Well I'm glad someone is having fun this morning...Did you drink it?

 

Dang it!

You're making me do research early in the morning.

Water freezes at 0°C (32°F) and the freezing point of ethanol alcohol is -114°C (-173.2°F). Alcoholic beverages are a mixture of both alcohol and water (with sugars and other additives in some distilled spirits) so the freezing point of all of you alcoholic beverages is somewhere in between. The exact freezing point of vodka, gin, tequila, rum, whiskey and the myriad of liqueurs is dependent on its proof, or alcohol per volume. The lower the proof, the warmer the freezing point: the higher the proof, the colder the freezing point.

For example:

24 proof liquor freezes at -6.7°C (20°F)
64 proof liquor freezes at -23.33°C (-10°F)
84 proof liquor freezes at -34.44°C (-30°F)

From: http://cocktails.about.com/od/mixology/f/alcohol_freeze.htm

 

LOL! Thats what I need in my coffee this morning to thin the blood. I honestly do not agree that 80 proof whiskey like Jack will freeze at -30. I've kept that same make out in much colder temps, and I don't remember too much for ice crystals even. Hmmm, if your whiskey is freezing much at only -30, I think you should search for better Hooch.

 

If the bottle would have froze, it would have shattered the bottle and left glass splinters all over...did you decide to do this experiment after the taste test?;-)

 

It wasn;t a full bottle, there was some headspace in it. I figured if it had frozen, it wouldn't have frozen solid...just slushy. Ooooh, a whisky slush...that sounds pretty goooood.

 

On the porch rail! Too funny. Now, I know where to get lost in the wild.

When opening a cabin at deer camp one year in the UP, I poured some Jack D. over the padlock to to thaw it out and get it open.

 

I poured some Jack D. over the padlock to to thaw it out and get it open.

I'm calling alcohol abuse on that one!

Twila

 

Had a bottle in the Car up on the mountain out in Colorado,in 12 hours it was getting some ice.

big rockpile

 

Don't know about the whisky, but hubby says that Blatz Beer freezes at 20 below. It sounds like a .22 when the can explodes. So he says. Frankly, if it's 20 below outside I'm not going to be hanging around out there waiting for things to freeze.

 

we keep our little one room off-grid guest cabin unlocked and well stocked with Jaegermeister (also known as Norwegian antifreeze) just in case some poor unfortunate soul has to take refuge inside! There's also plenty of matches and a stack firewood by the woodstove!

Mercy,now in my mind I'm seeing Cabin Fever setting out there in the guest cabin with the smoke biling out the chimney and with a great big grin saying, "I,m keeping the whiskey from freezing."Well somebodys gotta do it":nana: Eddie Buck

 

Don't know about the whisky, but hubby says that Blatz Beer freezes at 20 below. It sounds like a .22 when the can explodes. So he says. Frankly, if it's 20 below outside I'm not going to be hanging around out there waiting for things to freeze.

LOL ya dont have to hang out......................
Those exploding beers are just ******* tempature alarms!

 

Blats cans may explode at 20 below but 4.5% beers slush at about 12 we were frying fish at church one lent outside and the beer was slushing in the cans we had to keep them in the cooler to keep them warm it was 10f and 20 minutes out of the cooler and they were slush , had to drink fast

beer slush actuualy goes down quite well

yes i said drinking beer at church

 

Don't know about the whisky, but hubby says that Blatz Beer freezes at 20 below. It sounds like a .22 when the can explodes. So he says. Frankly, if it's 20 below outside I'm not going to be hanging around out there waiting for things to freeze.

HHmmmmm.......another definition of "Blatz Splatz"!

 

....yes i said drinking beer at church

A big polish Catholic church down in nordeast Minneapolis has a polish sausage/sauerkraut/boiled potato fund raiser dinner every spring....and they sell beer at that event, too.

Not only that, but they have a polka dance downstairs in the gymnasium going on at the same time....where you can also buy beer.

Not only that, but if you don't want to dance after supper, they have bingo games going on.

When we partook of this event several years ago, WIHH...being from the Baptist Bible Belt of the nation....just had to call her youth minister son. She said to him, "You'll never guess what we're doing! We're at church drinking beer, dancing and gambling!"

 

the freezing point of alcohol is -114C -173,2F
JD is what 85proof meaning a basic alcohol content of 26-27%
to freeze your going to need around -80 for ice to start forming

 

havent done any experiments here in Ky but remember the years that we lived in Germany and we would buy beer by the rack. All year round they stayed out on the covered patio area. In the winter, during the day we would keep soda out on the deep marble window ledges too, first floor only, though. Then if we needed something cold to drink we would go to the window open it and get a drink. Sure cut down on all the trips to the refrigerator!

 

Pyro, 85 proof means 42.5%. Vodka is usually 40% - 80 proof.

 

we keep our little one room off-grid guest cabin unlocked and well stocked with Jaegermeister (also known as Norwegian antifreeze) just in case some poor unfortunate soul has to take refuge inside! There's also plenty of matches and a stack firewood by the woodstove!

And you live where?! I might find myself stranded in your cabin...drunk, toasty and child free! Leave me there til spring thaw, as I will not be capable of making my own decisions at the point that you find me :happy: !

PS: Can I stumble in for a home cooked meal?

 

Pyro, 85 proof means 42.5%. Vodka is usually 40% - 80 proof.

true enough I was halfing again for some reason
that would drop the temp to slightly below -100 F

 

my grandparents church has a walk in cooler with beer tappers that are connected thru the wall there is a pannel that is unlocked and removed then the catch pan is put in place on hangers and the tapper handles screwed on they have a bar on wheeles that rolls out and the wheeles are locked

the area is very large and was desinged and built in the late 50's to be perfect for weddings have the service up stairs and then the reception down stairs it was a good money maker for many years it has a full commercial kitchen also

but a few years ago the arch bishop ruled that if a church was going to rent out it's hall for weddings or other gatherings the renter would have to carry a million dollar insurance policy made it not quite as affordable now it is mainly used for church festevails.

 

Grey goose vodka (80 proof) will freeze about -38F. My bottle of Jim Beam froze well beyond slush last week at -51F. I wanted to see at just what temp the 80 proof Beam would freeze at but it got too cold to come up with actual data on the subject. All I know is that it will freeze at fifty below.

 

We have a Catholic church in our area that every spring they have a St. Patricks Day carnival. They have games, basketball contests, dancing, good food, lots of good food (of various ethnic varieties!) and a Beer Garden. Hubby and I went to eat some of the good food he ate just "plain food" and I went and had the Jamican food (it was wonderful). We visited with friends and when we were very stuffed of that good food we returned to our car. On the way back to the car we had to cross a busy road. Stepping off the curb I stepped on a rock and fell flat on my face in the road!:help: I got up stumbling as I injured my knee, hubby helped me accross the road and as I was hobbling across I hear someone say "she must have been in the Beer Garden to long" I swear I never went in the Beer Garden! Watch out for those church dinners!

 

I want to add...if you drink booze that is any colder than say about -10F to -15F it will burn your throat. I collected this data during a careful experiment I conducted not long after I moved to AK.

 

Well, it's suppose to be a little colder tonight...maybe we'll get to -40F or below. I think I'll set up a row of shot glasses on the porch railing. In each glass I'll pour a different kind of spirits...vodka, Canadian whisky, Jack, brandy, Jagermeister, etc. and see if any of them freeze. I hope no one comes to visit. That railing is gonna look like an outdoor bar!

Speaking of outdoor bars, here's a photo of one in Minneapolis made completely of ice! Gives a whole new meaning to "on the rocks!"

 

CF, do you have to go to work tomorrow morning? Cause you know, any of those experiments that fail (i.e., don't freeze) will need to be consumed in the morning. Hate to think of you getting pulled for a DUI on the way TO work!
Although, if I had to drive to work in the morning, that might be the only way to get me out the door- and I don't even drink!