Froze Beer by accident... a problem?

Hedge · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:21

I put some cans in the freezer to chill, then forgot about them and they ended up frozen solid.

Is there a problem with defrosting beer? will it taste dodgy or make me ill?

KaHn · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:22

never had a problem when i defrost my beer

KaHn

Mikoyan · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:22

not dodgy I had a carling i froze and it split....then i drank it.....then i spat it

Lead_Head · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:25

I drank beer that was semi-defrosted and I was ill the next day.

Rich_L · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:25

Lead_Head said:
I drank beer that was semi-defrosted and I was ill the next day.

I drank 20 beers that had been in the freezer and defrosted and was ill the next day too. Must have been the defrosting

BigDannyO · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:26

Drank de-frosted beer on many an occasion and never been ill.

Don't see how it could be a problem to be honest!

KaHn · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:28

BigDannyO said:
Drank de-frosted beer on many an occasion and never been ill.

Don't see how it could be a problem to be honest!

Some people think that because alcohol and water freeze at different temps that if you freeze beer you are left with pure alcohol, thats not the case so its fine

KaHn

Mr_T · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:28

I've drunken semi frozen cider a couple of times... takes the fizz out of it!

Wicksta · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:28

Every time I've done this I've ended up with split cans, and an ice that really burns the skin!

BigDannyO · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:31

KaHn said:
Some people think that because alcohol and water freeze at different temps that if you freeze beer you are left with pure alcohol, thats not the case so its fine

KaHn

Might seperate it out a bit so there's more alcohol at the top though, just gives you an extra kick when you start the can off!

div0 · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:33

Only problem I've ever had with freezing beer is that it sometimes bursts the can open, which ain't ideal when it turns back to a liquid. Usually it just bursts the ring-pull open a bit, so as long as you defrost it the right way up you should be fine!

I wouldn't make a habit of freezing my beer, but I've never heard of it doing anyone any harm!

monkeyspank · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:33

It goes a bit flat but it's still beer!

KaHn · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:34

more to the point, why you drinking at this time on a friday?

KaHn

james.miller · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:35

mmm icicle beer.

seriously, semi-frozen beer for the win.

tsinc80697 · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:37

KaHn said:
more to the point, why you drinking at this time on a friday?

KaHn

what are you on about why ! WHY NOT !

Pub time anyway, liverpool vs pompy! No need for freezer beer there

Beren · 27 Jul 2007 at 12:57

KaHn said:
Some people think that because alcohol and water freeze at different temps that if you freeze beer you are left with pure alcohol, thats not the case so its fine

KaHn

I don't know about beer but I have used a freezer to distill Cider into a loverly brew called Applejack. Made quite a lot of it in 6th form as we could hapilly bring a little cola bottle full in to drink at lunch time in the common room... it had the nice effect of making a cool drink out of really cheap cider!

squiffy · 27 Jul 2007 at 13:00

Beer lollies!

cheets64 · 27 Jul 2007 at 13:03

Defrosted lager is crap, the best temp to drink is 2-4c anything above or below that and its going down the sink.

Tommy B · 27 Jul 2007 at 13:16

The last time I defrosted a guinness I was violently sick for the following 2 days.

Was probably the virus though.

Hedge · 28 Jul 2007 at 17:23

Forgot i made this thread.

Gonna have to drink more beer tonight