Get your drink cold faster

If you have about 20 minutes to wait, wrap a wet paper towel around the bottle or can and put it in the freezer (do not let your drinks freeze all the way). Placing your drinks in a bath of ice water will work even faster than in the freezer, 10 to 15 minutes. If you add salt to the ice water it will take about 8 minutes. But if you also add alcohol to the mix (1/2 bottle to each gallon of water), you will speed the process even more, and your drink will be ready in 3 to 5 minutes.