i, like most people, store their hard liquor (80 proof canadian mist) in the freezer. it seems to have frozen. its slushy. does that mean its going to be mad watered down now? hope not
Hmmm the freezer is superdooper cold or some body cut you whiskey usually. liquor doest freeze in my experience
I don't think so. logic says, unless you add more water to the original substance it won't get watered down. I'd just let it melt. but I've never frozen any liquor.
ive never seen liquor freeze either. it wasnt like ice solid it was slushy. but i just took a swig and it hurt the hell out of my tongue, felt like i was getting shocked lol
Water freezes at 0C (32F) and the freezing point of ethanol alcohol is -114C (-173.2F). 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 -6.7C (20F) 64 proof liquor freezes at -23.33C (-10F) 84 proof liquor freezes at -34.44C (-30F)
thank you for the valuable info lol. idk the temp of our freezer, but i know a lot of shit in our fridge freezes to when it's set on 5/10. so maybe we really do have a superdooper cold freezer. naw, mixed it with some pepsi and im drunker than shit lol. and like i said, wasnt a solid ice block, i'd say probabl 50% of it was slush. it is strange for sure. guess i'll fridge it from now on.
Only time I've seen alcohol freeze was when I was younger and took my parents alcohol then watered it down
so ok.. question.. if you froze your alcohol at -10 degrees f, then strained out the ice, would this be a way of making the alcohol stronger? or am i completely off?
You are correct. If you've heard of apple jack it's hard apple cider that has been through this process. I forget what the process is called but just google it if you want to learn more
Guys, it's not frozen solid, it's just a little slushy. I'm no expert, but I don't think the freezer has to get nearly as cold to achieve slush, as it would to freeze it solid. My best guess, your freezer's probably set a little high.
Actually has to get at least somewhat cold. Most freezers run at 0F I believe. If the freezing point for 80 proof is almost -30F then you'd most likely still have to be at like -20F or so
I doubt they'd have to get that cold. Slushi machines will slush a daquri mixture. Which I'd guess would be about 10 proof with some quick math. Considering the other user's freeze temp table, I'd expect that to freeze at a bit less than 10f. But I sincerely doubt those machines are running any lower than standard water freezing temp. So I'd think 80 proof would stand a chance of slushing at no lower than -10. But then you also have to consider that the liquid is in a glass bottle; glass is an excellent conductor of temperature and is going to be much colder than the liquid mixture itself. I think in glass, you could probably slush the 80 proof even higher than that around the glass itself. Coupled with a freezer that's running way too cold, I wouldn't way impossible.
