammered!!

Answer 3

Do as one of the other posters suggested - if you have a large garbage can (plastic kind Roughneck would be good nice a tough) - if you don't have one borrow one from a friend or maybe buy one (or as many as you might need. You can partly fill it with water and then fill the rest with ice after you load in your bottles or can's of beverage. Your friends just have to reach in for their drinks. At outdoor events here in the summer I see them used all the time by vendors and they do a great job of keeps tons of drinks cold on a hot day. You can even keep the lid on if you want to preserve the ice so it doesn't melt as fast.

Answer 4

Buy a plastic dustbin from your nearest hardware store. It'll be cheap an clean and holds a lot of bottles/cans. fill it no more than half-way up with water and then throw in a load of ice-cubes (about 3 kilos is plenty - you can make them in advance or buy them) your beer-bin will keep everything chilled for about 8 hours in a room at 22 degrees C.

Answer 5

Was at a big garden party recently and was a VERY hot day so the host had got a wheel barrow and filled it with water and loads of ice and put all the beer and wine in it - worked a treat even in mid summer sun.

Answer 6

use some of those big plastic containers that you can buy at target or walmart. They are very handy. Just add your beverage and ice (you don't have to add water) keep in shade and you can also keep the top on to help keep the coldness in. Some of these containers have handles so if a bottle opener is needed you can tie a string on the end of the bottle opener and attach to the plastic container. This is how we keep our beverages cold for parties and of course tailgate parties.

Thes containers can then be reused to store stuff at home after your parties.....They are also great to pack things in when moving.

Answer 7

Hire a fridge. They come on trailers and plug in. And old bath filled with ice is good too.

Answer 8

Th best idea I can come up with is a big plastic garbage can but you're gonna have to break down and buy some ice. Maybe some of your friends could pitch in a few $.

Answer 9

get a cooler. are you in a studio apt? well you could ask your mom to keep it for ya, well ask someone close to your apt to keep it for u. or rent a hall or something. That's easy just freeze loads of those blue things you put in cooler bags. then improvise cooler bags. Like cardboard boxes lined with newspaper.

buy a bigger fridge, or better yet, get a bigger place with a bathroom, how could you not have one? u are in trouble if u have no bathroom, then could have a small party that would solve that problem.

Answer 10

Go to the dollar store and buy a plastic tote for a buck or two, get a couple bags of ice and there you go that should keep it cold and only cost about 5 bucks or so.