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mcampbel@cs.ucf.edu (Mike Campbell) writes:
>kpapai@rahul.net (Ken Papai) writes:
>>koziarz@chinet.chi.il.us (Louis Koziarz) writes:

>>>>>>If you've timed it right, you can pop the top off the bottle and watch
>>>>>>as the beer flash-freezes solid in a matter of a seconds. The first time

>>>Doesn't the frozen beer/ice expand and break the bottle, or gush out ...
>>>Every beer I've left in the freezer had broken in this manner.

>>That's because you're drinking cheap beer.  Good beer does not break the
>>glass.  Esp. if you are drinking out of twist-off bottles.  Anyway, beer
>>should not be frozen, good beer should be enjoyed at a temp. well above 
>>freezing, esp. depending on the beer.  A good bet for most good beers
>>is 39 to 46 degrees F.  Just ask the expert.

>What is it about 'good' beer that makes it not expand when frozen?  That's
>amazing!  =)

Because, there's no need to get "good beer" cold quickly.  Esp. not
freezer-level cold.  It's more amusing than anything else.  ...been
reading alt.beer too much lately.  ...this beer connoisseur-ness is
going to my head!  Good beer, esp. porters & stouts, is so "heavy"
already, and generally of higher alchohol that its freezing point is
10 degrees lower than the cheap stuff, ie, BudMillerCoorsStrohs.

 
-- 
Ken Papai <kpapai@rahul.net>