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i put this in the freezer (it was room temperature and i wanted to drink it cold) before the hr derby and then forgot about it. this is going to be one cold-ass, potentially less flavorful (?) beer. q: what happens when you freeze your beer like a dumbass? what does it do to the beer?

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On 7/14/2025 at 10:04 PM, Derka said:

i put this in the freezer (it was room temperature and i wanted to drink it cold) before the hr derby and then forgot about it. this is going to be one cold-ass, potentially less flavorful (?) beer. q: what happens when you freeze your beer like a dumbass? what does it do to the beer?

On 7/15/2025 at 12:24 AM, Derka said:

it slammed and went hard, imo.

Can negatively affect carbonation and flavor, but not necessarily and sounds like it probably didn't have enough time in this case to cause issues. Some beers are purposefully ice-distilled to concentrate flavor, just as wines can be fermented from the must of frozen grapes (which I was a lot more familiar with).

Our weekly happy hour started just before the pandemic, with a short hiatus during the initial stages and then our wives' strictly-enforced six-foot summer spacing on the patio. We drank in the garage during that full Wisconsin winter of 2020-21, which was relatively mild, and had a couple of doors open for air exchange. We usually kept some beer in the fridge (which was really insulation against freezing the beer at that point -- we researched freezing points of various styles and kept a close eye on the stuff in the fridge, which basically didn't run for a few months).

We've had a few that froze, but usually from getting pressed up against the back of the fridge in summer or other bad fridge monitoring. It's less waste than just throwing it away, but not especially good.

Even when we were looking into freeze points, I don't remember reading about ice beers, which I was first exposed to during a trip this May to Leinie's Lodge in Chippewa Falls. They had an ice beer, but it's already off their web page and I'm wondering if they'll do it again. I thought it was pretty solid.

 

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Most (or all) of those big labels with "ice" on them aren't ice beers, are they, @utee94? I figured that one isn't and looked it up, but that's going to be the extent of my looking or I won't get anything done today that's deserving of an evening beer.

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Just now, Hayduke said:

Most (or all) of those big labels with "ice" on them aren't ice beers, are they, @utee94? I figured that one isn't and looked it up, but that's going to be the extent of my looking or I won't get anything done today that's deserving of an evening beer.

Heh, it was a fad for a while in the 90s.  Either just before, or just after, all of the "dry" beers that the macros tried to market.

And then let's not forget the "clear" craze!  

Miller Clear Beer

 

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"Don't ask why. Drink Bud Dry!"

they sure did innovate the living hell out of beer flavored water during dem days. Dry. Ice. Premium. Red Dog.  All of it was shit, but if it was on sale, I probably tried it.  No wonder i didn't like beer until much later in life.

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1 minute ago, Iceman said:

"Don't ask why. Drink Bud Dry!"

they sure did innovate the living hell out of beer flavored water during dem days. Dry. Ice. Premium. Red Dog.  All of it was shit, but if it was on sale, I probably tried it.  No wonder i didn't like beer until much later in life.

Miller "Genuine Draft" and Michelob "Golden Draft" and Coors "Extra Gold" in the 80s, even before all that.

Here we have Duff, Duff Lite, and our newest flavor, Duff Dry :  r/TheSimpsons

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3 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Miller "Genuine Draft" and Michelob "Golden Draft" and Coors "Extra Gold" in the 80s, even before all that.

Here we have Duff, Duff Lite, and our newest flavor, Duff Dry :  r/TheSimpsons

 

On 5/31/2025 at 2:38 PM, Al_4_ISU said:

My uncle’s beer fridge. This man owns 1,000 acres of Iowa farmland worth roughly $13K/acre.

He chose this life.

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I'm still looking for a place that will sell singles of all three of the OMs in @Al_4_ISU's uncle's beer fridge to try at happy hour. I could go to Milwaukee, I guess, or just buy a sixer of each -- likely not to cost much more than three decent craft singles.

But then we'd have to drink 'em all, because we don't even throw out frozen beer.

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enjoyed the lager system collab between st elmo and live oak. figured i would pick up a 4 pack...$18 for 4 lagers? fuck you. 

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