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Is frozen beer ok to drink after it's thawed out?

  • 25-09-2011 04:01PM
    #1
    gebbel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭


    I left 10 x 330ml cans of carlsberg in the freezer last night. Keeps on happening me this! This time however none of the cans burst and they are now thawed out.

    Does this freeze/ thaw action on beer adversely affect it?

    Thanks.
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  • #2
    Prenderb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,560 ✭✭✭Prenderb


    It should be fine. Well, it's going to taste like Carlsberg, but it'll be fine.

    someone else would have said that anyway. :)

    Enjoy!


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    It might lose it's fizz though. I think that happened to me many years ago (But I was drunk, so the memory's a bit wobbly)


  • #4
    Sonovagun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 391 ✭✭Sonovagun


    surely alochol doesn't freeze?


  • #5
    Outkast_IRE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,511 ✭✭✭Outkast_IRE


    Sonovagun wrote: »
    surely alochol doesn't freeze?
    the amount of alcohol in the drink will affect how easily it freezes , for example beer would freeze easily compared to vodka or another high percentage spirit.


  • #6
    Benny_Cake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Benny_Cake


    Happened to me once,it'll be completely flat when it thaws.


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  • #7
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,303 ✭✭✭kenmc


    Benny_Cake wrote: »
    Happened to me once,it'll be completely flat when it thaws.
    in other words it'll probably taste better so.


  • #8
    Benny_Cake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,105 ✭✭✭Benny_Cake


    kenmc wrote: »
    in other words it'll probably taste better so.

    Since it's Carlsberg,yes,it probably will.:D


  • #9
    Bigcheeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Bigcheeze


    Benny_Cake wrote: »
    Happened to me once,it'll be completely flat when it thaws.

    no it won't. Where do you think the gas is going to go ?


  • #10
    amen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭amen


    surely alochol doesn't freeze

    I'm interested in why you think Alcohol would not freeze ?


  • #11
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    amen wrote: »
    I'm interested in why you think Alcohol would not freeze ?

    Alcohol freezes at a lower temperature than water.

    Link


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  • #12
    Sonovagun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 391 ✭✭Sonovagun


    amen wrote: »
    I'm interested in why you think Alcohol would not freeze ?

    Alco Pops, never got a froozen one!


  • #13
    Martyn1989
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭Martyn1989


    BaZmO* wrote: »
    Alcohol freezes at a lower temperature than water.

    Link

    Yes but the beery water will freeze and seperate from the alcohol, only high abv (above 40%) spirits can be kept in the freezer.


  • #14
    BaZmO*
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Martyn1989 wrote: »
    Yes but the beery water will freeze and seperate from the alcohol, only high abv (above 40%) spirits can be kept in the freezer.

    I never said beer wouldn't freeze, I was just pointing out that alcohol does freeze, but at a much lower temperature than water, so obviously the higher the alcohol content the less likely it is going to freeze, especially in a domestic freezer.


  • #15
    amen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭amen


    Alco Pops, never got a froozen one

    great argument


  • #16
    n97 mini
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,990 ✭✭✭n97 mini


    It'll be fine to drink after it thaws. It will be completely flat, so it'll taste even worse than it did before you froze it. :)


  • #17
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    I find they can go a bit flat, never fully flat. If the cans did not explode or expand it might not have fully frozen. One idea I had but never did was to fill an ice cube bag with the defrosted beer and refreeze, now you have ice cubes that won't dilute your beer.

    10 cans is a lot of cubes though!


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