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- From: kpapai@rahul.net (Ken Papai)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science
- Subject: Re: very cold beer
- Message-ID: <BzqHq5.76F@rahul.net>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 22:42:04 GMT
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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>
-