<html><head></head><body>Depends on the alcohol content. Generally about 20 degrees F.<br>
The water crystals will freeze first at 32 degrees F. (Remove them for a traditional ice beer).<br>
Generally the freeze will not be detremental to the beer. I drove cross
country in January with beer, mead and wine. The temperatures were well
below freezing. Upon getting to sunny LA, all was fine.<br>
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Mark <br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:92.f68b396.27a038ef@aol.com"><pre wrap="">In a message dated 1/23/01 5:34:56 PM Central Standard Time, a friend who is <br>about to fly on an airborne scientific mission writes:<br><br></pre>
<blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap=""> Help! What is the freezing point of beer?<br>We have managed to accumulate more beer than we can consume before we leave <br>Patuxent River on Thursday. We would like to take the leftovers with us. <br></pre></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">next stop is Anchorage. The overnight temperature there is predicted to be <br>about 19 degrees(F). Can we leave the beer on the plane or should we drag <br></pre></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap="">with us to the BOQ to guard and protect it from prowling bears?<br><br></pre></blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!----> Can any of you guys in the frozen North help me to help him?<br> Scotti on the Gulf Coast<br> "And the white wolf Winter, so cold and froar, <br> Can prowl the north by a frozen door,<br> But here we have fed him on bacon fat,<br> And he sleeps by the fire like a lazy cat."<br> -- Stephen Vincent Benet, "John Brown's Body"<br><br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>To unsubscribe from this list, send email to <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:majordomo@pbm.com">majordomo@pbm.com</a> containing<br>the words "unsubscribe hist-brewing" (or unsubscribe hist-brewing-digest, if<br>you get the digest.) To contact a human about problems, send mail to<br><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:owner-hist-brewing@pbm.com">owner-hist-brewing@pbm.com</a><br><br><br><br></pre>
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