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Date: 29 Aug 2007 17:48:28
From: ostaz
Subject: Freezing beer-a good thing?
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Strange thing happened....I made a pale ale, kegged it, it was
delicious.....but cloudy, as usual. I turned the temp down on the kegerator
a bit and accidentally froze up the whole darn thing. Well, no need to
panic (as I've done that before)....I turned the temp back up and it thawed
by the next evening. The interesting thing is that a couple of pints later,
the beer was beautifully clear!! Probably the clearest beer I've ever
made....commercial-type clear! Also, the taste mellowed nicely after the
freeze. I'm actually considering purposely freezing my keg as part of my
routine (well, maybe). Is this coincidence or did the freezing cause all of
these beneficial events to happen?
Pete
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Date: 29 Aug 2007 19:13:57
From: Duke
Subject: Re: Freezing beer-a good thing?
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"ostaz" <ostazz@nospam.com > wrote in message
news:MjiBi.21845$eY.12354@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net...
> Strange thing happened....I made a pale ale, kegged it, it was
> delicious.....but cloudy, as usual. I turned the temp down on the
> kegerator a bit and accidentally froze up the whole darn thing. Well, no
> need to panic (as I've done that before)....I turned the temp back up and
> it thawed by the next evening. The interesting thing is that a couple of
> pints later, the beer was beautifully clear!! Probably the clearest beer
> I've ever made....commercial-type clear! Also, the taste mellowed nicely
> after the freeze. I'm actually considering purposely freezing my keg as
> part of my routine (well, maybe). Is this coincidence or did the freezing
> cause all of these beneficial events to happen?
>
> Pete
>
While I do not freeze my ales I do typically bring them down to around 35 F
or so for about a week before I keg. This usually clears them up nicely.
Duke
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Date: 29 Aug 2007 21:14:21
From: ostaz
Subject: Re: Freezing beer-a good thing?
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"Duke" <nada@nada.com > wrote in message news:VzjBi.142$ih.124@trnddc01...
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> "ostaz" <ostazz@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:MjiBi.21845$eY.12354@newssvr13.news.prodigy.net...
>> Strange thing happened....I made a pale ale, kegged it, it was
>> delicious.....but cloudy, as usual. I turned the temp down on the
>> kegerator a bit and accidentally froze up the whole darn thing. Well, no
>> need to panic (as I've done that before)....I turned the temp back up and
>> it thawed by the next evening. The interesting thing is that a couple of
>> pints later, the beer was beautifully clear!! Probably the clearest beer
>> I've ever made....commercial-type clear! Also, the taste mellowed nicely
>> after the freeze. I'm actually considering purposely freezing my keg as
>> part of my routine (well, maybe). Is this coincidence or did the
>> freezing cause all of these beneficial events to happen?
>>
>> Pete
>>
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> While I do not freeze my ales I do typically bring them down to around 35
> F or so for about a week before I keg. This usually clears them up
> nicely.
>
> Duke
I was trying to bring it down from 40 degrees to 35 by barely moving the
temp knob....well, the fridge dove down to 20degrees!!
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Date: 29 Aug 2007 16:58:20
From: Mark R
Subject: Re: Freezing beer-a good thing?
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"ostaz" <ostazz@nospam.com > wrote in message
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>> While I do not freeze my ales I do typically bring them down to around 35
>> F or so for about a week before I keg. This usually clears them up
>> nicely.
>>
>> Duke
> I was trying to bring it down from 40 degrees to 35 by barely moving the
> temp knob....well, the fridge dove down to 20degrees!!
Being under pressure and containing alcohol the keg probably didn't freeze
that bad. Maybe a little bit of beer slushy? I wouldn't freeze your brew but
as the others said, lowering to 35 or so will really clear up most brews.
Mark R
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Date: 29 Aug 2007 18:57:28
From: Scott Sellers
Subject: Re: Freezing beer-a good thing?
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ostaz <ostazz@nospam.com >:
>Strange thing happened....I made a pale ale, kegged it, it was
>delicious.....but cloudy, as usual. I turned the temp down on
>the kegerator a bit and accidentally froze up the whole darn
>thing. Well, no need to panic (as I've done that before)....I
>turned the temp back up and it thawed by the next evening. The
>interesting thing is that a couple of pints later, the beer was
>beautifully clear!! Probably the clearest beer I've ever
>made....commercial-type clear! Also, the taste mellowed nicely
>after the freeze. I'm actually considering purposely freezing
>my keg as part of my routine (well, maybe). Is this coincidence
>or did the freezing cause all of these beneficial events to
>happen?
Colder temps accelerate settling, absolutely. This is one reason
why traditional lagers are usually clearer than traditional ales.
Freezing isn't standard practice, that I know of.
cheers,
Scott S
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Scott Sellers
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