In today's video,
we're going to try making root beer using dry ice
inside a pressurized container.
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Guys, I'm Nate.
I'm Calli.
I'm The Hacksmith.
We've got the Hacksmith joining us for an experiment today,
and I think it's gonna be pretty fun.
So Calli, what are we going to be doing here?
We want to make root beer,
but we want to make a lot of it.
We want to try and carbonate it with the dry ice,
but we need a bigger container to do that.
Well, why don't you guys use the old flame thrower?
That is an excellent idea.
Our flamethrower,
if you haven't seen the build video,
is actually made out of a CO2 tank.
This is designed for holding
carbon dioxide,and so while it's usually
a bad idea to put dry ice in sealed containers,
this one can handle it.
The idea here is simple.
We're going to mix up a batch of root beer flavoring and sugar
inside our flamethrower tank.
We'll then add a lot of dry ice, seal it up,
and hopefully, it will both pressurize the tank,
and carbonate the root beer.
All right.
So before we start mixing up some root beer,
why don't we do a quick test using water?
Just to see how it's actually going to react.
This whole tank holds about three and a half
gallons of liquid.
I think we're going to start off with about two just to give
some space in there.
And I smash it with a hammer.
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We've got water in the tank,
and as soon as the dry ice hits that water,
it is going to start building pressure.
So there's a good chance
that some of our dry ice is kind of,
can start getting like spit back out.
So I'm going to try
and do it little bits at a time to minimize that.
We'll see how this goes.
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Okay, we actually got quite a bit in there.
Let's go for one more, then we're going to throw this in.
We're going to put this on with the valve open.
So all of the escaping pressure can come out,
because otherwise, it builds up pressure so far
that you can't thread it on all the way.
All right.
Let's try this.
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It's on.
Close it off,
and now hopefully, it's building up pressure
inside the tank.
Oh boy, that's...
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This is not supposed to happen.
What do you think? Should we risk it?
Just try it with the--
We might as well.
Try with the root beer.
Let's do it.
All right.
So to make the root beer,
we're going to start mixing ingredients together,
including two and a half cups of sugar.
There is a lot of sugar in soda.
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All right, so now we're going to use some root beer extract,
and we need 2 tablespoons to 1 gallon.
Oh, like a pro.
Look at that, not a drop wasted.
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That's really strong too.
I might have spilled too much into mine.
Just how much of a mess
is this about to make as soon as we start pouring
the dry ice into it?
You, ready?
So far so good.
You're right.
I think we should give it just a minute to really
build up some pressure and carbonate that root beer.
All right, I think we need to do a test.
See how well this thing is shooting.
All right, here we go.
3, 2, 1.
Awesome!
Not bad.
Wait!
Don't aim at me.
Aim where you're aiming before, I'm gonna catch it.
All right.
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No!
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Yep, that's aluminum root beer.
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Root beer foam.
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That's not bad.
I would say it's slightly less carbonated
than most root beer are going to get in the bottle,
but it definitely is fizzy.
Definitely is foamy.
Man, it's root beer.
Not bad.
It does have a slight taste
of the aluminum container that it's been sitting in.
Bartender, fill me up.
Thank you, Bartender.
Hey, thank you ,Bartender.
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All right. I'm going to shoot this straight up, and see
if I can at least get some into this cup.
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Some!
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I've got a precision challenge for you.
Rather than a mug, I just have a soda bottle.
We're going to see if you can fill the soda bottle
from like 8 feet away.
You're good.
So when are we gonna put those ponchos on?
Oh yeah, about that, about that poncho.
Oh, that glove is now...
Look at this, Make a fist and squeeze,
root beer just drips out of my glove.
It is completely soaked.
Now, we got a bottle with some root beer,
and a lot of root beer foam in it.
I don't think you're going to get the whole word.
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You can totally do it.
We did it!
Hacksmith.
We've, we've got all the ingredients and supplies to do
that a couple more times.
Let's make some more.
>> Yeah. >> All right.
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Oh boy.
The bottom of our tank is frozen.
Oh, no.
I wonder if that means the hose is frozen.
Only one way to find out.
Now, when Grant invited me down here,
I had no idea I get to shoot both Nate and Calli,
so I'm pretty excited.
Let see how it goes.
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Oh, it torn through.
Now, you can protect yourself.
3, 2.
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This is actually frozen to the board.
This is--
It's a slush.
He's shooting me with slush.
All right, I say let's do another batch
that had a lot more power.
Yeah.
But it gave us a lot of issues.
Yeah, the freezing bottom.
And we didn't get a nice stream of root beer,
we got like a hard spray.
We had the same problem with this thing
when we would use the CO2
in the normal fuel as a flamethrower,
is that with too much pressure,
it tends to just vaporize a little bit on contact with air.
So I think we should go back to the other method,
root beer first, then the dry ice.
Maybe we can have a shooting competition to see
who can fill a mug fastest.
It's time for a little friendly competition.
We've got three mugs over there,
and we're gonna see who can fill the mug
the most in 10 seconds.
So we'll each take 10 seconds, and see
who can fill their mug most.
3, 2, 1
. 1.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
He actually got some in there.
I definitely went to 11 seconds too.
3, 2, 1.
. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
Got extra second.
I don't think I got any, guys.
It's all right.
>> I think.. >> Little bit.
Not much, but I think some.
To be fair, it's first time I have ever shot that so...
All right. Now we've got the expert, who's already been doing this.
No pressure.
Alright 3, 2, 1.
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2...
I think he gets a few more extra second now.
Aw, that's too bad.
Oh, well, we beat him.
Let's check this out.
Let's see how we do.
Guys, we're all terrible.
That looks pretty empty to me.
There's a drip.
I got maybe a tablespoon.
Yeah.
Yeah, we got, we got two drips each.
And that, Nate's the clear winner.
Almost a quarter of a swallow.
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