Pasteurizing beer

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Fingers

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So how is this done? From what I know of pasteurization, considerable heat is involved. How would you heat beer without boiling off the alcohol? I would think that heating the beer at a temp below that of alcohol would be insufficient to kill micro nasties. I just assume the beer is force carbed after the pasteurization because not much CO2 would survive in solution.
 
Use a sealed system to keep the alcohol in & flash pasteurize to minimize damage. Or use sub-micro filters to remove the yeast and everything else. Force carb & can.

Very few craft beers are pasteurized.
 
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