Need a cold beer? Try the “hopsicle”

The Diablo Royale Este is a giant Mexican-themed saloon in New York City. They will sell you a beer popsicle:

the barman-witchdoctors at Diablo … [inject] the beer with simple syrup and lime juice, jamming a wooden stick into the hole of the can and then putting it in the freezer. For four days.

The result is a genuine beer popsicle, which the bartender must saw in half with a serrated steak knife (or samurai sword) to open. Then it’s up to you to push the wooden stick upward to dispense the hopsicle in true Push Pop style, and decide if you want your savory sweet frozen joyride bathed in tequila as well (note: you want this).

Sounds way better than what I normally do, which is bring home some warm beer, pop a few in the freezer to try and chill them quickly, but forget about them, and then, days later, discover that I’ve got burst beers all over my freezer.

You know who likes frozen beer drippings that melt all down the side of your fridge? Ants, that’s who. Ants that will crawl up into your freezer and freeze, trying to get at what they must assume is the motherload.

Anyway, I’m still going to try this hopsicle thing.