Frozen Kegs

[JerseyBrew]

My Christmas break was spent building a collar for my keezer... long story short, the temperature probe was removed during setup and was never put back in. So, my kegs froze while I was out of town. Nothing leaked thankfully and no beer was removed during the freezing (i.e. I did not dispense any concentrated beer) and they are now thawing. So, what are the odds that the beer is going to be in decent condition when it thaws?

[BDawg]

Lighter beers may not really cause any notice.
Bigger beers and Hoppy beers may have a small bit of the flavor drop off.
ALL will be clearer -- your Hefeweizen will now be a Kristalweizen.

You wouldn't have happened to have a Doppelbock in there? It might be fun to "save some in a different container" before it all melts back....

Eis, Eis, Baby!

[JerseyBrew]

I had a Tripel, Dubbel, Weizenbock, and Black Butte Clone in there.

I was lagering a Kolsch and a Doppelbock strength Maibock in there... perhaps a silver lining to this story

The Kolsch had a little leakage, hopefully that won't be an issue. If so, at least I'll escape with most of the beer... and the thing about mistakes like these - you don't make them twice - especially when you're bottle of vetical epic 08 bursts

[brewinhard]

I had a Tripel, Dubbel, Weizenbock, and Black Butte Clone in there.

I was lagering a Kolsch and a Doppelbock strength Maibock in there... perhaps a silver lining to this story

The Kolsch had a little leakage, hopefully that won't be an issue. If so, at least I'll escape with most of the beer... and the thing about mistakes like these - you don't make them twice - especially when you're bottle of vetical epic 08 bursts

Eise'd Weizenbock sounds AWESOME!!

[ousen]

Had the same problem with my fridge. I didn't change it from cooling to heating in time for the Danish winter.

I had a tweaked Janet's BA and a ruby colored ale (Kind of a Biere de Garde, but not quite in style) with a clear aroma from Strisselspalt.

The BA hasn't changed but the Garde has changed to a orange brownish color and the hop aroma has changed quite a bit. Still a great beer but not the beer I aimed for.

I had a wheat beer as well. It looks like a pilsner, but the taste and aroma hasn't changed.

[JerseyBrew]

So what category do I enter my Kristall Weiss Eisbock

On the plus side the collar came out beautifully and the cobra taps have been relegated to strictly picnic duty.