Pouring Beer into a Hot Pan is Pretty Awesome [VIDEO]
At no point in my life have I ever considered pouring beer into a hot frying pan, mainly because I didn't want to waste the beer. However, after seeing a video on YouTube, I decided to try it myself.
What's happening in the video above is actually caused by the Leidenfrost effect, which I'm sure you already knew. In case you didn't, according to Wikipedia:
The Leidenfrost effect is a phenomenon in which a liquid, in near contact with a mass significantly hotter than the liquid's boiling point, produces an insulating vapor layer keeping that liquid from boiling rapidly. This is most commonly seen when cooking; one sprinkles drops of water in a pan to gauge its temperature: if the pan's temperature is at or above the Leidenfrost point, the water skitters across the pan and takes longer to evaporate than in a pan below the temperature of the Leidenfrost point (but still above boiling temperature).
Needless to say, it's actually pretty cool seeing beer react this way, though I wouldn't suggest using a premium beer to do it. You don't want to waste the good stuff, ya know?
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