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>On Mon, 12 Apr 2010 22:07:59 -0400, scrape
>>wrote:
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>>>As high as 82 proof (41% ABV)
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>>>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1978705,00.html?xid=newsletter-weekly
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>>>IdaRumGuy
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>>That ain't beer.
>>Ale yeast will only ferment to ~9 or 10%. Champagne yeast will only
>>get to around 14%. That's got to be fortified or distilled.
>Guess you didn't read the article?
>"As explained in a cheeky video on the company's website (warning: the
>clip contains simulated penguin sex), the brewery was able to attain
>the high alcohol content by freezing the beer at a local ice cream
>factory, at temperatures as low as -6°C (21°F), for 21 days. Alcohol
>freezes at lower temperatures than water, and removing water from the
>solution increased the alcohol concentration."
Correct. I didn't read it and forgot about "ice beer" or eisbier.
That has nothing to do with Miller Genuine Draft Dry Lite Ice though.
I recall at least one German beer that's used that process, but I've
never had it.
>Just when does "beer" cross over to the "liquor" realm?
Don't know what qualifies it as liquor, but there's a category of high
alcohol beers referred to as Barley Wines that are fermented with
champagne yeast. I think liquor is more of a generic term, but it
would imply distillation.
>>>> freezing the beer
That is how they make Bud Ice too... (or so I've been told).
>>wrote:
>>
>>>As high as 82 proof (41% ABV)
>>>
>>>http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1978705,00.html?xid=newsletter-weekly
>>>
>>>IdaRumGuy
>>
>>That ain't beer.
>>Ale yeast will only ferment to ~9 or 10%. Champagne yeast will only
>>get to around 14%. That's got to be fortified or distilled.
>Guess you didn't read the article?
>"As explained in a cheeky video on the company's website (warning: the
>clip contains simulated penguin sex), the brewery was able to attain
>the high alcohol content by freezing the beer at a local ice cream
>factory, at temperatures as low as -6°C (21°F), for 21 days. Alcohol
>freezes at lower temperatures than water, and removing water from the
>solution increased the alcohol concentration."