The peanut dance isn’t complete, at this point, as it rolls around at the surface, popping all attached bubbles. It sinks again, then gathers new bubbles and repeats.

The peanuts then dive down before being propelled up again by freshly formed bubbles, in a dance that continues until the carbon dioxide runs out — or someone interrupts by drinking the beer.

Whatever your preferred Peanuts-inspired dance style is, best start to boogie, for a Christmastime Peanuts tradition is here, or, rather, one that is very specific to Costa Mesa.

The peanuts dance has no fabulous movement but it is nevertheless striking. When the nuts are dropped into beer, they should sink and stay down – they are after all denser than the liquid that ...

The peanuts then dive down before being propelled up again by freshly formed bubbles, in a dance that continues until the carbon dioxide runs out — or someone interrupts by drinking the beer. In a ...

The peanuts then dive down before being propelled up again by freshly formed bubbles, in a dance that continues until the carbon dioxide runs out -- or someone interrupts by drinking the beer.

Back to homepage / Live news Scientists explain why peanuts 'dance' when dropped in beer. Paris (AFP) – When peanuts are dropped into a pint of beer, they initially sink to the bottom before ...