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Old 02-01-2019, 07:45 AM   #12
Spexxvet
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Apparently, it's been done.

"Mid 1800s: According to the Encyclopedia of Antartica, small icebergs were towed from southern Chile up to Valparaiso as part of the brewery supply chain. A Chilean researcher said, "The icebergs were towed by ships of the conventional type. Sometimes the icebergs were supplied with sails to utilize the prevailing winds. The ice was used for refrigerating purposes in the breweries and was generally substituted for artificial ice." Apparently, the business continued until about the turn of the century."

Beer is the mother of all innovation.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technolo...chemes/243364/
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