what alcohol % is freezer safe?

[uclaLabrat]

Which brings me to another question. How are there sugars and what not in alcohol? All spirits are distilled. How do the sugars make it through the distillation?

 

[Calculator83]

Originally posted by: Eli
80 proof will freeze at about -30ºF.

20 proof will freeze at about 20ºF.

Pure alcohol freezes at -173.2ºF.

My freezer is 4ºF.

PRO,

Originally posted by: hellokeith

Originally posted by: uclaLabrat

The proof determines the water content, does it not?

Almost, but not technically.. though they are closely related. Proof is alcohol % by volume (times two). Water will likely make up most of the remaining volume, but there are other things like sugar (in liquors) or grains (in beers) that will affect freezing point. A beer with alot of salt, though it has lots of water too, will not freeze as readily as a low-proof malt beverage like a wine cooler which doesn't have salt.

edit: So I guess I talked myself out of water being the main factor. All things being equal, proof is probably the easiest way to determine freezing point.

Don't forget "pressure"

 

[Throckmorton]

Originally posted by: uclaLabrat
Which brings me to another question. How are there sugars and what not in alcohol? All spirits are distilled. How do the sugars make it through the distillation?

God made the alcohol that way

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

I TRY to freeze everything, esp. vodka. The lowest % I've frozen is Hypnotiq though.... it's what 19%?

 

[hellokeith]

Originally posted by: uclaLabrat
Which brings me to another question. How are there sugars and what not in alcohol? All spirits are distilled. How do the sugars make it through the distillation?

Sugars and the other stuff are what gives any particular liquor its flavor. Hence the reason why Everclear tastes like gasoline.. there's not much in it except pure alcohol.

 

[uclaLabrat]

Right, but I'm thinking that the sugars must come from the aging process, as all liquors when distilled are colorless. So, the sugars are leeched out of whatever vessel the liquor is aged in, thus imparting the flavor.

One of these days I'm going to start shooting different alcohols into a GC-MS.

 

[Pepsi90919]

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