Freezing your keg...is this a problem?

[slaman992003]

I had a fully fermented, conditioned and carbonated Belgian beer that is in a 5 gallon Corny. I accidentally froze the keg (...sounds solid...no sloshing). I am thawing it out now, but am wondering if I have wrecked the beer. Advice?

It was carbonated to 2.5 volumes.

Just wondering if it will be the same as before? ???

So much for bottling today...

[BDawg]

It'll drop any residual yeast and be really clear and bright, way more so than normal.

Some say that the flavor drops a little bit, but I've done that a couple of times and never really noticed any lack of flavor due to freezing.

RDWHAHB

HTH-

[thatguy314]

I haven't noticed a substantial change in flavor, but I've noticed that after accidentally freezing some beers in my kegerator (temp controller went wacky) after thawing they had substantially less body and head retention. I think Jamil said he noticed something similar on the Eisbock show, which lead me to believe that I wasn't crazy.

That said, I've accidentally frozen and thawed some commercial beers and hadn't noticed a huge difference. I guess it's up to you.

[jretzer]

I accidentally froze my wert, has anyone had this happen to them? Really stupid mistake on my part, hoping it will be ok.

[BDawg]

You probably need to repitch if you haven't hit FG yet.

[jretzer]

I was just getting ready to keg it, any other suggestions or things I should be aware of due to this stupid mixup?

[mookie1010]

I haven't noticed a substantial change in flavor, but I've noticed that after accidentally freezing some beers in my kegerator (temp controller went wacky) after thawing they had substantially less body and head retention. I think Jamil said he noticed something similar on the Eisbock show, which lead me to believe that I wasn't crazy.

That said, I've accidentally frozen and thawed some commercial beers and hadn't noticed a huge difference. I guess it's up to you.

I was cleaning my kegerator and once complete, I neglected to put the probe for the thermostat back into the cavity of the freezer and left it sitting on the windowsill, so it ran constantly for a full day and a half before I even noticed. That shit was frozen solid.

I think there was some change to the beers, and I also think it sped up some of the aging process - the aroma hops in my rye IPA dropped a lot in just the last week, way more than normal.