How to Pack a Beer Cooler

The only thing worse than having only warm beer on hand? Having no beer on hand.

Step 1: Stack beers Stack a layer of beers, horizontally, on the bottom of the empty cooler.
TIP: Don't pack the beer in so tightly that there's no room for ice to flow between cans or bottles.
Step 2: Pour ice Pour ice over the beer.
Step 3: Sprinkle salt Sprinkle rock salt on top; it lowers the freezing point of ice, meaning the ice will melt into a freezing cold beer bath.
: Be sure to warn guests that there's rock salt in the ice so they don't unwittingly eat it!
Step 4: Stack second layer Neatly stack a second layer of beer into the cooler.
Step 5: Apply more ice Apply more ice and rock salt.
Step 6: Keep adding layers Keep adding new layers of beer, ice and salt until your cooler is full, and then keep the lid on—when there aren't hands reaching in for another.
FACT: Some beer connoisseurs believe beer tastes best at no less than 40 degrees Fahrenheit.