27 Aug
2003
27 Aug
'03
3:19 p.m.
My chest freezer didn't seem to have any trouble freezing the beer.
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From: "Michael Valentiner" <mpv(a)yuck.net>
To: <mba(a)thebarn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 3:00 PM
Subject: 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
You can make ice beer in a freezer set right below 32F. I accidentally
made an
Ice-Saison once. Make sure the keg is in contact with the wall that
has the cooling elements behind it. The wall will pull the heat out of the
keg since they are in physical contact with each other.
>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.
You increase the percentage of alcohol and you increase the concentration
of sugar,
so the beverage is sweeter. SG goes up.
>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.
Good article, written by Dennis if I remember correctly.
Chills and cheers,
Steve Weiland
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Michael Valentiner, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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