Re: Re: ice how to

Combining Mike Valentiner's and Roger Deschner's comments about making an "ice beer" are very appropriate. It is much, much easier and more effective to freeze beer in mid-winter, rather than in a mechanical freezer. It is always a good idea to push finished beer with CO2 gas and avoid possible oxidation of your beer. My own comment to add is this....Microbiologically speaking, there are esentially no airborne wild yeast cells outdoors in mid-winter....very unlikely to have contamination issues when transferring a "frozen" beer on a -20F January day. And, yes, it is technically illegal to make an ice beer, if you look at the letter of the BATF law. Concentration vs. distillation, obviously they accomplish the same task, increasing alcohol content of the beverage. There ia an old issue of Zymurgy that delves into Eisbocks..... getting insanely high ABV's by freezing and concentrating an already big ol' bock beer. I have this issue at home if anyone is interested..... I just don't recall the year/month of the publication. Chills and cheers, Steve Weiland ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $8.99/mo! ------