Frozen beer

[Cestrian]

Just came to bottle my Vienna lager and the top third is frozen. I’ll let it thaw out overnight I’m sure it’ll be ok. Only had the lagering fridge set on 2 degrees though!

 

[An Ankoù]

GIves a whole new meaning to cold crashing.

 

[Horners]

Just came to bottle my Vienna lager and the top third is frozen. I’ll let it thaw out overnight I’m sure it’ll be ok. Only had the lagering fridge set on 2 degrees though!

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Done it a couple of times first time was St Austell 1851 and it is still one of my best brews to date.

 

[MickDundee]

Done it a couple of times first time was St Austell 1851 and it is still one of my best brews to date.

You’ve been brewing a very long time!

 

[foxy]

Just came to bottle my Vienna lager and the top third is frozen. I’ll let it thaw out overnight I’m sure it’ll be ok. Only had the lagering fridge set on 2 degrees though!

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I would be checking out whatever you are using for temperature control, it's way off.

 

[muppix]

Did this work out OK in the end? I'm curious as I just returned home to find my Fermzilla starting to freeze inside the fridge, air temperature inside a whopping -8.6 ℃.

Guess I won't be using the 'maximum' chill setting in future...

 

[Benfleet Brewery]

I made a giant beer ice lolly like this recently too. The temperature of my brew fridge was set to -1 for cold crash, as I usually do, but I left it a bit longer on this occasion. It was only when I went to keg it I realised the dry hop bag was frozen to the inside of the FV and the beer had a thin layer of ice on It.
Anyway, I left it a few hours to thaw and kegged as normal and it was absolutely fine.

 

[muppix]

Perfect, cheers @Markk. Mine wasn't frozen solid, just the first lines of icy strata visible at the edges. Hopefully it's not stressed the plastic threads and seals too much, or I'll have a nice puddle when it thaws out.

 

[The Baron]

Just came to bottle my Vienna lager and the top third is frozen. I’ll let it thaw out overnight I’m sure it’ll be ok. Only had the lagering fridge set on 2 degrees though!

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by any chance is it in a brew fridge/freezer and if so is it in a garage or outbuilding as some fridges will not operate at ambient temps below zero-ish

 

[Buffers brewery]

Good way to up the ABV of your beer. Remove the ice leaving the alcohol behind (freezing point ~ -100C)

 

[The Baron]

Good way to up the ABV of your beer. Remove the ice leaving the alcohol behind (freezing point ~ -100C)

Did that once with a Lager then got a wobbly gob wife after 3 pints

 

[Cestrian]

by any chance is it in a brew fridge/freezer and if so is it in a garage or outbuilding as some fridges will not operate at ambient temps below zero-ish

The brew fridge was in the garage. Don't know if the ambient temperature makes a difference, but this happened last August. I think it may have happened because it was touching the back wall of the fridge which had started to ice up. Now I try and lager at 2.5C which seems to work without icing up.

 

[Cestrian]

Did this work out OK in the end? I'm curious as I just returned home to find my Fermzilla starting to freeze inside the fridge, air temperature inside a whopping -8.6 ℃.

Guess I won't be using the 'maximum' chill setting in future...

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My frozen beer turned out fine. Let it thaw out overnight. Bottled it the next day. Turned out great!

 

[yrhendystu]

You’ve been brewing a very long time!

What? Since ten to seven?